Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:25 AM Subject: Nepal. Ruling class trembles From: "Magnus Bernhardsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tuesday July 31, 10:06 PM Nepal PM praises Maoist leader KATHMANDU, July 31 (AFP) - In a further sign that an end to Nepal's bloody five year Maoist insurgency could be in sight, the country's new prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said Tuesday the head of the rebel group was a "brave leader". In his first public speech since being elected as the leader of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC), Deuba said: "I regard Prachand as a brave leader and take his press releases positively." Prachand, whose real name is Pushp Kamal Dahal, is the chairman of the Maoists, who have been fighting to overthrow the constitutional monarchy since On Sunday he released a statement saying his party was committed to finding a political solution to the insurgency problem. Deuba's comments, at a meeting with journalists and public figures, came after the government and the rebels called a truce last week in the violence that has killed more than 1,700 people in the past five years. The Maoists had stepped up their attacks against the police in the aftermath of the massacre of almost the entire royal family on June 1. But last week Deuba, who took over from former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, offered to sit down with the rebels. And the Nepalese government released 15 detained Maoists as a confidence-building measure for the talks. At the meeting, Deuba admitted that a lack of sincerity from politicians and their tendency to work only for power provoked the Maoists to rebel against democracy in Nepal. He said many of the leaders who helped to re-establish the multi-party system in Nepal following a people's movement in 1990, had forgotten to listen to the voice of the people. "We have wasted over a decade doing nothing. Let's now do something for the people," he said. Leader of the opposition Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist and Leninist, Madhav Kumar Nepal, said the Maoist insurgency was a direct result of the government's excessive exercise of power during its tenure. "The problem would be solved only if the government could explore the root of the problem," Nepal said. "The problem of Maoist insurgency is deep-rooted and associated with the social and economic disparity as well as the chaotic political environment," he said. But he said the Maoist rebels were "as autocratic" as the NC party. "We have seen that they want to uproot other political parties and their beliefs by terrorizing the people nor are they sympathetic to the people," Nepal charged. "What we have seen till today does not indicate that the government of Maoists, if it comes some day, will give relief to the crisis-stricken people," the communist leader said. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
