Democracy For Nepal

Thursday, January 25, 2007

8 Parties Need To Declare 205 Constituencies Of Equal Population

Madhesi Movement Is April Revolution Part 2
Look Who Is Talking
बराबर जनसंख्याबाला २०५ सीट
मधेश जल रही है
Girija Koirala Is A Crook

In April, there were no talks. There were basic demands. And when those demands were met, the revolution came to a halt. Same thing now. There are four basic demands.

Citizenship papers to all Madhesis, not to 33 lakh but to 60 lakh.
205 constituencies based on equal population.
Reserved constituencies for the DaMaJaMa.
A fresh census before the elections.

Talks? What talks? The eight party coalition needs to come out saying they agree to the basic demands. And the street action will come to a halt. That is how you do it.

There is this disdain in the Prime Minister's invitation for talks. All problems will be solved by the constituent assembly. Don't you know? Are you stupid? That is the tone. That will not work.
There is also this disrespectful ignorance. Baluwatar is acting up. Girija is acting like he does not know why the Madhesis are out in the streets. The world knows, but Girija does not.

In April, the king kept inviting the eight parties to suggest a name for a new Prime Minister. That was the royal disrespect. The king kept suggesting the people are out in the streets because the filthy political parties want the kursi, and that is all there is to it.

Girija is doing a repeat performance. All the Madhesi leaders want is some chiyapan at Baluwatar. That is all there is to it. If he will offer tea, things will quieten down. Girija is the Pahadi Bahun supreme. Prachanda is his minion. Krishna Bahadur Mahara said yesterday, look what happens when we Maoist leaders step outside of Kathmandu for a few days! Mahara lives on another planet.

The Prime Minister needs to give a speech of concession like King Gyanendra gave a speech of concession. That is the only way the streets will calm down.

This is also a good opportunity for the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) to change from being an organization to becoming a full-fledged political party. You have to ride this momentum. If this street action does not result in the four basic demands being met, it will have been in vain. If this street action does not result in a total electoral annihilation of the Pahadi parties from the Terai during the constituent assembly elections, it will have been in vain.

