The Summit Talks Will Succeed

शिखर वार्ता तयारी गुणराज लुइँटेल ..... राजासम्बन्धी प्रश्न, हतियार तथा सैन्य व्यवस्थापन, अन्तरिम संसद् निर्माण र राज्यको पुनर्संरचना ...... ती विषयमा समाधान निस्किए अन्तरिम संविधान जारी भई मुलुकमा नयाँ परिस्थिति सिर्जना हुनेछ । ..... माओवादीका सेना र हतियार अलग गर्नुपर्छ भनी राज्यका तर्फबाट राखिएको प्रस्ताव माओवादीले मानेको छैन । 'हतियार छुटाइसकेपछि त्यो सेनै हुँदैन र हतियारबेगरको सेनालाई अस्थायी शिविरमा किन राख्नुपर्‍यो ?' भन्ने माओवादीको तर्क छ । ........ दुवै सेना क्याम्पमा बस्ने र तिनलाई संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको 'नियन्त्रण' मा राख्न सकिने माओवादीको धारणा छ । माओवादीले आफ्नो र राज्यको दुवै सेना विघटन गर्नुपर्छ भन्ने माग छोड्न एउटा सर्त राखेको छ- दुवै सेना पुनर्संरचनाका लागि भरपर्दो आश्वासन । ...... 'हाम्रो सेनाको हतियार छुटाउने हो भने भोलि दुई सेना मिलाउने, दुवै मिलाएर सानो सेना बनाउने, दुवैका हतियार भण्डारण गर्ने -बरु हाम्रो धेरै र राज्यको सेनाको थोरै गरे पनि हुन्छ) भने समाधान निस्किन सक्छ' ...... दलहरूले अन्तरिम विधायिकामा ३ सयदेखि ३ सय २५ सम्म सदस्य राख्ने र त्यसमा २ सय ५ सदस्यबाहेक अरू माओवादीलाई स्थान दिने प्रस्ताव गरेका छन् । माओवादीले त्यस्तो संरचनामा आफू, नागरिक समाज र सात दल सबैलाई एक/एक तिहाइ हुनुपर्ने अडान राखेको छ । ......... त्यस्तै संविधानसभा निर्वाचन समानुपातिक मतका आधारमा गर्ने माओवादीको धारणा छ भने सात दल प्रत्यक्ष निर्वाचनलाई नै निरन्तरता दिर्ने पक्षमा छन् । ...... माओवादीले सामाजिक, आर्थिक, सांस्कृतिक क्षेत्रमा पुनर्संरचनाको प्रस्ताव गरेको छ । सात दल भने राज्य पुनर्संरचनाजस्ता मुद्दा संविधानसभाले टुंगो लगाउने र त्यसका लागि व्यापक गृहकार्य गर्नुपर्ने पक्षमा छन् ।

The summit talks will succeed. I see the common ground emerging. In this report by Gunaraj Luitel, who I have had the opportunity to personally meet, I see plenty of evidence. (Bharat Mohan Adhikari Is In Town)


There are four issues of contention that have been identified.

Monarchy

The UML stand of a referendum is the common ground. I am suspicious of the Congress stand. That is Girija's ploy to (1) seek election money from the monarchist camp, and (2) use the monarchy as a bargaining chip on other unrelated issues, as in, you let me keep the ceremonial monarchy, I will let you have federalism.

The Maoists want the monarchy scrapped now. If that not be an option, they are okay with the referendum idea. That shows the Maoists are a reasonable group of people. We can do business with them.

Army

The Maoist proposal that both armies be disbanded, what exactly is wrong with that proposal? The Maoists proposal of a much smaller combined army, what is wrong with that?

What is troubling here is there is no talk of their militia. Their 100,000 militia will have to disarm totally. (100,000 Maoist Militia Must Disarm)

If their 100,000 disarm, the idea of keeping the two armies in separate barracks is not troubling.

We should move beyond our fantassy that the Maoist soldiers will surrender their weapons now.

Interim Parliament

The seven party proposal is fair enough. You expand the current House to 300, of which 95 seats go to the Maoists. I mean, I would have given less, because at 95, the Maoists will emerge the largest party, and I think that is unfair. Unless the two Congress factions come together, which looks increasingly likely.

I think it is grand of the UML to agree to the 95 seat formula for the Maoists. We should be thankful.

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State Restructuring

That is what the constituent assembly is for. The Maoists are being unreasonable if they want it all now, especially when they want it all their way.

Pramukh Dar

So there will be some give and take involved on all sides. That is how peace talks proceed when they work. I see no reason why this round of peace talks should not be final and successful.

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Loktantrik Madhesi Samaj: Corrections To Interim Constitution

Some comments.

1. It is positive that the country has been described as tending towards a democratic republic.
   
2. The mention of a federal republic is positive.
   
3. Nepali has been described as the link language with the federal government. That is more specific than what you often encounter. That means the states might not have Nepali as their official language.
   
4. I keep thinking there has not been enough discussion on the language issue. This is where the country's diversity really comes full force. The issue is complex and delicate. (Language Policy)
5. The part on citizenship is much more clear here than in the interim constitution. This is the number one issue for the Madhesi community. We can not allow them to cut corners on this one. This issue has to be resolved once and for all.
   
6. The mention of DaMaJaMa put together is positive. We really have to forge a political coalition of those four groups. There is power in numbers.
   
7. An interim parliament that is 425 strong is too big. That is twice as big as the current parliament. That is too many unelected people.
   
8. The interim parliament should be one of eight parties.
   
9. The constituent assembly that will have one member for every 50,000 Nepali will be too big, perhaps at 540. I believe that to be the size of the Indian parliament and the US House. We need something half that size.
   
