Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

"I will make the third and final appeal to the Maoists to come for peace talks. If they don't accept, I will be compelled to go for general elections to give continuity to the democratic process."

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, speaking at the program on Regional Security.

* * *

"I have heard that the bureaucracy is not supporting (the UML ministers) because of the rumor that UML is quitting the government. I want to make clear that the UML is not going to leave the government so easily"

Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the UML, in Kantipur

* * *

"We would be compelled to rethink about the monarchy itself, if the King moves towards autocracy."

Girija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress and former Prime Minister, in Kantipur.

* * *

"If the liberal regime fails, it will give rise to an authoritarian one."

Dr. Mohamad Mohsin, Minister for Information and Communication and the spokesperson of the government, talking to editors and publishers at his office.

* * *

"I do not find this government, particularly the Prime Minister, committed to hold the peace talks."

Pradip Nepal, spokesperson of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) - a partner in the coalition government.

* * *

"This government is a government formed by His Majesty to assist him. This is his government. I have no other expectations from a government like this."

Taranath Ranabhat, Speaker of the House of Representatives, in Jana Astha.

* * *

"There cannot be a republican state where Monarchy exists. Either they (the Maoists) should bring a new theory of republican monarchy or should drop the demand for republican state."

Kunta Sharma, former Member of Parliament from UML, in Jana Astha.

* * *

"America, which did not spare capitalist countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, is not going to leave Nepal if there comes a communist regime. Will the Maoists take the responsibility in the coming days if Indian or American forces enter Nepal?"

Amik Sherchan, President of People's Front Nepal, in Rajdhani

* * *

"I don't hesitate to say that Nepali Congress should take more responsibility for the present crisis, being the party in the government for the longest period, despite the fact that I am a member of the party."

Narahari Acharya, central committee member of the Nepali Congress, in Deshantar.

* * *