No new date has been fixed. The Election Commission alone does not have the right to fix a new date.
In a very sad political development in Nepal, the Election Commission today suspended the entire process of Constitution Assembly elections scheduled for 22 November after it received a request this morning from the government to do so. The government, on its part, decided to request the Commission after the alliance of seven parties decided to postpone the electoral process. The seven party alliance (that includes the Maoist) decided to postpone the election programs after the Maoists expressed their unwillingness to participate in the election (without first declaring Nepal a republic and/or adopting full proportional voting system) in a meeting of the seven parties held at Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s residence at Baluwatar this morning. The Election Commission that had completed all preparations for the elections thanked all political parties, leaders, the media, the general public and international community for extending their support during commission’s preparation work for the polls.
CPN-UML, Janamorcha Nepal and Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party have written notes of dissent on the agreement, UML leader Jhalanath Khanal said, according to the Himalayan Times. Earlier yesterday, the leaders had agreed to put on hold the election schedule till the special House session after no consensus was reached on Maoists two key demands on republic and electoral system. UML leaders blamed Nepali Congress and the Maoists for the deadlock. The party said it cannot agree on postponing the polls at any cost. Nepali Congress leaders said they opted to postponing the poll process rather than confronting the Maoists. “We thought it was better to postpone the polls rather than confronting the Maoists,” today’s Kantipur daily quotes Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel as saying. (more here)
Reactions: United States embassy in Kathmandu was quick to issue a statement saying that the US was “disappointed at the suspension of the CA election process.” The statement said: “It is important that all parties firmly commit themselves to quickly establish a new election date…. We urge the Government of Nepal, with the full support of all parties, immediately to address the key elements of the Comprehensive Peace Accord which remain unfulfilled and to implement its agreements with various ethnic groups. The period between now and the Constituent Assembly election should be used to show the people of Nepal that the Interim Government is responsive to and can meet its commitments to make a better life for the people of this country.”
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120 responses to “Thanks To Maoists, Constituent Assembly Election Postponed Again”
don tell me that you even thought that CA was going to take place?
well now they have the ticket to rule nepal for eternity.
no checks and no balances. they (spa) can do what ever and when ever they want, without any opposition.
duhh!!! these retards are doing no good, nor will they ever do.
Really bone with dogs . They all fight not to let other eat !!
Now the SPA government is officially illegitimate and all the decisions further by them should be invalid. How would you believe a group when they declare another date just to postpone again. SPA should take up the responsibilty and resign en masse. We have seen incompetent govt. of Deuba,Gyanendra but this govt is the pinnacle of incompetence. If it continue any further a political catastrophe would emerge. Nepal is in deep crisis now and to give a way out Govt must resign.
They have paved the way for other forces who are looking for the good opportunity to make a comeback, I wouldn’t be surprised if Army would initiate some move and I’m sure like me many people would welcome that!!
Enough is enough!!
This is exactly why Ganye took contol last time. Lets see which army general becomes the next Ganye. Hope it happens soon. I hope the Maoist go to hell. God, i hate them so much!!
Hye Stupid Ganye, are you seeing this? now would be the best time for a coup!
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It’s time to hit the street to protest the rising influence of Maoist totalitarian tactic and to demand the timely elections of constituent assembly. Another coup (king/army or Maoist) is the last thing Nepal wants. Nepal also doesn’t want the derailment of the peace process. We are in a very fragile situation. The people must exert pressure on the Maoists to come to the democratic process.
Well, Nepalese casted enough votes to Prashant Tamang recently to make that Indian boy the Indain Idol. Sounds like that’s what Nepalese deserve, not the real votes in real elections.
Is this is a coup by the seven parties? Wow, see the date of this decision. Friday the 18th, Asoj 2064. Gyanendra started his coup on the same day, Friday the 18th Asoj 2059 and completed in 19 Magh. Please all it’s time to do something. These parties can’t run away from the democratic process. We know Maoists never favor democratic exercise but we must bring them into the electoral process. Even if this is a coup by the parties, it shouldn’t end up as 19 Magh version of the Maoists, it must end as the election day.