Madhesi Adhikar: Abhi Nahin To Kabhi Nahin

In The News

Violence spreads to more Terai dists in Nepal Zee News, India spread to five other districts there leaving dozens injured and prompting authorities to clamp curfew. ..... Curfew was imposed for the fifth consecutive day today in Lahan ..... MPRF activists took to streets defying prohibitory orders. ..... forms 33-45 per cent of Nepal's population. ..... Curfew was also imposed in Morang, Parsa, Birgunj, Janakpur and Dhanusha ..... MPRF cadres vadalised offices and shops and clashed with Maoists and police ..... In Dhanusha, nine protestors were injured when police opened fire to disperse them. In Janakpur, protesters torched a police station and officers opened fire, injuring at least a dozen people ...... Terai districts of Udaypur, Saptari and Biratnagar remained paralysed due to a strike called by the forum ...... A team comprising members from eight human rights groups and civil society organizations will soon visit the violence affected areas, president of Human Rights Organization of Nepal (Huron) Sudip Pathak said ...... Some eight districts of terai are under the grip of violence that spread after the Maoists allegedly killed a young demonstrator belonging to the Madhesi People's Rights Forum in Siraha district on Friday.
Tense Southern Nepal: Terai Demonstrations United We Blog, Nepal Himali, Pahadi and Madheshi ..... Forum activists vandalized 18 trucks loaded with production materials and destroyed 11 buses that were parked in the bus park. ..... police fired 18 rounds in air and 24 tear gas shell. .... In Jaleshwor of Dhanusha, Madheshi Peoples’ Right Forum (MPRF) organized a demonstration in which activists were armed with lathis. ..... Forum activists set ablaze the CPN Maoist office in Jaleshwor after vandalizing it. ..... Forum activists burnt effigies of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and CPN Maoist chairman Prachanda in Jaleshwor’s Mahendra Chowk. ..... More than half a dozen private shops were burnt by the angry mob as thousands hit the street of Janakpur.
A second front Economist, UK the peace process will involve a constitutional assembly, for which elections are due in June. The ethnic group known as Madhesis, who dominate the Terai, fear they will be cheated. ...... Nepal's censuses have always underestimated Madhesi numbers. ..... They probably make up more than 40% of the population but are barely represented in the bureaucracy, army or police and their “Nepaliness” is constantly questioned. ...... constituencies are gerrymandered so that “one hill vote is equal to 20 Terai votes”. ....... Nepalganj turned into communal violence as hill-people sacked and burnt Madhesi businesses in a two-day spree, condoned by the local authorities. ..... By sowing communal tension, the palace may hope to postpone the election. Consistent accounts place royal agents in the Terai stirring things up, as well as in India, appealing to religious fanatics by linking the future of Hinduism, Madhesis and the royal family. Hridesh Tripathi, a cabinet minister who leads a Terai-based party, says it is to be expected that the palace “will use all forms of conspiracy”. The Madhesis' grievances give the plotters some fertile ground.
Nepal's Maoists rule out talks with Terai protesters IRNA, Iran the powerful Maoist guerrillas ruled out talks with the protesting groups, saying they were instigated by King Gyanendra and Hindu fundamentalists. .... Janakpur town in Dhanusha district, a well-known pilgrimage destination for Hindu devotees from both India and Nepal, remained under curfew from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. after demonstrations threatened to go out of control Wednesday ..... At least 20 people were hurt in clashes with police in the town when a mob tried to torch the police station during the closure. ..... Protesters also torched the office of the Maoist guerrillas in the town. ..... The unrest also spread to Udaypur district where a separate ethnic group, the Kirant Workers' Party, called a general strike Wednesday to press their demand for an autonomous Kirant state. ..... The rebel leader accuses the groups, who are at loggerheads with his party, of being used by King Gyanendra to create unrest and sabotage a vital election that will put monarchy to vote by June. ...... He also says the groups have been infiltrated by Hindu fundamentalists, who are trying to save monarchy from extinction. ..... 'We have Maoists as well as Nepali Congress and Unified Marxist-Leninist party leaders (two of the biggest parties in the ruling alliance) joining our demonstrations,' said Upendra Yadav, chief of the Forum. "Our protests will continue till the government agrees on an autonomous Madhes state," he said.
Nepal: Madhesis Warn Of Further Violence Stratfor
MJF Ready For Talks With Govt: Yadav Himalayan Times, Nepal The movement in the Terai would be stopped provided the government and eight political parties were ready for democratic federal republic and proportional representation system in the constituent assembly, he said, adding that the election system based on existing constituencies was unacceptable to his party. ...... "We want federal democratic republic, elections must be held on proportional representation basis and proportional representation are ensured in the state mechanism," Yadav, who severed ties with the CPN-UML about 14 years ago, said. .... it was not against any class or community but against the state that discriminated against the Madheis people for centuries.
MJF sets conditions for talks with govt Nepalnews.com, Nepal He said the Home Minister should resign on moral grounds for the "clack down" on the MJF activists and government should punish the murderer of Ramesh Mahato ...... the government should come positively about the demands of Madhesis, which include an independent Terai province and proportional representation system in the upcoming constituent assembly elections. ....... his group shared no link with the factions Terai Janatantrik Morcha (JTMM) ...... Last few days have seen worst violence in Lahan, Janakpur, Birgunj and Biratnagar where MJF activists have intensified their protests
Curfew Clamped In Biratnagar, Birgunj, Janakpur, Lahan Himalayan Times, Nepal
Curfew clamped in Janakpur 15 persons were injured after police opened fire to curb the demonstrators. .... The demonstrators set on fire residence of former minister Rajiv Parajuli and vandalised two motorbikes there.
Eight-hour curfew imposed in Lahan

Repected Sir,

You must be aware of the on going protests in Nepal that left hundres injured and killed a half dozen Madheshi rights activists . Did you see Prachanda saying ,I am not ready to talk with a strengthless organisation.What is he ready for War or Blood bath.WE are ready for that .What is his definition of strength guns and arms.We think its socio economy.We can block the supplies and leave the Vilo-philic brainless , hilly species to starve in hunger.

