Nepal's political deadlock continues even after three major political parties made an agreement on Friday night to move ahead with consensus, extending the tenure of the Constituent Assembly.
As per the agreement made among UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress, and CPN (UML), the Prime Minister would resign soon, in about five days' time. This agreement has been interpreted in different ways by these parties.
Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) maintain that the Maoists first need to sort out differences on the issue of integration of the Maoist combatants, break the paramilitary structure of the Young Communist League, and return seized properties to form a consensus government.
The Maoists on the other hand say that only when the Prime Minister resigns, can things move forward. A three-party meeting held on Monday was inconclusive.
Maoist spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma said the leaders of NC and UML are speaking against the norms of the last agreement. On Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala had said that the Prime Minister would not resign in a week.
Different ruling parties had also suggested that the Prime Minister not resign until the Maoists fulfilled their past commitments. The three parties had made a last-minute agreement on Friday to save the Constituent Assembly, which was to expire that night.
The Constituent Assembly has now one more year to finish the task of writing the Constitution which could not be completed in the last two years.
