TIKA R PRADHAN
KATHMANDU: Amid simmering tension within the party, Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal presented his three-page political document at the Central Committee meeting today.
The proposal, titled ‘On party’s immediate work plan’ focuses on peace and constitution with special emphasis on government and internal struggle within the party.
Following mounting pressure from top leaders of the party, including Vice-chairmen Mohan Baidhya, Baburam Bhattarai and Narayan Kaji Shrestha, and General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa, Chairman Dahal agreed for a proper work division within the party.
Dahal proposed to conclude at least the regrouping of combatants within the extended timeframe of the Constituent Assembly. The integration process should go ahead taking into consideration 10 different issues, he said.
They include leadership of the directorate under which PLAs are to be integrated, determination of their number, rank and integration on the basis of certain units. He added that combatants should be organised as a military force, ensuring effective responsibilities, democratisation and inclusiveness of security mechanism and formulation of national security policy, He advocated special provision for disabled combatants and appropriate rehabilitation package.
Productive dialogue with other political parties should be initiated immediately to forge an agreement on the number and modality of army integration in order to initiate the process or re-classification of the PLA.
All anti-peace activities, including reviving the war-time cases must be scrapped.
On constitution, Dahal proposed to prepare the first draft of the constitution by August 31. He stressed on issues to be included in the draft — federal republic constitution with restructuring of the state to end discrimination based on class, ethnicity, region and gender. He stressed on directly elected President, education, health, job and food security and called for ending all forms of feudalism and monopoly of foreign capitalism.
On government, Dahal claimed that appropriate steps on army integration could ensure a national consensus government under party’s leadership and only the Maoist-led government can ensure effective and respectable army integration.
“Party should begin preparations to form the national consensus government under the party’s leadership and if not, the incumbent government should be stren-gthened,” he said.
According to him, government should come up with a strategy to tackle the plot of reactionary forces to dissolve the CA. If they try to dissolve the government, the party should seek stern action, Chairman Dahal said.
On internal struggle within the party, Dahal proposed collective self criticism by top leaders for failing to implement the deal passed by the Central Committee. He is for conducting collective discussion forums after August 31 and a national convention following the district-level and state-level conventions. Dahal claimed that responsibilities for leaders should be allocated as per necessity of the movement and party unity.
On the immediate action plan, Dahal said a state committee level meeting should be organised by third week of August to achieve uniformity about party’s work plan. Central Committee member Kumar Poudel claimed that the five-member taskforce has been scrapped and handed over its responsibilities to the central office bearers.
Commenting on the proposal, pro-Baidhya politburo member Dharmendra Bastola said the document was brought through agreement, so there would not be a problem to endorse it.
Pro-Baburam Bhattarai politburo member Ram Karki said if the work division was done as per plan that would be good for the country.
Prachandapath
• Decide on leadership of directorate under which PLAs will be integrated.
• Conclude the regrouping of combatants
• Seek special provision for disabled combatants and appropriate rehabilitation package
• Talk to other parties
(Published in The Himalayan Times on July 18, 2011)
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