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The High Level Political Committee (HLPC), a mechanism of political parties that back the government and CPN-Maoist have agreed to call a all-party conference to meet the demands of poll-opposing parties, leaders said on Thursday.
Holding a roundtable conference or all-party conference is one of major demands of CPN-Maoist-led 33-party alliance that has threatened to boycott the Nov. 19 election. Such agreement was made during the talks between two sides on Thursday.
The meeting of two parties also decided to make preparations for holding such conference within two days. "The political parties in the dissolved Constituent Assembly will participate in such roundtable conference," CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya told media persons after the talks. Though HLPC agreed to meet the demands it is not sure whether CPN-Maoist joins the election process. The party has already started its campaign to disrupt the election.
The HLPC is trying to convince CPN-Maoist-led alliance to join in the election process but latter is refusing to come in the table. The CPN-Maoist is insisting that the contentious issues of new constitution should be settled from an all-party conference before going for second Constituent Assemble (CA) election.
The constituent members of HLPC have said that it is not ready to postpone the Nov. 19 election but it is flexible to address the demands of CPN-Maoist. The CPN-Maoist, however, has said that Nov. 19 election should be canceled and new political course should be initiated.
On March 13, Nepal decided to form a chief justice-led government and go for second CA election as the assembly elected in 2008 failed to draft a new constitution. But some parties are protesting the formation of government and election.