“SPA government is officially illegitimate”
It is proved now.
I have been telling that there won’t be any CA election in Nepal.
Time to abandon the seven parties and form a brand new, progressive one. The seven parties: Gu kha. Election commission should not have thanked them, but should have told them to shove the ballot papers up their stinking arse.
No big surprise. We knew this was gonna happen. But history should and hopefully will never forgive these characters GPK, MK Nepal and Prachanda. What a glorious opportunity wasted.
Its time to drag out these sons of bitches leaders – Girija, Prachanda, Baburam, Deuba, Makune out into the streets, hang them by their legs upside down, chop off their balls and feed it to the dogs. pour petrol all over them and burn them alive. infront of the public. the remains should then be buried in one place in the middle of the city to remind people how close we came to extinction because of these bastards leaders who wouldnt bat an eyelid to sell themselves and their mothers for greed and power. Its time to come out into the streets people.
this day its proven that mandateless, misguided, and clueless evil 8 are no more than what they claim to be Jerk offs. Killing of a nation is ongoing so raise up and eradicate the evil called gang of 8
This was eventually what was to happen.
The maoists first went against this but now are happy for this.
Very confusing situation.
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SARKI KO CHHORO
k kura garya yaar. Deuba ho ra ashaksham hunulai? You should not label such personalities as ‘incapable’. They are afterall all-powerful nobel prize hopeful GP babu and future president the fierce one.
On a side note, gautam bhayera ‘sarki ko chhoro’ bhanne? It’s racism. Are you meant to insult sarkis?
At one point, I also feel KRIPA is right.
Uprise against their anarchism is the only the solution. People should come out the street for their lies and misrule.
Abhaya,
You are right Girija Koirala, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal should get “no-ability mess prize”.
This is really sad incident happening. This will take Nepal not in the backward steps of development.
This is not what we all were expecting.
Down with the maoists,
Down with the seven/eight party alliance
Down with the political parties
Down with politicians
Every one is self centered and working for their own benefits rather than working together for the country.
It is the biggest challenge for SPA+M to go to election coz they cannot face people. There is nothing to say to people. All those bloody speech and promises they made during last election (cannot even remember when last election was held) they have failed. All forgot after riding PAJERO. It is time all politician should give chance to people to choose who should represent them.
GO TO HELL spa+m!
as they say, everything has a price, but the price that we are paying is not worth it at all. what are we getting and what are we giving??
well those who took the street last year in april, is this what you bargained for?
those who have been in nepal since then, kissing one party’s assss or another, is this fake peace worth it??
come on guys, they are asssf*kin all of you there and playing games day in and day out. nothing productive has yet happened, besides a huge pile of propaganda on what they did and what they will do.
ycl is doing what they are best at and we mere spectators are nothing but by standers. there are other legitimate parties organizing strikes, destroying public and private properties.
wow!!! nice work for all of you who were rallying in the streets of nepal on april…
bravo guys bravo!!!!!
you are the worst screw-up in the history of mankind.. even worse than the ‘wooden horse’.
these are one of those things that most knew was going to happen. what surprised me is that people really for a moment believed that girija will save nepal. all the political parties had more than a decade from 1990 to 2001 to prove their worth. they failed that is why this situation this day. and i dont even want to start about the maoist.
