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A 'republic' or no truce: Maoists
Nepal's three-month-old peace process has been stuck lately on the thorny issue of arms management.
Baburam Bhattarai, the JNU-educated architect-turned-revolutionary, told a gathering of industrialists in Kathmandu that calls by government leaders to give "space" to monarchy would lead to certain failure of the peace process.
"We view such statements against the spirit of the people's movement," he said. "The peace process is in a delicate stage and such calls do not help negotiations. We will pull out of peace talks if the parties don't listen to us."
The threat to pull out of the peace process is the clearest yet by any Maoist leader since Gyanendra's dictatorial rule was toppled by street protests in April.
Nepal's three-month-old peace process has been stuck lately on the thorny issue of arms management. A United Nations mission last week failed to hammer out a consensus between the government and Maoist sides, raising fears of a stalemate.
While leaders of both sides have said they would work out on a compromise soon, the Maoists have linked an agreement with overarching political issues, including the wiping out of Nepal's 237-year-old monarchy in favour of a republican state.
But Koirala's Nepali Congress Party is ambivalent over the idea and has proposed deciding the monarchy's fate through a constituent assembly election. However, prime minister Koirala personally wants to retain the monarchy in a "ceremonial" form.
Bhattarai on Monday said that even if the peace process collapses, the Maoists would not go back into the jungles to continue an armed struggle. "We will launch a peaceful struggle by taking to the streets," he said.
In fact, a civil society group has already waged just such a street campaign. On Sunday, the Civil Movement for Democracy and Peace drew more than 20,000 people to Kathmandu's main square, urging the governing parties to speed ahead with a republic.
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