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Restore multiparty govt or face agitation: sacked Nepal PM
2005-03-13
A day after his release from house arrest, sacked Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today asked King Gyanendra to release all political detainees, restore fundamental rights and press freedom and constitute a multiparty government. The February 1 step by the King to sack the multiparty government and suspend all fundamental rights of the sovereign Nepalese people was a blatant violation of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, Deuba said addressing a crowded press conference at his residence at Budhanilkantha.

The King's step invited political crisis in the country and that should be resolved soon by restoring democracy and fundamental rights, he said. Deuba and ex-Home Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka were released from house arrest and 20 other political activists were freed yesterday after one and a half month in detention. However, Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, Peoples Front Nepal President Amik Serchan and other 800 people are still either in house arrest or in jail. He said his party Nepali Congress (Democratic) along with four major parties including NC and CPN-UML will intensify the anti-King agitation. "Our peaceful movement will continue till democracy was restored and fundamental rights are returned to the people," Deuba said. The five political parties have announced widespread demonstrations on March 14 against the royal coup.
Posted by:Steve White

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