what im more disapointed with are my brothers and sisters my fellow nepalese. i really did not understand when the same faces adorned the power seat when they said they started janandolan 2. for me if really ppl had wanted republic they would have done so in 1990. when the esprit of democracy was PURE and strong. and we could have pushed on ppl had died and were willing to die for a cause. but the leaders betrayed us. thats is why ganesh man never join the govt. and the same leaders betrayed us again. what else is new. just the fact the these ppl successfully organize janaandolan 2 and got the ppl to support is a signal that most of the nepali are more concerned about staying on top of the food chain then about equal rights and democracy. for me i see that gyne challenged the team girija and then girija joined hands with maoist to liquidate gyane. moaist as always took full use of the oportunity and still are taking and will continue to take. for they are not much then bunch of murderers and know nothing except murdering and looting. they have a goal and they will go for it. still thay havent reached a point militaryly where they had to come to the table to talk. unless this point is reached maoist will always be a threat to peace. they will play this card and as a matter of fact they do it alot. look NC says they prefer to dissapoint the ppl rather than to piss off the maoist. this statement by NC proves that they are really quick to point the blame. this beheviour which was quite frequent in the democratic years of nepal is one of the biggest weakness of the political parties noone is man enough to say ok i made a mistake it was my weak ness i will rectify. but no they keep on doing the same maybe its true you cant teach old dog new tricks. same goes to the nepali janta. maybe everyone is so corrupt that they keep on supporting these ppl. this is all so jodido and depressing.
well wont be long before nepal will witness another coup.
The whole cause of this is due to Maoist who doesn’t have any vision for Nepal’s prosperity. How can they asked the interim parliament to declare the republic!!SHOCKING.. as everyone knows that all the maoist parliamentarian are not elected from the people (they are TIKE MP), and most of them even don’t have citizenship. (I doubt whether they are even nepali citizen). They are not the true representative of people in the parliament unlike other party representative in the parliament. The mandate for the Janaandoln 2 is to conduct the fair election. After the election, then only those elected parliamentarian have right to declare republic, not from those people’s killer.
The second rediculus demand of Maoist is full proportional system. ARE THEY AFRAID OF GOING TO THE PEOPLE FOR VOTE IF THEY HAVE TO PRODUCE THE SINCERE ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE?? KUN MUKH LE VOTE MAGNA JAANE?? (The past bits bhaneko yehi ho). For the backward community, we should give them education, housing etc that they needed most, rather than TIKE MP as in full proportional electoral system. Maoist want to grab power through TIKE MP, rather than from peoples representative. The whole scenario is that Maoist don’t wan’t any election at all. And their strategy is to establish the communist state with heavy bloodshed. I heard one of the top Maoist saying that “CHINMA MAO LE TA 70 MILLION MANCHHE MARE BHANE NEPAL MA TA HAMLE JAMMA 13000 MARYOU. TESAILE NEPAL MA MAOIST KO YEKLAUTI SASHAN GARNE HO BHANE ARU 80-900000 MANCHHE MARNU PARCHHA.” This thought from the top maoist leader is very shocking. None of their leaders whatever they say in the public don’t fulfil the promise..JHUTTHE, MAKKAR haru. Last time when they wanted the seats on parliament, they said after the CA election, if the people are in favor of monarchy, then they would accept it. Mr PUSHPA DAHAL, did you forget what you had said? How can we trust you in future, even though we declare republic through this parliament..ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. YOU LIAR. This is 2007 not 1956, and don’t forget that you are in Nepal, not in China. and for people’s sake don’t bring this outdated strategy so called Maobaad, Stalinbaad or PuspaPath. People are not foolish as you think .UNDERSTOOD>>>So all the democratic force must unite and fight against Maoist.
come on this was bound to happen given the history of our political parties…. Maoist’s could be no different! SHAME.
I am surprised that people are surprised about the postponement of the polls. This was bound to happen. The polls were canceled because NOBODY WANTS IT. Well, the Nepali people want it, but who gives a SH*T about the Nepali people?
I predicted this in my blog back in June. Read it here:
http://lovesnepal.blogspot.com/2007/06/who-wants-election-in-nepal.html
The spaM made janaandolan-2 as a laughable stuff. Those who went to streets in favour of these liers got nothing but more crimes and chaos in the country. These liers made historical unsuccesful government and useless parliament. Even no peace and no democracy as well what they had committed to the people. More urgently they will be kicked out more we can survive from becoming Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, Combodia etc. If they will stay in power, there will be more killings and civil war, and country’s sovereignity will be collapsed.
