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Possibility of CPN-Maoist forming a Government: Prachanda
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On July 26, 2008, the State-run newspaper “The Rising Nepal” reported that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) has once again claimed that there was still a strong possibility of it leading the next government. After the defeat of its candidate Ramraja Prasad Singh in the presidential poll, it has decided to stay away from forming a new government saying it has no moral authority to do so. The newspaper also wrote as follow:
In an interview with the Gorkhapatra, Maoist chairman Prachanda said that the Maoists could form the next government by proving a majority in the 601-member Constituent Assembly. "More than 20 parties in the Constituent Assembly out of 25 hold the view that we should lead the next government; hence there is still a strong possibility of a government led by CPN-Maoist." In addition, the parties that assisted the three-party alliance during the presidential election now want CPN-Maoist to lead the next government, said Prachanda. "With this, the possibility of our party forming the next government cannot be totally ruled out." He, however, warned of staying out of the government and even launching an agitation if ‘number games’ dominated the scenario.
Prachanda claimed that the domestic and foreign reactionary and status quoits forces were effortful to prevent the Maoists from forming the new government. "The people have established the CPN-Maoist, a revolutionary party, as the largest party in the CA; the reactionary and status quoits forces, however, are not ready to accept it," he said, "If any other party had won as many seats as we had, a new government would be in place just within a week. But the CPN-Maoist has been barred out of government for almost four months; this is a serious disregard for people’s mandate."
Prachanda claimed a conspiracy was underway to delay the formation of a new government in order to prevent the Maoist-led government from representing the country in the SAARC Summit to be held in Sri Lanka next week for fear of Maoists giving new messages to the regional organization. Prachanda said, "The government-formation process has been delayed with the fear that if Maoists had a chance to participate in the SAARC Summit, they would give the region and the wider world beyond a new message."
He also claimed that the Maoists were about to take the leadership of the new government only to execute people’s mandate and not to impose authoritarianism. "We have been trying for the last three months to form the new government; this is to execute people’s mandate and not to introduce authoritarianism in the country."
Prachanda said it was because of his party that the country finally elected a president from the Madheshi community. "One after another, our agenda of constituent assembly, republican state, presidential system and federalism are being implemented. The political agenda belong to the Maoists but the leadership is traditional; everybody should remain alert to prevent the prolongation of this situation."