Our new problem is that both Government and maoists are trying to hide the on going situation from international community.Upto some extent they have succeeded to create an illusion that the issue is not that big deal..He even blamed us for being pro-king or Hindu fandamentalists to defame us . Imagine a half dozen people killed and hundreds injured in any country , Wont that be a big issue??. we feel that The international community and media is ignoring us and looking into the issue through governments perspectve. WE are trying create the true picture of ongoing protests before the international community and media please put your efforts to gather their attention. Its now or never for us.

Regards,
________

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Madhesi Movement Is April Revolution Part 2

(Sent to Kathmandu Post)

The wave of largely nonviolent street protests that have engulfed the Terai this past week has to be seen as the second act of the April Revolution itself. The April Revolution was for basic democracy and human rights, this has to be seen as one for social justice.

The Madhesis of Nepal are unique in that although we are half the country and contribute almost 70% of the state revenues, we have been by and large kept out of state power. The 1990 democracy movement did not much change that. The decade long civil war did not change that. The lesson has been that basic democracy is not enough. Power elites morph to take over the new design as well.

It all started in Nepalgunj where a Pahadi mob was given explicit police protection to go on a rampage and burn much Madhesi property. Then it headed to Kathmandu. The Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) burned copies of the interim constitution, and its leaders got jailed. The very act of jailing makes a mockery of the democracy in the country. Burning a constitution is an act of free speech. It is no crime.

I am glad for the nonviolent ways of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF), because it is between that or the violent ways of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM), both the Goit and the Jwala Singh factions. For some reason the Madhesis in the eight party coalition simply are not doing it. They are leaving a vacuum that the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) is having to fill.

It has been offensive to see the likes of Girija Koirala and Prachanda come out suggesting the royalists have been behind the protests. There has been a suggestion these protests might hurt the republican cause. It has been obnoxious of the eight party leaders to suggest that the lone gunshot that killed the 16-year old Ramesh Kumar Mahato is the sole cause of the tumult in the Terai. They forget Nepalgunj, they forget Kathmandu. They forget the hundreds of years of grievances of the Madhesis.

The Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) leaders know what a constituent assembly is all about. It is through that assembly that the country will get a new constitution that will hopefully have federalism. But the way the eight party leaders have ruled, and made appointments since April, the way they have come up with the interim constitution gives a lot of ground for suspicion. They are the same old, same old. There has been little good news for the DaMaJaMa, namely the Dalit, Madhesi, Janajati, Mahila. The Bahun men are going to continue to rule.

The street action of the April Revolution kind that is being repeated in the Terai is a powerful tool of non-violence. And it reaches its climax when it achieves a clear goal. In this case that means free, fair and inclusive elections to the constituent assembly. The arrangement in the interim constitution is not offering that. The interim constitution has been an insult to the DaMaJaMa. The fundamentals of the electoral process are flawed.

What were and are the options? One proposal floated by the UML and a few others was to have the entire country as one constituency, and have people vote for the party of their choice. Then the parties would get seats based on how many votes they earn. This would have been wrong. The party leaders would have ended up with too much power, for it is they who would have decided who would end up on their lists.

The parties came up with a mixed system. About half the seats would be directly elected. Another half would be proportionate. This sounds relatively better. But it has major flaws. A big flaw is that you end up with a legislature that is almost the size of the legislatures in India and America. India is over a billion people, Nepal is 27 million. I think this is reflective of the reluctance on the part of the entrenched party leaders to think in terms of power devolution and genuine federalism. If they will give you enough MPs in Kathmandu, why would you want separate states? That seems to be the thinking. Big parties like the Congress, UML and the Congress (D) have yet to come up with their proposed maps for federalism. That makes the Madhesi and the Janajati very suspicious. Are they postponing it as much as they can? Do they actually dislike the idea?

