"Prime Minister Koirala and Nepali Congress are working in a dictatorial fashion."
Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML).
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"You can imagine the extent of complications when you are demanding ethnicity based fully proportional representation system and guaranteeing at least one member from each group. There are over 100 ethnic groups in this country. Their population range from 165 to over 1.2 million."
Ram Chandra Poudel, Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, explaining the government's problem in fulfilling demands raised by ethnic groups.
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"The way in which judiciary is being targeted, I think it is being done in a planned manner to show that courts are working in guided manner."
Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel, refuting charges leveled against him by media reports, in a press meet.
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"If persons carrying political ideologies are entered into NA, then that will trigger anomalies. We believe that should not be done."
Surya Bahadur Thapa, president of Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) and former prime minister, stating he is against integrating Maoist PLA soldiers into Nepali Army (NA).
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"It is the business of the parliament whether to impeach anyone. The government is not thinking of impeaching the Chief Justice. I do not think that the issue has reached such a stage."
Narendra Bikram Nembang, \Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, in The Himalayan Times.
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"Reactionaries and regressive elements are against us."
Ganesh Man Pun, president of Young Communist League (YCL), rejecting report by UN OHCHR detailing excesses by the YCL.
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"Party leaders should refrain from making comments expressing uncertainty about elections."
Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokharel, in his interaction with leaders in course of preparing election guidelines and rules.
Transition:
LEFT: Maoist chairman Prachanda, for Switzerland, to attend discussions on peace process, federalism and so on.
Senior Maoist leader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, for Oslo, Norway, to take part in Oslo Forum to discuss peace processes.
Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel, for Beijing, China at the invitation of Chief Justice of China.
ARRIVED: Rohith Bogollagama, Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart. Nepal and Sri Lanka are observing golden jubilee anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.
FORMED: A committee led by former Supreme Court judge Narendra Bahadur Neupane, by the government, to probe the whereabouts of disappeared persons. The three-member committee includes advocates Sher Bahadur KC and Raman Kumar Shrestha as members. The committee has been given six months time to probe the whereabouts of those disappeared since the start of Maoists' people's war.
CONFIRMED: The nomination of Nancy Powell, as the next US ambassador to Nepal, by the US Senate.
