Convinced now that caretaker Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai won´t step down on his own, the opposition parties that were in a ´wait and see´ mood have decided to step up protests against the government.
A joint meeting of the two main opposition parties, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, held at UML headquarters at Balkhu on Tuesday concluded that the prime minister was bent on prolonging his stay in power though he is now not in any position to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on the stipulated date of November 22.
The two opposition parties have also decided to hold ´decisive talks´ with the UCPN (Maoist) on Wednesday and prepare future strategy after learning the ´real intentions of the Maoists´. "We will hold talks with the Maoists tomorrow [Wednesday] to learn whether they are ready to provide an outlet to the current political deadlock," NC Vice-president Ram Chandra Paudel told media after the meeting.
Paudel said they held detailed discussions at the two-hour meeting on the current political deadlock and ways to resolve it. There was agreement between NC and UML leaders that they should intensify their protests if the Maoists are not in favor of moving forward in consensus.
Though an alliance of 27 opposition parties including the NC and UML announced last month an intensification of their protests, the opposition parties were in a ´wait and see mood´ as they hoped that either the prime minister would start overtures for consensus following the Election Commission´s deadline of July 22 for clearing legal hurdles or the president would play an interventionary role.
But as there was none, the opposition parties have decided to forge new strategies to oust the prime minister from Baluwatar.
The bilateral meeting of the two parties held after a hiatus of nearly a month also agreed to forge a common view on elections and other concurrent political issues to give an outlet to the political deadlock. The agreement was reached in view of the lack of uniformity in the positions of the NC and the UML.
NC leaders had taken strong exception to the demand of UML leaders that the NC name a prime ministerial candidate right away. The NC has now persuaded the UML that they would put forth a prime ministerial candidate as soon there was a political environment for appointing a new prime minister.
"There has been an understanding that the NC would pick its prime ministerial candidate at an appropriate time," said UML Vice-chairman Bam Dev Gautam.
Gautam also claimed that their protests would gain momentum once the rainy season was over and the farming activities had ended. "As guardian of the constitution, we believe that the president will fulfill his responsibility as enshrined in the Interim Constitution," said Gautam when asked if they were going to ask the president to intervene in the ongoing political deadlock.
A joint meeting of the two main opposition parties, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, held at UML headquarters at Balkhu on Tuesday concluded that the prime minister was bent on prolonging his stay in power though he is now not in any position to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on the stipulated date of November 22.
The two opposition parties have also decided to hold ´decisive talks´ with the UCPN (Maoist) on Wednesday and prepare future strategy after learning the ´real intentions of the Maoists´. "We will hold talks with the Maoists tomorrow [Wednesday] to learn whether they are ready to provide an outlet to the current political deadlock," NC Vice-president Ram Chandra Paudel told media after the meeting.
Paudel said they held detailed discussions at the two-hour meeting on the current political deadlock and ways to resolve it. There was agreement between NC and UML leaders that they should intensify their protests if the Maoists are not in favor of moving forward in consensus.
Though an alliance of 27 opposition parties including the NC and UML announced last month an intensification of their protests, the opposition parties were in a ´wait and see mood´ as they hoped that either the prime minister would start overtures for consensus following the Election Commission´s deadline of July 22 for clearing legal hurdles or the president would play an interventionary role.
But as there was none, the opposition parties have decided to forge new strategies to oust the prime minister from Baluwatar.
The bilateral meeting of the two parties held after a hiatus of nearly a month also agreed to forge a common view on elections and other concurrent political issues to give an outlet to the political deadlock. The agreement was reached in view of the lack of uniformity in the positions of the NC and the UML.
NC leaders had taken strong exception to the demand of UML leaders that the NC name a prime ministerial candidate right away. The NC has now persuaded the UML that they would put forth a prime ministerial candidate as soon there was a political environment for appointing a new prime minister.
"There has been an understanding that the NC would pick its prime ministerial candidate at an appropriate time," said UML Vice-chairman Bam Dev Gautam.
Gautam also claimed that their protests would gain momentum once the rainy season was over and the farming activities had ended. "As guardian of the constitution, we believe that the president will fulfill his responsibility as enshrined in the Interim Constitution," said Gautam when asked if they were going to ask the president to intervene in the ongoing political deadlock.
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