ELECTION COMMISSION STAYS RECOGNITION OF CPN MAOIST Kathmandu, 25 Sept.: Election Commission has refused to register CPN Maoist as a party, Rajdhani reports. The request was submitted by the party two weeks ago. The party submitted only a declaration and some paper which were inadequate. Papers were inadequate.for recognition. nnnn GOVT. PREPARING TO TELL FOREIGN MISSIONS THEY FLOUTED CONSTRUCTION CODES IN BUILDING EMBASSIES Kathmandu, 25 Sept.: The government is all set to write to Kathmandu-based diplomatic missions and furnish “proof” of its claim that the embassies have flouted construction codes while building their boundary walls, Anil Giri writes in The Kathmandu Post.. Government officials said separate letters will be sent to seven missions along with “evidences” and maps of the land they occupy in Kathmandu and thus seek cooperation in the government’s efforts to widen roads. Government agencies concerned are digging into documents at the Land Registrar’s Office to ascertain when these seven diplomatic missions purchased the land and began building walls and other infrastructure. The exact picture will, however, come up only after the government officials dig out the evidence to validate their claim. The bid to expand roads has hit a snag with the embassies of the US, China, Germany, Japan, Russia, Australia and France objected to the expansion drive along the missions. All the embassies, except for the German mission in Gyaneshwor, are in the Lazimpat-Maharajgunj-Baluwatar area. “Many of them (missions) complained that they failed to understand the technical clarifications the government made. Now, we are going to write to them again, this time with the evidences and maps,” a senior government official told the Post. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority (KVDA) are in touch with these diplomatic missions, said a source privy to the developments. The diplomatic missions say they are confused over how much an area they need to part with for the road expansion. “We have decided to send them the maps of the land they are occupying and will ask them to cooperate,” said a government official. Citing security reasons, some missions like the US have demanded a compensation of US$ 5 million. “The wall across the American Embassy is bullet proof and it is very costly. Even we do not have the expertise to repair it once demolished. But officials at the US Embassy have told us that they have informed the matter to the State Department, seeking funds to repair the wall,” said another informed source at the Foreign Ministry. Some missions say property owned by diplomatic missions falls under the Vienna Convention and comes under the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges, ‘inviolable diplomatic premises’.