MAOIST CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEET ABRUPTLY POSTPONED

MAOIST CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEET ABRUPTLY POSTPONED UPDATE

Kathmandu, 15 Nov.: A meeting of the Maoist central committee scheduled to meet Tuesday was postponed until Thursday.
A meeting of office bearers called for time to prepare for Wednesday’s parliament which meets to approve the 11th amendment to the interim constitution to form a committee of experts to suggest a federal
system, Spokesman and Education Minister Dinanath Sharma said.
The anti-party faction group Monday registered a 13-point paper challenging the plans and programmes of Chairman Prachanda contained in a political report.
First Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya and General Secretary Ram
Bahadur Thapa issued a joint statement Tuesday and asked former
19,000 plus former combatants not to be involved the themselves in the involved in the integration process to complete the peace process,’
The appeal is an attempt to scuttle government’s and the UCPN (Maoist) plans to complete the peace process through integration, resettlement and voluntary retirement.
The two anti-party faction in the party leading the government called the integration schedule announced Monday a dishonourable completion of the peace process.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattrai admitted Tuesday the peace process and constitution won’t b completed by the 30 November deadline and asked for a six-month extension of the constituent assembly.
The extension would be the last, he said.
He told Kantipur Television a basic draft of a constitution would be ready by the deadline.
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