राष्ट्रसंघीय टोलीलाई सहयोग गर्न आफूहरु तयार, संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघलाई असहमति पत्र- माओवादी
नेपाल सरकारले संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघलाई पत्र पठाएको २२ दिनपछि सोमवार नेकपा माओवादीले पनि राष्ट्रसंघका महासचिव कोफी अन्नानलाई पत्र पठाएको छ । माओवादी अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डको हस्ताक्षरसहित पठाइएको पत्रमा नेपाल सरकारको तर्फाट जुलाई २ मा पठाइएको पत्रको बुँदा नं. ३ र ४ प्रति असहमति जाहेर गरिएको छ । आठबुँदे सहमतिको बुँदा नं. ३ को स्मरण गराउँदै सेना र हतियारको व्यवस्थापन एवं स्वतन्त्र र भयमुक्त वातावरणमा संविधानसभाको निर्वाचन गर्न राष्ट्रसंघलाई बोलाउने निर्ण्र्ााभएको पत्रमा जनाइएको छ ।
नेपाली सेना अझै पनि निरंकुशताकै पक्षपाती रहेको हुँदा त्यसले लोकतान्त्रिकरुपमा हुने संविधानसभाको निर्वाचनमा बाधा पुर्याउनसक्ने हुँदा नेपाली सेनालाई अन्तर्रर्ााट्रय निगरानीमा राख्नुपर्ने जनाइएको छ । शान्ति प्रक्रियाका लागि नेपाल आउने राष्ट्रसंघीय टोलीलाई सहयोग गर्न आफूहरु तयार रहेको पनि विज्ञप्तिमा उल्लेख गरिएको छ ।
यसैबीच सरकारी वार्ता टोली संयोजक कृष्णप्रसाद सिटौला र माअेावादी वार्ता टोली संयोजक कृष्णबहादुर महराबीच सोमवार साँझ करीव एक घण्टा वार्ता भएको छ । वार्ताका क्रममा महराले सरकारको तर्फाट राष्ट्रसंघलाई पत्र पठाउँदा माओवादी पक्षसँग छलफल नगरेकोमा आपत्ति प्रकट गर्नुभएको थियो । त्यस्तै सिटौलाले पनि सोमवार माओवादीले पठाएको पत्र सरकारी पत्राचारलाई असहयोग गर्ने किसिमले आएको भनी असन्तुष्टि व्यक्त गर्नुभएको थियो ।
वार्तामा अब दुबै पक्षबीच अविश्वास रहने किसिमका कुनै पनि निर्ण्र्ाानगर्ने र नयाँ निर्ण्र्ाालिनुपर्दा आपसी सल्लाह र सहमतिद्वारा मात्र अघि बढ्ने सहमति भएको सिटौलाले स्वतन्त्र समाचार सेवालाई बताउनुभयो । शिखर वार्ताको मिति भने आगामी अनौपचारिक वैठकले तय गर्ने जानकारी उहाँले दिनुभयो ।
H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations
New York.
Dear Mr. Secretary-General,
This is to draw your attention to the letter sent to you by the Government of Nepal on 2 July 2006 and to register our strong protest and disagreement over certain crucial points of the letter.
Firstly, the letter was written & sent unilaterally and secretively without any consultation with us in utter violation of the spirit of ongoing negotiation between the Government of Nepal and the C.P.N (Maoist). We came to know about the letter through the media after nearly three weeks, and hence this delay to register our disagreement over it.
Secondly, and more importantly, the content of the letter, particularly as stated in points nos. 3 & 4, is in complete violation of the 12-point Understanding of 22 November 2005 and 8-point Agreement of 16 June 2006 reached between the two sides. For your kind recollection, clause-3 of the 8-point Agreement clearly states: "To request the United Nations to assist in the management of the armies and arms of both sides (emphasis added) and to monitor it for a free & fair election to the constituent assembly". Against this, the said letter self-professedly and provocatively talks of "Assist in the monitoring of the combatants of the Maoists and decommissioning of their arms" and "Monitor to assure that the Nepal Army is inside barracks" etc. Such arbitrary and unilateral application of two different yardsticks to the two armies is highly objectionable and totally unacceptable to us. Particularly any talk of "decommissioning" of arms of only the PLA before the election to the constituent assembly is just unthinkable. As everybody knows, the so-called Nepal Army is still loyal to the autocratic monarchy and its democratic restructuring and keeping under credible international monitoring is more imperative & important for free & fair election to the constituent assembly.
We would like to reiterate our appreciation to the United Nations and to you personally for the positive role played so far in favour of democracy, peace and progress in Nepal and expect the same in future. We shall be happy to co-operate in any manner with the UN team planning to visit Nepal soon.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of our highest consideration.
……………………
Prachanda
Chairman
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
24 July 2006