One lesson learnt – Never trust the Maoists.
Maoists fear elections. Maoists don’t have peaceful means to persue their dream to power. Maoists are dishonest. Maoists are hypocrites. Maoists are extremists. Maoists are against republic Nepal. Maoists are complements of Monarchy and vice versa. Don’t listen to the Maoists. Don’t give space to the Maoists. Confront the Maoists. Boycott the Maoists.
The country was ready for republic. It was all set to happen. People were all set to write their constitution. But the Maoists butchered the election. So don’t blame others for the cancellation of CA polls. Blame the Maoists only. Blame the coward extremists called Maoists.
Fully proportional electoral system doesn’t let people pick their choice. Nepali congress was absolutely right to stand for mixed system. We didn’t need the CA made up of Tike Pratha. So the Maoists have literally made way for another coup. They are the biggest problem. Let Gyanendra and his army fight with Prachanda and his army. We will fight agains the winner between the two tyrants.
Only THREE months have passed after MAOISTS agreed for the NOV
election and ELECTION SYSTEM. Now they see certain defeat they
put some excuse to rum away from the people’s verdict.
They have no political character. How can a party not stick to its commitment
even for two months. True no party in Nepal are good, but Maoists
are that bad they dont deserve to be called a political party.
How long one can run away from the truth. Today or tomorrow they will
disappear from Nepal. Sooner the better for Nepal and Nepalese.
Of course all sides are going to suffer but the biggest loser will
be Maoists.
It is a very good sign for Nepal that Maoists are losing people’s supports. It also shows that how maoists are not fit in democratic process and always want to shy away from people. All the blame should go to the CPN Maoists and its leaders. They deserve to immolate themselves somewhere in public.
Now, let’s see the rammifications of these decisions. All political parties should unite not to allow regressive forces to rise their heads. The Political parties should be united to make maoists a bunch of failures before they try to throw democracy from Nepal and before they convert us (we-all nepali) to a mere slaves.
Let say down with the maoists and let’s keep our vigil to make sure that maoists lose elections (whenever that will be held!!) so badly that BabuRam and Prachanda quit from active politics.
Maoists have shown that they are as undemocratic and tyrants as Shah dynasty are.
As much as I hate/loath GPK, MKN (actually the UML were all for elections – they are even protesting at the suspension of polls) the majority of the blame goes to the Maoists! Enough is enough! As I predicted months ago no one wants elections. SPAM and particularly M wants to keep Nepal in a interm state forever.
Bhudai Pundit said ..”the majority of the blame goes to the Maoists.” He definitely does justice to his name.
Forget CA election. Let us draw the real Constitution of Nepal. Publish it. Have a wide discussion. Then put up for the referendum.
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The title should read elections delayed thanks to Nepali Congress intransigence. Or better yet, you could not show inherent bias in the article. To each their own.
The Nepali congress thought they could pull a bait and switch. The plan:
Get the Maoists to agree on no republic before elections so that can’t claim it as their victory, get the Maoists to agree on a Mixed system so they lose the support of their constituency in the Terai and get the Maoists to give up any significant ministries all for the sake of having the elections held on June 9th while they still enjoy popularity. Then delay the elections to give him enough time to unite the Nepali congress (so the mixed system benefits them the most) accuse the Maoists of delaying the elections when they raise issues of being sold out and then write whatever constitution.
This is a great plan if you don’t want the Maoists to have any representation. Which is why the U.S. and India are so adamant about elections not being delayed now, and were so unconcerned about delaying the process in March. It’s wonderful if you consider your interests to be marginalizing the Maoists at all costs. Many of yours are. However, if you want an actual peaceful resolution to the conflict you might think differently.
Lessons from our own history:
This is the dawn of the neo-Sri Teen Sarkars of Nepal (GPK, MK, & PK). Just like the Rana bhai khalag, we are now witnessing an illegitimate SPAM running the country at their own whim & fighting for the spoils.
