Sunday, December 25, 2011

Prachanda pressing for organisational unity


Kathmandu, Dec.24, UCPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has presented a political proposal at the party’s central committee meeting to resolve the crisis that has surfaced in the party.
He submitted a 9-point brief political proposal at the meeting held in party headquarters Perisdanda Saturday.
After chairman Prachanda presented the political document aimed at maintaining organizational unity in the party, senior vice-chairman Mohan Baidhya Kiran demanded a day to study the proposal.
According to party spokesperson Dinanath Sharma, vice-chairman Kiran informed that he would submit a written response to the proposal at another meeting.
Kiran demanded time as Prachanda’s proposal differed from his own 13-point document, Sharma said.
One of the participating leaders said that Prachanda, in his proposal, had included that imminent crisis could not be averted if a crisis-remedy was not brought.
Prachanda has mentioned that the internal was getting unhealthy, unusual and explosive due to the weakness of the leaders, which was compounded with external interference of domestic and international regressive forces.
His proposal said that unity in the party and victory over the regressive interference were possible by way of introspection from the leaders.
In the document, Prachanda said that the policy of the party was still people’s revolt. But there is no dispute in the party to make people’s federal republic as the main working policy of the party while emphasizing on national independence and federal republic before going for the revolt, the proposal said.
He said that the party should not undermine the people’s aspirations that the peace and constitution writing processes should be concluded under the Maoist leadership.
Chairman Prachanda mentioned in his document that the party

started giving special attention to take the leadership of the peace and constitution processes from April this year and it succeeded to initiate the process to form a Maoist government led by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai despite various ups and downs.
The standing committee meeting immediately after the government’s formation decided to hand over combatants, and weapons containers to the Army Integration Special Committee, Prachanda mentioned in the document.
He said that the 4-point deal was inked with the Madhesi Front as per the party’s decision and the agreement was approved by the party headquarters and parliamentary party.
He also said that the 7-point agreement, BIPPA and the agreement to return the captured property were made as per the party’s decision.
However, if any procedural errors had occurred, they could be reviewed and corrected from discussions and debates, he said.
He said that integration and rehabilitation of the combatants to conclude the peace process and to take the constitution writing process to a logical end were not the end to the revolution or surrender or class adjustment. Instead, they were new initiatives to move ahead by institutionalizing the achievements of the revolution, he said.
Prachanda has mentioned that the internal rifts which not only intensified but spilled all over the streets immediately following the formation of the Maoist government over the issue of weapons handover were worrying.
The rifts weakened the party’s status to lead the peace and constitution writing processes while affecting the political struggle with other forces negatively, he said.
In essence, the party was dead, Prachanda mentioned in the document. He said that groups were flourishing and sub-groups within groups and individuals within sub-groups were playing the role of a catalyst to intensify the row.
He severely criticized that individual interest was becoming dominant in the party.
He proposed a 10-point suggestion to resolve the dispute in the party and give a message of unity.
He also proposed a 3-month action plan for organizational consolidation and mobilisation of the people.

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