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[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:04 PM Subject: Nepal Communist rivals to reunite AFP. 9 January 2002. Nepal Communist rivals to reunite. KATHMANDU -- Nepal's main opposition Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist Leninist (NCP-UML) has decided to reunite with a breakaway faction following a four-year split that contributed to its electoral defeat in 1999, party sources said. The NCP-UML standing committee on Tuesday, following a two-day meeting, gave "a green signal" for talks to begin on the modalities of the merger with the NCP-ML, which split away from the parent party because of disagreements over policy towards India. The damage caused by the split was all too evident in the 1999 elections, in which the NCP-UML, previously the largest single party in parliament, saw the Nepali Congress take power with an overall majority. "Had the party not split into two, it could have fared better against the Nepali Congress and even secured a comfortable majority," said political analyst Hari C. Shrestha. The split and the animosity that accompanied it saw many disaffected members of the mainstream Nepali left join the now outlawed ranks of the NCP-Maoist. The Maoist rebels have been fighting for a republic state in Nepal since 1996 and the insurgency has so far claimed the lives of over 2,300 people. The rebels have allegedly killed about 90 local activists and elected leaders of both the NCP-UML and NCP-ML in recent years. "One way to strengthen and revive the party was to return to its old form by reinducting the NCP-ML," said NCP-ML central committee member Balaram Baskota. "The basic objective of the talks between the two sides is about unity between the two left parties and the only hitch is the distribution of at least one third of the seats in the party's central committee," Baskota said. ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
