Maoist rebel leader Prachanda talks to Reuters in Pokhara 200 km west of the Nepali capital Kathmandu June 15, 2006. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar
Posted on 06/16/2006 10:59:22 AM PDT by sagar
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoist rebel leader held ground-breaking talks on Friday with the government, which agreed to dissolve parliament and set up an interim administration to include the rebels.
Rebel chief Prachanda said after nearly 10 hours of talks with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and political party leaders that an interim constitution will be prepared within three weeks and later a new interim government will be formed.
"I am proud ... because the decision we have taken is a historic one," he told reporters.
Maoists also promised to dissolve their parallel governments around the countryside.
Prachanda was speaking at a news conference flanked by leaders of some of Nepal's main political parties. Both sides said they hoped the interim government would be established within a month.
"This consensus can play a very significant role in solving the country's problems," said Home Minister and chief government negotiator Krishna Prasad Situala.
The interim government will oversee landmark elections for a special assembly meant to draft a new constitution and review the role of the monarchy. Prachanda said those elections were likely to be held in March or April of next year.
The reclusive rebel leader, who flew to the capital in a private helicopter from western Nepal, was making his first public appearance in Kathmandu since the revolt began.
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Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal known as Prachanda addresses the press after meeting with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (unseen) for a first round of peace talks in Kathmandu. Nepal's government and the country's Maoist rebels said they had reached an agreement aimed at ending a decade-long insurgency after a day of unprecedented meetings between the two sides.(AFP/Devendra Man Singh)
Leader of Nepal's communist rebels Prachanda, second left, speaks during a press conference after the meeting with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, and leaders of political parties, in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, June 16, 2006. Nepal's Maoist rebels, who have waged a decade-long war to seize control of the Himalayan nation, will join an interim government to be formed shortly, Prachanda said Friday after meeting with top government officials. Also seen in the picture are Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai, left, Home Minister Krishna Sitaula, right, General Secretary of United Marxist Leninist Communist Party Madhav Kumar Nepal. (AP photo/Binod Joshi)
The end of Nepal is near. Very near.
People shout slogans and celebrate as Maoist rebels, faces smeared with red vermilion, are released from Nakhu jail, in Patan, a suburb of Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Hundreds of jailed communist rebels were set to be freed on Tuesday after Nepal's government withdrew cases against them and scrapped anti-terrorism laws as part of efforts to forge peace with the insurgents, officials said. (AP photo/Binod Joshi)
Just great, I hope this doesn't screw up my plans to climb everest.
SICK.
Amen. Pohl Pot reduex.
Murderous Thug Alert!
I can see it now--"The Grey Book" is coming.
Nepal's King Gyanendra attended a Hindu festival in Kathmandu on Friday, his first public appearance since being stripped of most of his powers by parliament last month.(AFP/Devendra Man Singh)
A Nepalese boy takes part in a rally to celebrate a proclamation that strips King Gyanendra of his powers. Nepal's government said it has moved to meet a key Maoist rebel demand by freeing 467 of their comrades from prison and named a three-member team for talks to end a decade-long insurgency.(AFP/file)
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Sad news...
Communists? Are they still around?
so now the Wolves are gaining control of the old goats?
I think the RNA should mount a military coup quickly before they are too emasculated and it is too late.
I'm not an expert on Nepal, but it sounds like they are making the same mistake the German government did in January 1933 when they invited the Nazis into a coalition government.
yep
This is very sad.
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