Another big mistake has been to retain the 205 seats as demarcated according to the 1990 constitution. It is interesting that everything else was ditched, but the 205 seat demarcation was retained as if that was the jewel of the 1990 constitution. This is a huge problem. You have to draw up 205 constituencies based on equal population. Democracy means one person one vote. The 205 constituency arrangement of the 1990 constitution is a conspiracy against the Madhesi. Only 80 of the 205 are in the Terai that has half the national population. And even those are perpendicular rectangles going north to south. That is designed to dilute the Madhesi influence.

Peace talks between the agitating Terai and the eight party government necessarily has to be about redrawing the 205 constituencies. Without that, there will be no peace.

That brings in the question of reserved constituencies. It is a very done thing. Ram Vilas Paswan of India launched his career through a Dalit reserved constituency. 33% of the 205 seats should be reserved for women, of those two thirds should be for Dalit, Madhesi and Janajati women. There will still be elections in those constituencies but there can only be women candidates. And we should have additional reservations for the Dalit, Madhesi and Janajati such that 50% of the total seats are reserved seats. Only such popularly elected DaMaJaMa leaders will truly speak for their respective groups. You have to be a little suspicious of those who get appointed. The appointed ones owe their primary allegiance to the party leaders, not to their people.

The idea of reserved constituencies will also provide a soft landing for the Janajati Movement that has engulfed the Eastern Hills in the wake of the movement in the Terai.

And then there is the central question of citizenship papers. 10 years ago a Congress government said 42 lakh Nepalis have been deprived the papers. Today the Girija Koirala government has come out saying they will give out the papers to 33 lakh Nepalis. That creates a huge deficit of people who will still be without the papers going into the constituent assembly elections. That is a fundamental human rights violation. These leaders in power could be taken to the international courts.

This uprising in the Terai has reminded the eight party leaders that it was the same way in April. They did not lead it. The people led them. Or they would not be acting so surprised today. And if they are democrats at heart, they should be happy. The people have spoken. Now it is for them to deliver and lead the country to free, fair, inclusive constituent assembly elections.

In The News

Cabinet meet decides to call two Terai rebel groups for dialogue Gorkhapatra, Nepal decided to call the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum and Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha for talks. ..... decided to provide Rs. 1 million each to those who died in the Lahan clashes. ..... the government has decided to bear the cost of treatment for those injured in the clash. ..... Madhesh Janadhikar Forum would consider the government's call at its party meeting. Upendra Yadav ...... Ramesh Mahato .... Pramod Sada and Bijay Sahani died ..... 11 injured persons, three attendants, two injured Armed Police Force personnel and a police .... Bechan Yadav, 32 died on the way to hospital while Mohamud Mudasin, 18, died while undergoing treatment. ..... Manoj Kumar Shah, 28, Appu Gupta, 24, Nandan Kumar Khetan, 21, Shekh Jam Ludhin, 31, Manoj Kumar Shah, 13, Kishan Shah, 27, Mohammud Bablu, 18, Bishnudev Raya, 40 and Mohammud Mumtaz, 18.

PM, Prachanda differ on talks offer to terai groups Kathmandu Post
Buddha to feature on Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes
CMDP for addressing Madhesi issue Citizens' Movement for Democracy and Peace (CMDP) said it had taken the ongoing Madhesi movement as a consequence of their being confined and suffocated for 238 years. .... CK Lal opined that non-madhesi people had never thought of Madhesi's problems as the problems of the nation till now
Locals without citizenship duped easily However, the locals are now jubilant following the arrival of citizenship distribution teams in their villages.
LAHAN UNREST Human Rights Organization-Nepal, Nepal Teachers' Union, Professional Alliance-Siraha, among others, urged MPRF to accept the government's call for talks. ...... Madhesi Lawyers' Society has requested the eight parties and the government to positively respond to MPRF's demands. Federation of Nepalese Journalists and NGOs Federation, Saptari districts too have made similar appeals.
Maoists hold on to guthi land, collect tax
Promote FDI

