Communist PM Elected, Communist Govt forming

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Things changed in this world, today Communism is true democracy, and election put Nepalis Maoist PM in the seat. A Communist Govt is now being formed.

Nepal Elects a Maoist to Be the Prime Minister
Brian Sokol for The New York Times

Pushka Kamal Dahal, known as Prachanda, wore garlands in Katmandu on Friday after his election as prime minister of Nepal. He won a large majority of the vote in the Constituent Assembly.



KATMANDU, Nepal — The leader of the decade-long Maoist rebellion in Nepal was elected prime minister on Friday after four months of political wrangling. His victory sets the stage for the former rebels’ toughest challenge: how to uplift the lives of 27 million people in one of the poorest countries in the world at a time of soaring food and fuel prices.

The Maoist leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal — who goes by the nom de guerre Prachanda, “the fierce one” in Nepali — won more than two-thirds of 577 votes cast in the Constituent Assembly on Friday evening.

His election had been expected since April, when the Maoists won a majority in a special assembly elected both to draft a new constitution and to form a government.

For four months, however, Nepali Congress, the nation’s oldest party, which has a long list of grievances against the Maoists, blocked their bid to lead a government of national consensus.

The election of the prime minister opens the way to the establishment of a democratic government in Nepal. That would be a milestone in resolving issues remaining after the decade-long civil war, a conflict that claimed the lives of an estimated 13,000 people before it ended with a peace accord in 2006.

The Maoists have already achieved their main goal, ending 239 years of Hindu monarchy. At its first session, in May, a Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a federal republic. The former king, Gyanendra, the world’s last Hindu monarch, was forced to vacate the main palace here and live as a commoner.

On Friday, Prachanda, 54, won with the support of three of the four biggest parties in the 601-member assembly. Nepali Congress still refused to support his Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), accusing its youth force of brutality. It also said that the Maoists had not returned private property seized from political opponents during the war.

Prachanda defeated Sher Bahadur Deuba, a three-time former prime minister from Nepali Congress, though not without making significant concessions. A senior Maoist leader, Baburam Bhattarai, said Maoist party officials would no longer hold positions in the party’s armed wing, the People’s Liberation Army. He also pledged that the party would return seized property to its owners.

Since shedding his fatigues and transforming himself into a politician, Prachanda has sought to cast his organization as a political party that merits the trust of the Nepalese people and foreign donors.

As they form a government, the Maoists face their biggest challenge ever. Fuel is in short supply in the cities and hunger looms in the countryside. The Maoists will also press to integrate their former fighters into Nepal’s army, a demand that the army is likely to resist vigorously.

The Maoists remain on the United States’ list of banned terrorist organizations, although American officials have established contact with their political leaders, including Prachanda. “We hope that election of the prime minister removes the last barrier to speedy formation of a government, constructive action on key issues facing Nepal and a start on the difficult but necessary task of drafting Nepal’s new constitution,” the American Embassy said Friday in a statement.

Tilak Pokharel reported from Katmandu, and Somini Sengupta from New Delhi.

 

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Nepal's Maoists in talks to form govt :p

by Deepesh Shrestha Sun Aug 17, 3:16 AM ET

KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's Maoists aim to form the nation's first post-royal government this week, a party official said, marking a major step on their journey from rebel army to legitimate political power.
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The talks come after former guerrilla chief Prachanda -- whose name means "the fierce one" -- was overwhelmingly elected prime minister by the country's lawmakers on Friday.

Maoist spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara told AFP that the ultra-leftists were negotiating with allied parties and hoped to form a government within days.

"There's an immediate need to bring all parties to a common consensus to take the country forward," he said late Saturday.

Since the Maoists signed up for peace in 2006, Nepal has seen tumultuous change, with the rebels ending their bloody civil war, winning landmark polls and throwing out the monarchy.

The Maoists struck an alliance with two of Nepal's biggest four parties to ensure the election of Prachanda, a former school teacher whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

The newly elected prime minister will formally take up the role on Monday after being sworn in by President Ram Baran Yadav, officials said.

"Preparations are underway for the swearing-in ceremony," Ram Hari Aryal, secretary at the President's Office told AFP.

The former rebels and their allies are in talks over the distribution of ministerial portfolios, the Maoist official said.

The Maoists have promised to bring about a "social transformation" of the impoverished nation, along with radical economic reform.

"We have already finished destroying the roots of feudalism in Nepal," said the Maoists' second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai late last week.

"Under Prachanda's leadership, the main agenda of the new administration will be nationalism, republicanism, economic and social transformation," he said, comparing the Maoist chief to Lenin and Napoleon.

But the party will be heading a government that faces massive challenges.

The fate of 19,000 former rebel guerrillas confined to UN-monitored camps must be decided and spiralling food and fuel prices are putting millions at risk of hunger.

Law and order has deteriorated across the country, particularly in the southern Terai region, where violent unrest has been simmering for two years.

In addition, Nepal is desperate for financial assistance to help it recover from the decade-long civil war that killed at least 13,000 people and devastated the economy.

Despite their left-wing agenda, the Maoists have won a warm welcome from business.

"Prachanda said the new government will be forming economic policies based on suggestions by business people and industrialists," said Kush Kumar Joshi, president of the Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

"He also said there would be no curtailing of profits and that the party is eager to work with the private sector."

Maoist spokesman Mahara said the party was capable of dealing with Nepal's problems.

"We've lots of challenges ahead of us but we also have a whole new spirit to confront them," he said.

 

[david]

Will these communists last? They need friends like China or Cuba

 

[High Command]

Will these communists last? They need friends like China or Cuba

So long as they delivery what the people expect of them they will last. Got friends but cannot delivery they will not last.

 

[Adidas]

those countries are different from us.
so long as they delivers what they promised during the election to the people,they will surely last.
furthermore,China will surely support it as it is bordering India and Pakistan,two countries who are having history of border's dispute with China.