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Nepalese people can not forget how King said "Nepal and the Nepalese can only benefit if there is peace, harmony and stability. Peace is our necessity, multi-party democracy our conviction, nationalism our cornerstone and the happiness of the Nepali people our political faith. The political parties, civic society as well as all the countrymen should devote themselves to the creation of a peaceful and prosperous Nepal through mutual understanding and harmonious co-existence. We must all, therefore, make sincere effort to work together to make democracy meaningful by shunning the habit of blaming and doubting each other and leading a life of virtue and character." The above address of the King was highly welcomed by Nepalese people living abroad. There is, no doubt, that Shah Kings have made a historic contribution in Nepal's unification, democratisation and modernisation. It was the monarchy that expressed grave concern and took serious concern. The recent cease-fire and initiation of peace process are its results. All political parties, civil society and general people have welcomed the peace initiatives taken by the government and reciprocated by the Maoist.
Nepalese people can not forget how the Maoist decision to immediately suspend the fund raising campaign and calling off the proposed two-day country-wide strike on February 13 and 14 and how Prachanda expressed seriousness towards the talks in the interest of "nationalism, democracy and resolution of basic problems faced by the people. The Maoists' offer for dialogue came shortly after Prime Minister Chand called upon the rebels to put an end to violence and come to the dialogue table to work out a political solution to the problem.
On the other hand, Recently UML, and Nepali Congress decided to organize the programme in order to make the peace process successful. Under the programme, public gathering, meetings, all party meeting will be held in various districts and administrative zones. The government of Chand had agreed to stop calling the rebels terrorists, and had cancelled the bounty offer and a notice to Interpol seeking the arrest of rebels. Chand said his government is working hard to make the current ceasefire a permanent one. Even the members of the Maoist talk team Wednesday conferred with human rights activists Padma Ratna Tuladhar and Daman Nath Dhungana and leader of chairman of NWPP Narayan Man Bijukchhe concerning the need to prepare for the crucial peace talks in the near future.
The Nepalese people abroad remain deeply concerned about how the Nepalese politics is becoming increasingly polarized and unstable governments turned over three times a year. political parties of the time were only concerned with power struggles and allegations of corruption were rife during Deubaås 1995-96 coalition government.
To achieve permanent peace, security and stability in Nepal the political parties, civic society and intellectual forces should make the peace process more participatory and should devote themselves to the creation of a peaceful and prosperous through mutual understanding because the government-Maoists cease-fire as a positive event. It said the rebel members of the talk team met leaders of various political parties and discussed their agenda and necessary cooperation they wanted from all the political parties. this process needs to be translated into permanent peace. For this, cooperation and commitment from all sectors including the political parties is highly necessary. The dialogue with the Maoists should be concluded so as to fulfill the objective of multi-party system, constitutional monarchy, people's sovereignty and peace. A code of conduct should be developed between the state and opposition group and the political parties should also be involved in the dialogue.
Nearly seven years of civil war have left roughly 7,500 Nepalese dead. Innocent people and police officials of various ranks and even members of opposing political parties have been the most affected victims. the government already having passed on its code of conduct governing the cease-fire.
Because of poverty, and an ongoing leadership crisis, things had gone from bad to worse in recent years in Nepal. This is the right time for the initiation of peace talks. Both the government and the Maoists are serious about it. Maoists are expressing interest in a political soft landing so the Maoists have also realized the importance of peace. The Maoists also decided to stop targeting development infrastructure and attacks on individuals affiliated with political parties. The Maoists have destroyed development infrastructure worth billions of rupees. In seven years, the conflict has cost over 7,100 lives, has brought the fragile economy into deep trouble. There were several attacks in different part of the country, bombing and destroying electricity, communication network, so the situation was always very tense and difficult but now It is a time for all the political parties, civil society and the citizens to do something from our field for a permanent peace in the country.
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Journalist and Story Writer Kamala Sarup is specializing in in-depth reporting and writing on Peace, Anti War, Women, Terrorism, Democracy, and Development. Some of her publications are: Women's Empowerment in(South Asia, Nepal)Booklet). Prevention of trafficking in women through media,(Book) Efforts to Prevent Trafficking in for Media Activism (Media research). Two Stories collections. Her interests include international conflict resolution, cross-cultural communication, philosophy, feminism, political, socio-economic and literature. Her current plans are to move on to humanitarian work in conflict areas in the near future. She also is experienced in organizational and community development. A meeting of jury members held on 21 March in Geneva has decided to attribute Kamala Sarup, The Conservative Voice, writer, with a Honorable Mention of International Award for Women Issue.
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Congratulations dhananjaya | Dec 29th, 2003
I read your article. It is nice.
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