Party ready to sacrifice for peace: Dahal

JANAKPUR, Sept 6: Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Tuesday that his party is ready to adopt maximum flexibility and make sacrifices for the sake of peace and constitution.



Calling on all the stakeholders to cooperate with the government for safe-landing of the peace process, the Maoist chairman, flanked by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, also said that the people would not spare anyone who plans to dismantle the process. [break]



Dahal was speaking at a function held to pay respect to slain party leaders Sherman Kunwar and Mohan Chandra Gautam. He argued that the intra-party disputes over the keys handover would not disrupt the peace process. “We hold very intense debates. There is history that those who could not stand the heat left the party altogether,” he said.



He claimed that the Maoists have a magic wand to intensify the “struggle” and take the “revolution” to a new high.



While talking about the keys handover, he said, “The revolution would not move ahead without taking further risks.”



The Maoist chairman also pointed out the need for cooperation between the political parties to materialize the people´s aspiration for peace. He expressed dismay that the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML did not join the government, but added that he has got positive indications from both the parties to conclude the peace process.



The Maoist chairman also said that he would not criticize others in public as the peace process is at a critical juncture.



Speaking at the same program, Prime Minister Bhattarai argued that the goals of the People´s War and the historic mass movement have been partly accomplished.

He said his government doesn´t have any magic to change the country overnight, but added that he would move ahead prioritizing the people´s demands.



“The Maoist-led government is making preparations to bring out relief packages as per the people´s wish,” he said.



Also speaking at the function, party Secretary CP Gajurel, who is close to Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya, who leads the hard-line camp, argued that the party should retain its revolutionary character as the country is yet to see “New Democracy”.



He argued that the party cannot digress leaving the revolutionary process half-way. “There is a two-line struggle within the party. I call on the leaders and cadres not to resort to violence to influence the ideological struggle in the party,” he said.

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