10. I am glad the proposal is to directly elect all members to the constituent assembly.
    
11. But I don't understand why there is no talk of reserved seats for the DaMaJaMa.
    
12. The 45% reservation for the DaMaJaMa and the disabled for the civil service should apply across the board. That should apply for the police, the army, the judiciary.
    
13. The reservation provision for the DaMaJaMa in the party structures is positive, but what has been suggested is not specific enough.
    
14. Adding the Speaker and the Opposition Leader to the committee that governs the army is perhaps positive.
    
15. I think the suggestion is to have a president like in India. I am thinking more along American lines.
    

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शिखर वार्ता तयारी गुणराज लुइँटेल ..... राजासम्बन्धी प्रश्न, हतियार तथा सैन्य व्यवस्थापन, अन्तरिम संसद् निर्माण र राज्यको पुनर्संरचना ...... ती विषयमा समाधान निस्किए अन्तरिम संविधान जारी भई मुलुकमा नयाँ परिस्थिति सिर्जना हुनेछ । ..... माओवादीका सेना र हतियार अलग गर्नुपर्छ भनी राज्यका तर्फबाट राखिएको प्रस्ताव माओवादीले मानेको छैन । 'हतियार छुटाइसकेपछि त्यो सेनै हुँदैन र हतियारबेगरको सेनालाई अस्थायी शिविरमा किन राख्नुपर्‍यो ?' भन्ने माओवादीको तर्क छ । ........ दुवै सेना क्याम्पमा बस्ने र तिनलाई संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको 'नियन्त्रण' मा राख्न सकिने माओवादीको धारणा छ । माओवादीले आफ्नो र राज्यको दुवै सेना विघटन गर्नुपर्छ भन्ने माग छोड्न एउटा सर्त राखेको छ- दुवै सेना पुनर्संरचनाका लागि भरपर्दो आश्वासन । ...... 'हाम्रो सेनाको हतियार छुटाउने हो भने भोलि दुई सेना मिलाउने, दुवै मिलाएर सानो सेना बनाउने, दुवैका हतियार भण्डारण गर्ने -बरु हाम्रो धेरै र राज्यको सेनाको थोरै गरे पनि हुन्छ) भने समाधान निस्किन सक्छ' ...... दलहरूले अन्तरिम विधायिकामा ३ सयदेखि ३ सय २५ सम्म सदस्य राख्ने र त्यसमा २ सय ५ सदस्यबाहेक अरू माओवादीलाई स्थान दिने प्रस्ताव गरेका छन् । माओवादीले त्यस्तो संरचनामा आफू, नागरिक समाज र सात दल सबैलाई एक/एक तिहाइ हुनुपर्ने अडान राखेको छ । ......... त्यस्तै संविधानसभा निर्वाचन समानुपातिक मतका आधारमा गर्ने माओवादीको धारणा छ भने सात दल प्रत्यक्ष निर्वाचनलाई नै निरन्तरता दिर्ने पक्षमा छन् । ...... माओवादीले सामाजिक, आर्थिक, सांस्कृतिक क्षेत्रमा पुनर्संरचनाको प्रस्ताव गरेको छ । सात दल भने राज्य पुनर्संरचनाजस्ता मुद्दा संविधानसभाले टुंगो लगाउने र त्यसका लागि व्यापक गृहकार्य गर्नुपर्ने पक्षमा छन् ।
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'नागरिकताबिना लोकतन्त्र अर्थहीन' कांग्रेस -प्रजातान्त्रिक) का महामन्त्री विमलेन्द्र निधिले मधेसीलाई नागरिकताबिना लोकतन्त्रको कुनै अर्थ नरहने बताएका छन् । 'नागरिकता र लोकतन्त्र एकअर्काको पूरक हुन्, नागरिकता प्राप्तिबिना लोकतन्त्र वा गणतन्त्र बिनाकामको हुन्छ,' लोकतान्त्रिक मधेसी समाजको अन्तरक्रियामा यहाँ बिहीबार उनले भने । मुलुकमा नागरिकता समस्या समाधानका लागि गरिएका सम्पूर्ण प्रयास नियोजित तरिकाले असफल बनाइएको दाबी गर्दै उनले हाल संसद्मा प्रस्तुत नागरिकता विधेयकलाई एमालेले अपेक्षित सहयोग नगरेको आरोप लगाए । ...... समानुपातिक र समावेशीकरणको नारा लगाउने सञ्चारमाध्यमले समेत मधेसी समस्यालाई यथोचित स्थान नदिएको गुनासो गर्दै उनले प्रश्न गरे- 'सरकारको तीन अंगमा मधेसी उपेक्षित भयो, अब चौथो अंगमा उपेक्षित रहने ?' ...... भाषाविद् डा. रामअवतार यादवले मधेसीहरूको वृत्तिविकासमा नेपाली भाषाको एकाधिकार प्रमुुख बाधक रहेको दाबी गरे । 'भाषाकै कारण मधेसीहरू प्रशासनिक सेवाबाट वञ्चित रहँदै आएका छन्,' उनले भने । चिकित्सक रामकेबल साहले २३८ वर्षसम्म उपेक्षित मधेसीको समस्या सरकारले समेत समाधान नगर्ने उल्लेख गर्दै नागरिकतालगायत समस्या समाधान निम्ति राष्ट्रसंघमा जानुुपर्ने धारणा राखे । अन्तरक्रियामा समाज अध्यक्ष गंगाप्रसाद साह, रामनारायण साह, सद्भावना -आनन्दीदेवी) का केन्द्रीय सदस्य रेणुु यादवसमेतले बोलेका थिए ।
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