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"' \ "' .j( $! u 15 ~ i : lU ~ ~ i ~ · -jH.~u ~ 1 I~t:~ ·~t 1~ 1l - · SPOT L IG H 'NEWSMAGAZINE • Page 16 QUOTE UNQUOTE 2 BRIEFS 3 NEWSNOTES 4 COALITION PARTNERS: Divided They Stand 7 POLITICAL INSTABILITY: Hampering Development 9 NOB'S FAILURE: Banking On Lessons 10 VIEWPOINT : Shivanth Pande' & Santosh Pokharel 11 FACE TO FACE :Dr Bipin Adhikari 15 FORUM:Kamal Maden 19 FORUM:Mohan Das Manandhar & Rojan Bajracharya 21 PROFILE : CHANDA RANA 22 ARTICLE: SB Pun 23 INTERVIEW- Sujata Koirala Page 12 OPINION: Qiu Guhong, Chinese ambassador to Nepal 24 Editor and Publisher : Keshab Poudel, Copy Editor: Ben Peterson Marketing Manager : Madan Raj Poudel, Photographer : Sandesh Manandhar Cover Design/Layout: Hari Krishna Bastakoti Editorial Office: Phone/Fax: 977-1-4602807, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Office : Newplaza, Putalisadak, Tel: 4421846 Printers: Pioneer Offset Printers (P.) Ltd., Dillibazar, Kathmandu. Ph: 4415687 COO Regd. No. 148/063/64 NEW SPOTLIGHT NEWSMAGAZINE I June 16-20091 1 QUOTE UNQUOTE "I am ready to swallow all the bitterness they can spit at me. I will continue to advocate cooperation and unity." Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at the constant condemnation hurled at him by the Maoists. "The Nepali Congress and Unified Marxist Leninist are responsible for plotting to split our party." Upendra Yadav, chainnan of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), accusing NC and UML of conspiring to divide the party by inciting a section of MJF leaders. "This government will fall within three month. Prachanda, Chairman UCPN Maoist. "There are consipirators within the party, who are more dangerious Jhalanath Khanal, Chairman CPN UML "Ours is a genuine Madbeshi Party. Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar, Deputy Primeminster & Leader of break away MJF • • NEW SPOTLIGHT NEWSMAGAZINE ! June 16-20091 2 Chinese Ambassador to Nepal QIU Guohong Launching a book on the life of Nepalese Buddhist Master Buddhabhadra CffiN.ESE AMBASSADOR TO relations. Chinese ambassador Qui THE WORLD BANK BAS NEPAL QTU GUOHONG Guohong also spoke the impottance ofthe APPROVED financial support of about LAUNCHED A BOOK on THE LIFE booR': Delivering a note of thanks general US$ 782 million to Nepal for the next two OF Nepalese Buddhist Master secretary of Center Dr. Upendra Gautam years through International Development Buddhabhadra at a function recently. said this book showed how Nepal-Cllina Association (IDA), the bank' s Organized by the China Study Center relat ions are bound by century old concessionary lending arm. The meeting Nepal, the book was written by Nepalese interactions. Attended by large number of of the board of directors of the bank scholar Min Bahadur Shakya. Making a scholars and historians, author Shakya discussed interim assistance strategy welcome speech, chairman of the Center discussed his research and the publication saying Nepal's determination to build a robust peace through development and said, "the China Study Center, with its of book. poverty reduction will get strong support activities focused on studies and research THE INDIAN EMBASSY IN from the bank. Welcoming the many aimed at promoting social, cultural and KATHMANDU HAS REFUTED significant milestones achieved since the economic ties between Nepal and China, reports appearing in the Nepali media that signing of the Comprehensive Peace takes immense pleasure in publishing Ulis India has encroached upon Nepali land Agreement in November 2006, the Bank's useful book which unveils very important and forcefully evicted Nepali people from strategy document supports the promotion aspects the of age old cultural bondage their viUages. Issuing a statement Friday, of consensus and unity to address key between our two countries." It may be the Indian embassy also said that India's elements of the peace process, including recalled that Buddhabhadra, a native of border security force- the Seema Suraksha the foundations for state building, growth, Kapilvastu of Nepal, traveled to China Bal - has not committed any atrocities and improved basic service del ivery for some Sixteen hundred years ago on his against the Nepali people as has been Nepal's poor, a statement issued by the Buddhist mission and spent his entire life reported. The embassy said it cross­ bank says. "This is a period not only of in propagating Buddhism in China. It checked the facts with the concerned risk but also enormous opportunity," says seemed that he generated a large number Tndian authorities following border related Susan Goldmark, World Bank Country of disciples in China who became the reports appearing in the Nepali media and Director for Nepal, adding, "While many pillars of Buddhist meditation, doctrine fow1d the allegation of encroachment of ofthe