HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: The two major partners in the ruling coalition — the UCPN-Maoist and the CPN-UML — have agreed to bring policies, programmes and the annual budget with the focus on four major issues.
According to Surya Thapa, Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal’s press adviser, the two parties have agreed to focus on the completion of peace and constitution-drafting processes, management of the transition period and the expectations of the nation and the people.
Maoist Vice-chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha, who also attended today’s meeting with the UML, said the two parties agreed that the budget should reflect the priorities of the leftist parties. “We agreed on ensuring compensation to the victims of the people’s war and launching special package programmes in conflict-hit districts,” according to Shrestha. “We
agreed that the budget should
be pro-poor and geared towards socialism.”
“We demanded that the PM float proposals on respectable army integration at the Special Committee for Supervision, Integration and Rehabilitation of Maoist combatants,” he said. The cabinet will pass the policies, programmes and the budget on Sunday and present it to President Dr Ram Baran Yadav, who in turn, will present it at the Parliament in the afternoon.
(Published in front page of The Himalayan Times on July 3, 2011)
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