The Ranas used the country for their own personal use. The Treasury was their personal bank account. There was no accountability. They built huge stucco palaces amongst thatched huts. Now the SPAMU is using democratic institutions like the Parliament & the EC for their own political agendas/self-interests. They are all building huge party machinery at the expense of the people. Government and its corporations are merely tools to provide employment to its cadres & natas.
Ranas were never elected. They usurped power. They were the aristocracy. This SPAM was never elected either. These are the political aristocracy. They bartered for seats in the Interim Parliament. Their mandate was to conduct a free & fair CA election. They were never elected. They have failed. Now they want to declare a republic through the illegimate Interim Parliament. They are afraid of going to the polls. SPAM has already divied up the MInistries amongst themselves like the Rana bhai khalag. There is some stark similarities.
During Rana kal, the king was a puppet of the Ranas. He was stripped of power & basically a prisoner. Now he is neutralized & in a constitutional vacuum (not that I am fan of him).
However, everyone has the right to a due process. The Rule of Law is the backbone of democracy. The people were going to decide through the CA election the fate of the monarchy. Declaring a republic from the Interim Parliament is over stepping its mandate. It will give the king the perfect opportunity to state the actions of the Interim Parliament are illegitimate. It will give him & his supporters to either stage a coup or make a comeback even at a later stage since the actions do not truely reflect the choice of the people.
What is needed now is a nationalist party. Forget NC, UML, Maoists. The time is for a NEPALI PARTY. For the people, by the people & to the people. We NEED to rise up. Lets start a real revolution, not some hogwash Maobadi ideological bs. Lets work for us, the people.
Represent. Represent.
C’mon PEOPLE now.
Neil-watch Reds with Warren Beatty. Will save you a lot of heartache later in your life.
Neil,
How come the Maoists party agreed to a mixed election and the CA deciding the fate of monarchy so eagerly that they even put it into the constitution? Why didn’t they come up with the 22 demands at that time rather than just 50 days before the election?
Care to explain?
We need to Jana Andolan 3. Atleast, the king held the election he promised.
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And thanks to the SPA, the Maoists were able to postpone the elections with one eye shut.
http://nepaliperspectives.blogspot.com/2007/10/sovereignty-should-lie-with-people-but.html
I wonder if these IELTS teachers understand what people’s desire and verdict means. What India ,US wants is not at all significant and what matters is what we people wanted. Majority of nepali populace wanted CA election in it’s present structure and they were determined to abolish Monarchy from it’s history.
Then Maoists scared to death (are they trying to save monarchy is a legitimate question now), come up with long list of demands at the eleventh hour, it was clear then , elections will be defferred again.
You must be sick in your mind to think every political party must get some reservation just because they have ‘sacrificed ‘ their men along the way. Where is the question of marginalizing party A and Party B when all of them were going to face the people’s verdict. If PEOPLE want to marginalize certain party who the hell are you to oppose?? If maoists are daring enough they should opt for absolute one party rule as North korea or Cuba and start another rebellion, and if they donot have balls to do so then just accecpt people’s verdict. And we all know how many ‘People’ they have when they say ‘people’. Cowards deserve not less than another brutal treatment and this time they themselve asked for it.
Maoists has paved the way for third party intervention, it may come in the form of Army or even king may make a comeback. Maoists and SPA had deliberately missed a golden opportunity to give Nepal a peaceful wayout, a transition and the emerging scenarios may not be that peaceful!!
We nepalese deserve better!! Enough is enough!!
I wonder when GP is going to die. Only once he’s headed to hell, we can expect CA polls to take place. As for the Maoist, Nepal can do better without them.
It’s so sad for all nepali. we r ready to choose our representative from our voting rights. But 7 political alliance disapponiting all nepali people and international community too.
maoist ifullfield their goal. anyhow they want to postpond election. They are dreeming to capeture the state to rule their autacrat max state.