Maoist army registration process in Chitwan comes to halt Kantipur
Civil society urges all to exercise restraint
Let's talk, says PM; Prachanda sees hindu extremists behind unrest
8 hour curfew imposed in Lahan, tensions down a notch
Human Rights organizations in Lahan appeal to seek solution through dialogues
Transport strike cripples life in Sarlahi
Parties differ on electoral system, ballot paper
Indians trying for Nepali citizenship
NT to distribute 3.5m mobile lines by 2010
सरकारद्वारा वार्ता आह्वान सरकारले मधेसी जनअधिकार फोरम र आदिवासी/जनजाति महासंघ लगायतलाई शान्ति वार्तामा आउन मंगलबार आह्वान गरेको छ । 'संविधानसभाले राजनीतिक, आर्थिक, सामाजिक समस्या समाधान गर्न सक्छ भन्ने सरकारको विश्वास छ,' मन्त्रिपरिषद् बैठकपछि प्रवक्ता सूचना तथा सञ्चार राज्यमन्त्री दिलेन्द्र बडुले भने- 'संविधानसभा चुनावपहिले समाधान गर्नुपर्ने केही विषय छन् भने त्यसका लागि शान्तिपर्ूण्ा संवादमा आउन सरकारले मधेसी, आदिवासी/ जनजातिलाई आह्वान गरेको छ ।' ....... लहान घटनामा मारिएका पा“च जनाको परिवारलाई १०/१० लाख रुपैया“ प्रदान गर्न ..... सरकारको आह्वानपछि फोरमले भने वार्ताको वातावरण नबनेको टिप्पणी गरेको छ । फोरमद्वारा जारी विज्ञप्तिमा सरकारी दमन, गिरफ्तारी र हिंसाले वार्ताको न्यूनतम वातावरण बन्न नसकेको जिकिर छ । ..... आफ्नो आन्दोलन शान्तिपर्ूण्ा रहेको दाबी गर्दै फोरमले अन्तरिम संविधानमा मधेस, लोकतन्त्र, मानव अधिकार, आदिवासी/जनजाति र दलितविरोधी प्रावधान संशोधन हुनुपर्ने मागमा आन्दोलन जारी रहेको उल्लेख छ । ...... फोरमले जनसंख्या आधारमा समानुपातिक निर्वाचन प्रणाली माग गरेको छ । '२ सय ३८ वर्षेखि मधेसी आदिवासी/जनजातिमाथि कायम आन्तरिक औपनिवेशीकरणको अन्त गरी जातीय एवं क्षेत्रीय स्वायत्त शासन, आत्मनिर्ण्र्ााो अधिकारसहितको संघीय प्रणालीतर्फअन्तरिम संविधान उन्मुख हुनर्ुपर्छ ........ फोरमले प्रधानमन्त्री र माओवादी अध्यक्षले राष्ट्र र मधेसी समुदायसामु माफी माग्नुपर्ने र गृहमन्त्री कृष्णप्रसाद सिटौलाले पदबाट राजीनामा दिनुपर्ने माग गरेको छ । उसले सरकारद्वारा गठित उच्चस्तरीय न्यायिक छानबिन आयोग मधेसीको नेतृत्वमा गठन हुनुपर्ने माग गरेको छ । फोरमले आठ दलको सोमबारको निर्ण्र्ाा' अप्रजातान्त्रिक र न्यूनतम मानव अधिकारविरुद्घ भएको' आरोप ....... प्रधानमन्त्रीले शान्तिसुरक्षा कायम गर्ने नाममा उग्रता पर््रदर्शन नगर्न गृहमन्त्री कृष्णप्रसाद सिटौलालाई आग्रह गरे । ...... 'कुुनै बेला राज्यद्वारा आतंककारी घोषित माओवादी चार दिन राजधानी छाड्दा तर्राईमा यत्रो बबन्डर मच्चियो,' उनले भने । मधेसमा दंगा बढेपछि प्रधानमन्त्री निवास बालुुवाटारबाट आफूलाई पटक-पटक फोन आएको उल्लेख गर्दै उनले प्रतिउत्तरमा आफूले 'सामन्तवादी चलबलाइरहे गणतन्त्रका लागि आजभोलि नै तयार रहन' खबर पठाएको बताए । अध्यक्ष प्रचण्ड, नेताहरू बाबुुराम भट्टर्राई र रामबहादुुर थापा 'बादल' मंगलबार सा“झ गाडीबाट काठमाडौं फर्किएका छन् ।
समानुपातिक प्रणालीमा दलहरूबीच मतभेद समानान्तर पद्धतिमा मतदाताले सीधै पार्टर्ीीलाई मत दिन्छन् र त्यसैका आधारमा २ सय ४ सिट निर्धारण हुन्छ । मिश्रति सदस्यीयमा भौगोलिक क्षेत्रअनुसारको २ सय ५ र समानुपातिक अनुसारको २ सय ४ दुवैमा खसेको कुल मत जोडेर अनुपातका आधारमा सिटहरू निर्धारण गरिन्छन् । ..... कांग्रेस, माओवादी र मजदुर किसान पार्टर्ीी 'समानान्तर पद्घति' अपनाउनुपर्ने अडान राखे भने एमाले, विभाजित तीनवटै जनमोर्चा, वाममोर्चा, राप्रपा, जनशक्तिलगायत आठ दलले भने 'मिश्रति सदस्यीय' पद्घति हुनुपर्ने बताए । समानान्तर पद्घति अपनाउ“दा