Worse, the leaders closely involved in the constitution writing process say they see no solution in sight.[break]
As per the latest calendar of events of the CA, the CC was supposed to resolve all the remaining disputes by January 4 but the timeline was later extended to January 29 after leaders at the CC sought more time. But the last three weeks were wasted as not a single thorny issue was resolved.
While non-Maoist parties including the NC and CPN-UML blame the Maoists for the deadlock, Maoists however say NC leaders have gone back on a past agreement to embrace mixed model on the system of governance so NC is hindering the dispute resolution process.
NC and UML leaders have accused Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who heads the dispute resolution subcommittee under the CC, of not working sincerely.
Earlier, the Dahal-led subcommittee settled some of the knotty issues but later Maoist lawmakers, mainly from the hardline faction, at the CC objected to the decisions and the CC failed to endorse even the subcommittee´s proposal let alone resolving other remaining thorny issues such as the system of governance.
"Subcommittee coordinator Dahal should have worked seriously more than others and create ground for endorsing the subcommittee´s proposals by convincing Maoist as well as non-Maoist lawmakers but unfortunately he has been turning his back on the CC in the recent days," CC member Agni Kharel of CPN-UML told Republica.
CC member Ramesh Lekhak of the NC believes that Dahal and other Maoist leaders are the ones responsible for the deadlock. "The subcommittee head (Dahal) himself is not attending the CC meeting let alone taking any initiative to settle the problems," said Lekhak.
However, Maoist CC member Khimlal Devkota blames the NC arguing that work at the CC was halted mainly after the NC "backtracked on its commitment regarding the system of governance".
At the CC meeting Friday, leaders from various parties seriously objected to the continuous absence of Dahal at the committee meeting.
Dahal, who would regularly attend the CC meeting and actively work for advancing the task ahead, has surprisingly remained absent regularly at the CC meeting in the recent days.
During the last three weeks, Dahal attended only two of the seven CC meetings.
At one of the two meetings, the CC endorsed a couple of issues as proposed by the subcommitee, while at the next meeting, Dahal told leaders from other parties that Maoist party wouldn´t show flexibility in resolving the remaining contentious issues if the NC and other parties do not support a mixed model on the system of governance.
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