Same on Prachanda……………Same on Baburam
maoist ifullfield their goal. anyhow they want to postpond election. They are dreeming to capeture the state to rule their autacrat max state.
Same on Prachanda……………Same on Baburam
C’mon Neil,
Answer the PRISM’S concern : mine are also the same!
All election promises are gone. I thought GPK and Makuney said that entire thing is illegimate if they cant make it in Nov. 22. Congratulation to the Maoist they have turned every one into republican by hook or crook. Good blow to GPK when the fierce one said “Just declare your party, republic we will support you to election”. GPK old and senile, half the year ill, fell for it. Irony is this old imbecile fool is suppose to be most mature leader among everyone. And entire Nepalese were finding a solution through him.
Wasnt these scroundels, with their hand on their ears in Baneswhor sat down and misguided the people that they have changed. Next time they sit in Baneswhore I hope they pull their ears and eyes out. See no evil hear no evil.
Good going our dear politician you have put us back to sqare one with your perpetual interim government and aniskalin parliament. The same reason King took the power and people kept silent. History repeats itself. I thought this thing happens only in fashion world.
Now all said and done, quit blaming the king and blame yourself and get your acts right.
Again and again 7 parties have proved that we do belong to banana republic. Long live nepal and its banana republicans.
Neil,
I think we have enough outside interference, we dont want new imported advisor. Go home stay home advise bush of your political preaching.
Prism, answer this question.
The prime minister gave his absolute assurance to the Maoists that the elections were going to happen on June 9th, In order to get them to agree to the mixed system, Monarchy decided by the first meeting of the CA, and to give up claims on all key ministries and the deputy PM position. When he gave that assurance, what do you think he thought the Maoists would do if he didn’t make good on it?
Nick you should serioulsy go home and be a whithouse adviser. Please leave nepal alone with your idiological views.
hi everybody,
The sole reason for this politcal stalemate is the vested and injected motive of the so called big parties to sideline the maoists by uprooting them through an unholy and dirty game, like madhesi andolan.
nepali chora
Dinesh, Plz, do not delete this one though it contains some obscene and racist words. I just felt that use of such words are required at this stage to make certain things clear.
Now, u all guys, plz grow up man. why the [icd] are u asking some questions to this stupid [icd] who does not know much about Nepal? U guys are asking some questions to him as if he is political adviser to our government.
Now, U [icd] Neil or whatever, who the [icd] gonna care here what is ur official [icd] statement about this political development. By showing ur some leniency towards maosits, u are trying to prove as if u know nepal’s political n economic situation aligning urself with most of the nepalese innocent people. People used to feel sympathy towards maoists, but mr Firangi (means foreigner) Neil, they have no more attachment with these autocratic [icd] maoists and his murder armies.
U [icd] foreigner, talk big shit about our country and feel what Girija and parliament should do. Mind ur business man! why dont u go around white house and protests what is happening in guantanamo bay and in Iraq rather than preaching here n there n that too in favor of monsters-Maoists.
Now, going to ur some of the political claims, what the [icd] u are saying man? Why this [icd] prachanda can not put forth his demands 1 year back when he came in power? What the fuck he thinks nepal will achieve by resorting to his demands. U [icd] neil, better understand that it is the gimmick of these terrorists to increase their days in parliament. WE hate king today because of his deeds and maoists have shown that they are no better than autocrat shah dynasty. And u [icd] is trying here to show that some foreigners are different from others. For what? For god’s sake, u shut [icd] ur mouth and plz do not pass political diktats.
[icd] maoists Murdabad!!
I am with Girija Babu n all peace loving parties and some tough actions must be taken by governments to stop this free riding of maoists. and ppl like Neil should better go and lick Prachanda’s [icd] rather than commenting here. May be Maoists will be pleased by that act.
Neil here, is used more as an adjective rather than just to target one person. It is certainly not against those who have different views but to those who r busy to propagate their fucking nonsense views without even caring what is in best interests of our nations.