Maoists propose two armies under joint command

Having agreed to put their cadres from the People’s Liberation Army under the supreme command of the Nepalese Prime Minister in the interim government, the Maoist rebels believe they have shown more than adequate commitment to its eight-point agreement with the Seven Party Alliance.

Having agreed to put their cadres from the People’s Liberation Army under the supreme command of the Nepalese Prime Minister in the interim government, the Maoist rebels believe they have shown more than adequate commitment to its eight-point agreement with the Seven Party Alliance.

With the new modification to the earlier suggestion that decommissioning of arms by their cadres be done under UN auspices, the Maoists have conveyed to the Koirala government they were open to negotiations on how the decommissioning should be done. Under this proposal both the Nepal Army and the PLA would be under a unified command.

The Maoists’ eagerness that steps should be taken to proceed with the establishment of an interim government and the framing of a constitution, after which Parliament would be dissolved, was conveyed to Indian interlocutor Sitaram Yechury by Maoists chief Prachanda in Kathmandu on Friday. Yechury later met Prime Minister G P Koirala.

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Yechury met Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee before leaving for Nepal during which the latter repeated the Indian government’s view: Maoists should lay down arms before joining the mainstream.

CPN(UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal will meet Yechury on Saturday. The Indian leader is likely to meet both Koirala and Prachanda before returning to India on Sunday.

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