ठूला पार्टर्ीीई बढी सिट प्राप्त हुन्छ । मुलुकभर या धेरै ठाउ“मा मत पाउने तर प्रत्यक्ष सिट कम जित्ने साना पार्टर्ीी लागि मिश्रति सदस्यीय पद्घतिबाट बढी सिट आउने सम्भावना हुन्छ । दुवै कांग्रेस, राप्रपा एउटा मतपत्रको पक्षमा छन् भने एमाले, माओवादी, विभाजित तीनवटै जनमोर्चा, वाममोर्चा दर्ुइवटा मतपत्र हुनुपर्ने अडानमा छन् । उम्मेदवारको समावेशीकरण भए/नभएको पहिचान, समावेशीकरणको संयन्त्र कसरी तय गर्ने भन्नेमा पनि दलहरू निष्कर्षा पुगेका छ्रैनन् । अन्तरिम संविधानमा उम्मेदवारको चयन गर्दा समावेशी सिद्घान्तलाई दलहरूले ध्यान दिनुपर्ने र समानुपातिक प्रतिनिधित्वअर्न्तर्गतको सूची तयार गर्दा महिला, दलित, उत्पीडित जाति, आदिवासी/जनजाति, पिछडिएको क्षेत्र मधेसी लगायतको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्नुपर्ने र दुवै निर्वाचनमा गरी कम्तीमा एक तिहाइ महिला उम्मेदवार हुनुपर्ने व्यवस्था छ ।
गोलीले घाइते भएकामा रमिते र र्सवसाधारण बढी
र्सवसाधारणको गाडी नरोकी राजाको सवारी
जनतान्त्रिकद्वारा अपहरण
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तर्राईवासीको असहमति नारा जुलुस गरेर अन्तरिम संविधान जलाएकै कारण थुन्ने र मुद्दा चलाउने अधिकार सरकारले पाएको छैन । ....... नेपालगन्जमा केही दिन पहिले सत्ताधारी पार्टर्ीीद्भावनाले बजार बन्दको आयोजना गर्दा त्यहा“को एउटा सानो पहाडे मूलको समूहले अराजकता मच्चाउ“दै मधेसवासीको घर लुट्ने, जलाउने र यातयातका साधनमाथि भीषण प्रहार गर्ने वितण्डा मच्चाएको धेरै भएको छैन । त्यसबेला मूकदर्शक बन्ने सरकारले अहिले मधेसवासीले संविधान जलाउ“दा किन पुलिस उतारेर कारबाही गर्‍यो ....... अहिले मधेसवासी जनतामा देखापरेको आक्रोश केवल प्रायोजित मात्र हो भनेर वक्तव्यबाजी गर्नुभन्दा पहिले नेपालगन्ज र काठमाडौंमा उत्तेजनाको बीउ रोप्ने शक्ति र व्यक्ति खोजी गरेर अराजकताको किलकिले अ“ठ्याउनु उचित होला । ....... माओवादीले सम्पर्ूण्ा अवरोध पार गर्दै संसद्मा अहिले जुन हैसियत प्राप्त गरेको छ भोलि संविधानसभा चुनावमा बहुमत नै पायो भने सायद राजाको सम्पत्ति खोज्नेमात्र होइन नेताहरूको सम्पत्तिको पनि खोजबिन होला । ....... आफूलाई अपरिहार्य शक्ति ठानेर जनताको विमतिको अधिकारमाथि प्रहार गर्नमै लिप्त रहने हो भने माओवादीको पनि एमाले र कांग्रेसकै हालत हुने देखिन्छ । माओवादीस“ग गरिब जनताले ठूलो अपेक्षा राखेका छन् । आम जनताले यो नया“ शक्तिले सामाजिक न्यायको नीति निर्माण गरोस् भन्ने कामना पनि गरेका छन् ।
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Nepal:MJF protesters shut down Biratnagar PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal
Nepal:Eight-hour curfew imposed in Lahan PeaceJournalism.com
Nepal:Curfew clamped in Janakpur PeaceJournalism.com
CPN to apologize for cadre-villager clash in Nepal: CPN chairman People's Daily Online
Probe ordered as five die in Nepal violence Gulf Times, Qatar
Fresh curfew in Nepal towns The Brunei Times violent protests by ethnic Madhesis ..... protesters from Nepal's southern plains who say they have been sidelined by a deal to bring former Maoist rebels into the political mainstream.
Balkanization Threatens Nepal OhmyNews International
Curfews in Nepal as unrest clouds peace process China Post
