Commitment To Peace
PRIME Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand has said that His
Majesty's Government is fully committed to maintaining peace in the country and the main
agenda in the talks with the Maoists will also be peace and stability. Addressing media
persons in Dhangadi the other day, Prime Minister Chand said that the country was in need
of cooperation from all sectors in order to restore peace and revive national economy and
the development activities. It is true that all political forces and responsible citizens
must cooperate and extend helping hand in order to transform the peace process into a
lasting one. However, some political parties are raising the issue of constitutionality
and creating a roadblock to peace process. This is by no means a responsible behavour.
Peace is the need of the hour in the country. We must support whoever comes forward with
the concrete programmes and plans for restoration of peace. The Maoist problem was born
and grew in the last seven years- the period when all today's major political parties had
been in power at different times. The country saw a record political instability, horse -
trading and all forms of political perversions during the period. However, these parties
were engaged more in the bitter struggle for grabbing power than solving the country's
burning problem. As a result, the nation fell into a quagmire of crisis. Nepal, which used
to be known as a peaceful Shangri-La in the world, lost this image due to violence and
political instability. Thus, the parties who were in power in the last 12 years are
responsible for the problems the nation is facing at present. The irony is that those who
failed to solve the problem are raising doubt over the intention of the peace process. The
government is, no doubt, serious to restore peace in the country, the results of which are
the declaration of cease-fire and the code of conduct. The Maoists too have publicly
expressed their commitment to fully observe the code of conduct and restore peace. The
formal peace talks and negotiation with the Maoist, as said by Minister for Works and
Physical Planning Narayan Singh Pun, are to start soon. There should be no efforts from
any quarters to derail and disturb the peace process. The nation has already suffered much
due to the violence and terror and it can not afford any more violence. Violence only
breeds violence. Nowhere in the world violence has been successful. It is the peaceful
political exercises in keeping with the interest of the people only that bring progress
and prosperity. Thus, violence must end and the present peace process must be successful
in the larger interest of the nation and the people.
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