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Cease fire and sit down for talks.
Updated: 18:26, Sunday April 30, 2006
Nepal's parliament has called for a cease-fire with Maoist insurgents and urged the rebels to sit down for talks. The new government of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is also pushing for elections for an assembley to rewrite the constitution.
They want to hold negotiations with the Maoists, who played a key role in protests which forced King Gyanendra to give up power last week.
The new constitution is expected to severely limit royal authority to prevent the king from retaking absolute power.
Lawmakers also want the orders and laws of the previous government to be invalidated. They want the king to be stripped of control of the 90,000-strong army, amid fears he could use it to grab power again.
Mr Koirala, 84, addressed parliament during its first session in four years. He said: "I urge Maoists to give up violence and come forward for peace talks." Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal, added: "It is time that everyone should give up violence and all forms of terror."
The Maoist rebels declared a cease-fire last week, but stressed it was only for three months.
Koirala was chosen as prime minister because he was the most acceptable candidate among the leading seven-party alliance. He is expected to name ministers in his government in the coming week.
BEKANNTGEGEBEN30/04/2006 @ 20:26:14 |
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