UN urges Nepal war crimes trials BBC News, UK In her BBC interview, the UN high commissioner for human rights accused the country's political players of acting insultingly to victims of rights abuses committed during nearly 11 years of conflict. .... it would be catastrophic to grant amnesties on either side before the commission did its work. .... "The UN totally rejects any amnesties for very serious offences - genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity - and certainly war crimes here would be clearly applicable" .... people on both sides should be punished ..... "There should be prosecutions of those most responsible for these levels of gross violations of human rights, disappearances, killings, and torture" ..... post-conflict political environments are very fragile but "justice should not be held hostage" to that. .... many a times information provided by the government to human rights monitors were found not credible, while the Maoists were reluctant to cooperate. .... "Now we see what the conflict was hiding - which is much more chronic violations such as discrimination on a very large scale of all kinds of minority groups."
Nepal : The State/System Transformation PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal
Hindu extremists spreading anarchy in Nepal: Prachanda Hindu, India
Nepal's new source of unrest BBC News What unites them most is the belief that they are marginalised in a country whose rulers, both royal and political, have always come from the hills. ..... The Madheshis say they feel internally colonised and that even simple matters, such as the way they dress, are looked down on. ..... Although one-third of Nepalis are Madheshis, they make up only one-tenth of those working in government and in the army they have near zero representation. .... many have been denied Nepalese citizenship, despite living in the country for decades. ..... Ethnically-based violence is new to Nepal.

Parties differ on electoral system, ballot paper NepalNews CPN-UML, three factions of People's Front Nepal, Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi-devi), Rastriya Prajatantra Party favoured MMPR electoral system, while Nepali Congress, NC (Democratic), CPN (Maoists) and Nepal Workers and Peasant Party stood in favour of PS electoral system. ...... In the MMPR electoral system, total valid votes is divided by 409 seats. Each party's seat garnered in the first past-the-post system will be subtracted from the quotient to arrive at the final number of seats to be allotted to the party in question. ...... Whereas, in PS electoral system, 204 seats will be divided among political parties according to votes received in the election. ...... parties were also divided over whether to use single or double ballot paper for two different electoral systems; first past-the-post and second proportional electoral system. ...... UML, PFN, Maoists and Sadbhavana party favoured double ballot paper during the CA polls, while other political parties preferred two votes (each for the party and candidate) in a single ballot paper.

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

8 Parties Need To Declare 205 Constituencies Of Equal Population

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Madhesi Movement Is April Revolution Part 2