Baidya party gets ‘final’ talks invite from HLPC
KATHMANDU, JUL 29 -
Dismayed by the CPN-Maoist’s ‘cold shoulder’ to an offer to hold talks, the High-level Political Committee ( HLPC ) on Sunday decided to make a last-ditch effort to bring the party on board the election process.
A meeting of the committee once again, and most probably for the last time, called on the poll-opposing party led by Mohan Baidya to sit for talks. The HLPC said it will not wait for the party anymore and move ahead by finalising the remaining issues related to the elections in a couple of days if the CPN-Maoist fails to show up this time around.
The HLPC has already sent two letters inviting the CPN-Maoist-led 33-party alliance for talks. The bloc is, however, adamant on not sitting for dialogue.
The HLPC expressed ‘sadness and surprise’ over the CPN-Maoist’s indifference to negotiations and the Constituent Assembly elections slated for November 19.
“We are always ready to talk to the agitating parties, but this issue is having a psychological affect (on the government and the major parties) as they make preparations for the elections,” UCPN(Maoist) Vice-chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha said.
“We will not wait them after this. We will move ahead,” said CPN-UML leader Raghuji Panta.
The committee has decided to seek a ‘package solution’ on the demands being made by dissenting parties after holding talks with the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal (MJF-N) and Federal Social Party Nepal (FSP-N). The two parties have also put forth certain preconditions for taking part in the elections.
The four-party mechanism, however, failed to sort out disputes over constituency delimitation. The taskforce formed by the HLPC to make suggestions on re-marking the electoral constituencies has failed to come up with a concrete solution.
The Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) has not been able to rework on the constituencies, owing to constitutional ambiguities. The CDC’s term has recently been extended by 10 more days.
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