'Completing backlog of peace process is government's responsibility'

Kathmandu, May 12: Coordinator ot the Nepali Communist Party Pushpa Kamal Dahal said it was the government's responsibility to complete remaining works of the peace process, safeguarding achievements gained from various movements and revolutions. 

Addressing today's meeting of the House of Representatives, Coordinator Dahal expressed pride to the hard-earned achievements and also vented ire at the attempts by some individuals to criminalize the revolution. 

'The completion of the peace process is now the incumbent government's responsibility more than mine, ' Dahal, also the former Prime Minister noted. 

Referring to the new parliament as continuation of the revolution, Coordinator Dahal said, 'Balendra Shah has become the Prime Minister of the country today after serving as Kathmandu mayor. The party may be different, but for me, this is a victory of the promise of the revolution.' 

Commenting on the narrative that all old parties are bad is incorrect, Coordinator Dahal said, 'There is a wrong narrative in the name of old leaders and parties that they are all the same.' 

Dahal went on saying, 'The question is not of old and new; the question is of right and wrong. The old and new narrative divides family, society, and politics.'

The ex-Prime Minister emphasized that the government formed after the movement for freedom of expression must respect press freedom, saying, “Yesterday we opposed the situation where people could be imprisoned just for speaking, but today we are engaging in practices that regulate and weaken media institutions; democracy grows not by avoiding questions, but by responding to them.” 

Referring to the current new parliament as the result of the sacrifices of inclusive martyrs, he stated that through the sacrifices of thousands of martyrs, this rainbow parliament represents every class, caste, ethnicity, gender, and community. (RSS)