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| Madhav may lead Nepal coalition |
| 2009-05-08 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The CPN (UML) is all set to choose Madhav Kumar Nepal as the leader of the next coalition that will form the government. UML Vice-Chairperson Bidhya Devi Bhandari here on Wednesday said, "Madhav Kumar Nepal has the ability to bring together different parties. UML is going to pick him unanimously as the leader of the next coalition." Bhandari claimed that a government of national consensus would be formed under the UML's leadership. Bhandari further said even as Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda's resignation was a democratic act, his party, Unified CPN (Maoist), is showing undemocratic behaviour by obstructing the parliament. Earlier Maoist secretariat member Barshaman Pun said his party would not allow parliamentary proceedings if President Ram Baran Yadav does not rectify his "unconstitutional move". Nepali Congress leader Ram Saran Mahat said the President's move averted a dangerous situation as the Maoists were preparing to capture power by taking Nepal Army under political control. "The Maoists are still possessing arms, which is a problem. They should be disarmed completely," Nepalnews quoted him as saying. Meanwhile, riot police beat back hundreds of women from Nepal's communist party who protested Thursday in front of the president's house in the capital to demand that he fire the country's army chief. Nepal's communist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal sparked a national crisis Monday when he resigned and pulled his party from the ruling coalition in protest over the army chief's failure to integrate former communist rebels into the military. Some 500 protesters from the women's wing of Dahal party marched on President Ram Baran Yadav's residence Thursday, chanting slogans while police used bamboo batons to beat back activists who tried to break through a cordon. Some of the women were lightly injured. Dahal's supporters are angry that Yadav overruled Dahal on Sunday when the former prime minister tried to fire army chief Rookmangud Katawal. |
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