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Kathmandu Sunday December 23, 2001 Paush 08, 2058.
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Deuba summons all-party meet, Koirala calls
NC meet
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 22 - The government has called upon an
all-party meeting on Sunday to win the opposition’s support on re-allocating the
budget and over promulgating an ordinance on controlling corruption.
And on the same day, ruling Nepali Congress President, Girija
Prasad Koirala, has called a meeting of party’s powerful Central Working Committee
member’s informal meeting, alongwith other party departments.
"The government is seeking the opposition’s support
as a big portion of the budget is going for defence after the State of Emergency was
declared. The meeting will discuss on social and economical reformation programme that
will focus on sending aids to Maoist-affected areas though the development budget is
cropped," said a minister today.
This is the second all-party meet being held after the
emergency was declared. The government would also brief the parties about the ongoing
operation against by the security forces against the Maoists tomorrow.
The minister added that the meeting would bring conclusions
to long-debated issues on Commission for the Investigation on Abuse of Authority and on
corruption. "Probably, these ordinances will be issued on this week," said the
minister.
Meanwhile, party President Koirala today called upon an
informal meeting among the central members, department heads and its members.
Koirala recently expressed his interest to build a
"national government" to handle the present development of the country’s
political situation.
"The meeting will discuss on how the party activists
could go to the people during the state of emergency period," said the party
spokesman Arjun Narnsingh KC.
KC said Koirala is working on making a common mechanism and
coming to a national consensus by maintaining the minimum compromise among the national
parties for a grand democratic front.
"There has not been any move to form a united or
national government," said KC, adding that that could be thought about only after
programme-based unity among the parties.
Koirala’s sudden move comes at a time when a verbal duel
has erupted between and his successor. On Thursday, Koirala even indicated that he was
open to the formation of national government under the alliance he had been proposing of
late. The very next day Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba fired a salvo at his predecessor
by terming his call for consensus as an untimely ploy to grab power.
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