Ruling allies fail to iron out kinks in MCC compact Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today held discussion with ruling alliance leaders of the CPN-MC, CPN (Unified Socialist), and Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal on the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Nepal Compact signed with the United States, but differences among them on the compact prevailed. Nepal 18 Feb, 2022
Dahal urges Oli to put off MCC ratification CPN-Maoist Centre Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday called CPN- UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and requested him to postpone the parliamentary ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Nepal Compact until after general elections. Dahal asked Oli to take a decision on the MCC deal by rising above party politics. He also asked Oli to clarify his and his party’s stance on the MCC deal and build a national consensus on the issue. Nepal 12 Feb, 2022
MCC opposition in Nepal: Rhetoric or reality? Debate about the Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) signed between Nepal and the United States acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US Government corporation, has triggered a political quake with its epicentre in the capital city of such a magnitude that it has sent the whole country shaking right from Mechi to Mahakali. Opinion 29 Dec, 2021