Koirala also accused the UCPN (Maoist) of breaching the agreements reached with it in the past from time to time.[break]
The Nepali Congress president who arrived in Myagdi in connection with inaugurating the party´s district convention was speaking in a press meet organized by Nepal Press Union, Myagdi on Monday.
He said the UCPN (Maoist) has not implemented any of the agreements signed with it from the 12-point agreement to the latest five-point agreement. "Assurances alone are not enough, the UCPN (Maoist) should build an environment of trust," Koirala asserted.
The Nepali Congress president said that the UCPN (Maoist) chairman had only given him assurances of abiding by the agreements whenever he requested him to follow the agreements but never took the pains to live by his words.
On a different note, Koirala said the prime minister´s resignation was the first precondition of the Nepali Congress for forging national consensus.
Koirala also alleged the prime minister of unilaterally dissolving the Constituent Assembly and announcing the date for new election. He insisted that the new election could be held only after a national consensus government was formed.
The Nepali Congress president said that his party was never in a hurry to select the prime ministerial candidate but was concerned more on how to find an outlet from the present political impasse. "Both options- holding new elections or revival of the Constituent Assembly—can be discussed if there is national consensus," he added.
Central committee member of the party, Arjun Narsingh K.C., said that reviving the defunct Constituent Assembly would go against the Supreme Court´s verdict and the people´s mandate. He stressed that there was no alternative to holding new elections in this context.
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