An eight-hour long meeting between the government and the Maoists Wednesday could not give finishing touch to the draft of the peace accord submitted by the all-party Peace Committee.
Minister Pradeep Gyawali, who is also the member of the government’s talks team, told reporters after the meeting that the draft could not be finalised today due to lack of time. Likewise, Maoist talks team member Dev Gurung said there were some vague clauses including the clause on human rights in the draft of the peace accord, which needed further discussion. Home Minister KP Situala and state minister Ramesh Lekhak and Maoist leaders Dr Baburam Bhattrai and Krishna Bahadur Mahara were also involved in the meeting that was supposed to finalise the draft.
The much-awaited peace accord that will formally put an end to the 11-year long insurgency is due to be signed between the SPA government and the Maoists tomorrow. The landmark accord also commits to ban armed activities, extortion and guarantees the return to displaced people to their original places.
Talking to journalists on Monday, Dr Bhattarai took the Peace Committee to task for disclosing the content of the draft without consulting with his party.
The committee headed by Nepali Congress general secretary Ram Chandra Poudel had submitted the draft peace accord to the government on Sunday. nepalnews.com mk Nov 15 06
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