“The party´s earlier decision to dissolve the committees had not been implemented. So we took the decision again,” party secretary CP Gajurel told Republica.[break]
He said the party would take stern action if any union leader defies the decision.
The Maoist-aligned All Nepal Trade Union Federation (ANTUF) has three different committees loyal to Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya and Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai.
As the unionists from the rival factions began assaulting each other in public, the Maoist party had in last May dissolved all the parallel committees as well as the official one and formed a committee led by party Secretary CP Gajurel to hold a national convention. But the rival factions of the union defied the decision.
Unionist Salikram Jammakattel represents the party establishment faction, Badri Bajgain the Baidya faction and Lal Dhawaj Nembang the Bhattarai faction.
Currently, Bajgain is visiting the major towns and cities of the country to garner support of the workers.
“I don´t know if the party has really taken that decision. I have not been informed as yet. If the decision is official, I would abide by the decision,” Bajgain told Republica.
Nembang from the Bhattarai faction denied that he has been running any parallel committee. He argued that he had only formed a committee to take initiatives for unity in the union.
“Jammakattel and Bajgain have been running parallel committees, defying the party´s decision,” Nembang told Republica.
The party on Wednesday has reactivated the 92-member committee formed after it unified with the CPN (Unity center- Masal) led by Narayankaji Shrestha. But the committee would be led by Bogati, not by then chief Jammakattel.
Meanwhile, the top office bearers formulated a code of conduct for the party´s new ministers in the cabinet.
The code of conduct stipulates that the ministers should make their property public within five days and free bureaucracy of corruption, among other things. The party has also decided to hold talks with other coalition partners to form a mechanism to guide the government.
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