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spotlogo2.jpg (6318 bytes) VOL. 22, NO. 21, DEC 06 - DEC 12 2002.

QUOTE UNQUOTE



"The time has come for democracy to take rest."

Gore Bahadur Khapangi, Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare, in Kantipur.

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"The CPN-Maoists resemble the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN-UML general secretary, in Space-Time.

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"Does he (Deputy Prime Minister Badri Prasad Mandal) have the guts to prevent me from taking part in the central committee meeting. I am an elected member and the acting president cannot suspend me from membership."

Hridayesh Tripathy, suspended member of Nepal Sadbhavana Party, in Bimarsha.

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"Why should we take serious note of cheap statements of former chief justice Bishwonath Upadhyaya? His statements do not have any credibility."

Mohan Prasad Sharma, former chief justice of the Supreme Court, in Gorkhapatra.

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"Lokendra Bahadur Chand is our leader, but he is not the prime minister of our party."

Rabindra Nath Sharma, Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader, in Himalaya Times.

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"The country is burning, but our constitutionalists are laughing and watching television. The present crisis is not constitutional but political."

Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepali Congress president and former prime minister, in Deshantar.

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"The Europeans are very concerned about Nepal, as it is situated between two big countries, India and China."

Dr. Durgesh Man Singh, former ambassador to European Union, in Dristi.

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"We cannot strengthen multiparty democracy by undermining the role of political parties."

Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister for Information and Communication and General Administration.

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