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A joint Central Committee convention of the two parties held yesterday had decided to make the official announcement of the unification and birth of a new party— Unified CPN-Maoist— today.
Supporters took out a victory rally from Tinkune, Chabahil, Maharanjung, Gongabu, Balaju and Kalanki and reached the Open Air Theatre.
The joint convention also decided to expand its CC to 175 members chaired by Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Only 137 members of the 175-member CC— 106 members of Maoists and 31 of Masal— have been included in the central committee for the moment. The remaining 38 will be included after the new central committee's first meeting scheduled for Jan 15 concludes.
CPN-Maoist, Masal unite; PM Dahal renews revolt rhetoric
The formal announcement of unification between CPN (Maoist) and Unity
Centre (Masal) was made in Kathmandu amid a mass gathering Tuesday.
Party workers took out rallies from different parts of the capital prior
to the mass gathering at Khula Manch, which was attended by senior leaders
from the Maoist party and the now-dissolved Unity Centre (Masal).
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister and chairman of CPN (Maoist), heads
the united party which has been named as Unified CPN (Maoist). The party
will have a 175-member central committee that includes 38 members from
Unity Centre (Masal).
Addressing the mass meeting, party chairman Dahal warned of 'people's
revolt' if the current Maoist-led government is forced to quit.
"This government is not a repetition of past ones. If it is
overthrown our party will spearhead a people's revolt from the next
day and capture power," he thundered, "Nothing in
the world will stop us." To try to topple the government,
he said, is to push the country into disarray.
Dahal also indirectly warned the coalition partners, saying "We
are in the same boat. Other parties will sink along with the boat if
they make holes in it." "We are revolutionaries and we will
manage to sail through."
The Maoist strongman, however, admitted his cabinet has not been able
to meet the aspirations of the people.
"People want the government to deliver, but it has not been
able to deliver fully. We communists are in majority, but we are plagued
by lopsided attitude [towards of each other]." nepalnews.com
mk Jan 13 09
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