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KATHMANDU: UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal held talks with Special Envoy of UN Secretary General Ban Ki- Moon, Samuel Tamrat, today.
In the meeting held today at Dahal's residence at Lajimpat in the capital, latest political development and the causes behind the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly (CA) were discussed.
During the meeting, Tamrat said it was sad that constitution was not drafted and Nepal's fortune should be decided through the consensus of political parties, according to Dahal's aide Shiva Khakurel.
On the occasion, Dahal told Tamrat that the new constitution could not be drafted as there was no agreement on federalism among parties and the country could not get any outlet as some parties did not agree to constitution with federalism with identity.
He also said although UCPN-Maoist had displayed maximum flexibility for drafting the constitution through CA, problems arose as other parties were not ready and that the CA was dissolved.
The journey ahead will be decided as per the consensus and there is no other alternative, said Dahal.
On the occasion, Tamrat requested Dahal to move the country ahead by forging a fresh consensus among parties.
They also held talks on army integration and peace process.
Posted on: 2012-07-02 16:49:47
The interference of the UN in Nepal's internal decision-making is not appreciated. The UN envoy Tamrat should have been turned back at the airport and not admitted to the country. Does Bank Ki-Moon send an envoy to the PM's office in Switzerland if the Swiss political parties are having a hard time making decisions? No, they don't. The Swiss people would quickly tell Moon what to do with his envoy. In the same way Bhattrai and Dahal should have sent Tamrat packing. It is a great pity that the leaders of Nepal think so little of themselves that they allow such utterances to come from the mouth of foreigner who meddle in our affairs. Yes, there are problems in our country. We must settle out own problems and not let annoying outside voices interfere -- unless they pay one billion Euros per word admission fee. Then their speech would be very short if at all. Suraj Rajbhandhari, Putali Sadak, Kathmandu