transitions will not be completed in and the foundation for pure monastic life Nepali territory and attack on the Nepali a two-year period, during this time the of Chinese Buddhism," said Regmi. people by SSB personnel totally baseless. country can continue to establish a sound Stressing the need for more research, The embassy further said it bas not yet basis for peace and economic Regmi said many more facts and figures received any formal infonnation on the development." The strategy reflects still remain unexplored and are let Dang incident from the Nepali considerable continuity, emphasizing the distorted due to lack of intensive research. government and also continned that no areas of strength but suggesti11g more There should be more in-depth research border pillar has been shifted or tampered flexibility to respond to opportunities. It builds on the areas which have shown to works carried out by dedicated scholars with. "These baseless reports have been 'be robust and to modalities of of both the countries which will enhance devised to shatter the cordial ties between implementation tailored to local conditions the historical importance ofNepal-China Nepal and India," the release said. and what bas worked in the past. • NEW SPOTLIGHT NEWSMAGAZINE! June 16-20091 3 become economicall y active members increases ministerial accountability to and are able to contribute to the poli tical parliament and provides for stability and economic development as autonomous provinces and self­ Nepali nationals in Nepali society. government. It enhances the role of He said that the idea that PLA constiLUtional watchdogs and also integration is into the Army and increases their pubic accountability. The rehabilitation is into the society are not draft was prepared by drawing on in the peace agreement. Sood said that lessons from the past as well as trends given today's economic recession there and innovations in other parliamentary may be difficult to extend the pace democracies. process for an inordinately long time. Launching the draft, National He also hinted the recent leakage of CD Human Rights Commission Chairman questioning to place more than 4000 and former Chief Justice Kedar Nath 'Dahal's Shows Leadership" disqualified combatants in the camp. U padhyay said that the expert draft has nothing to addresses many complicated issues that Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh He argued that india Maoist governroent. the new constitution of Nepal will have Sood dismissed the claims that New do with the fall of of to deal with. He also added that this Delhi bad engineered the fall of the He said that it is the breaking down draft should serve as an important Maoist led government, that Indian the consensus in Nepali political system reference point for the work being border security forces were involved in led to growing differences and eventuaUy led undertaken by the CA. the Dang incident and that Nepal Delhi the decision where tbe Maoist commented upon • and The draft was also was alarmed by Nepal's ties with government became a minority was by senior political leaders Chakra Beijing. fn his interview given to the prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prasad Bastola of Nepali Congress, Editor ofKantipur Sudheer Sharma and obliged to resign. Compiled from Bharat Mohan Adhikari of CPN the Editor of The Kathmandu Post Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post. (UML), and SureshAle MagarofUCPN Akhilesh Upadhyay, Indian ambassador A Model Constitution for Nepal (Maoist). Whi le the first two Sood said, "Nepal is a sovereign country Released commentators applauded the efforts of and it will decide what kind of A model constitution for Nepal was the author to deal with almost all relationship it will have with nay other released on May 21 to provide a political problems of Nepal country. I don't think that impinges on comprehensive expert input into the comprehensively, and within the liberal anyway with Nepal's relationship w ith constitution making process at the democratic framework, the Maoist India. India has its own kind of Constituent Assembly. The model representative said the draft, although relationship with China." He said comprises 26 Chapters, 297 Articles, very useful for the Constituent India's bilateral trade with China is over and six schedules. Assembly, had a class orientation. He US$ 40 bi llion. The model constitution was drafted also said the Janjatis will not accept his On the recent border controversies by a senior constitutional expert, Dr provinces based on geography. Senior on Dang, he said Delhi had sent its Bipin Adhikari. The Model Constitution Advocate and President of Nepal Bar surveyors "who found that there was of Nepal is intended to help stimulate Association B iswa Kant Mainali also absolutely no untoward incident. He rational discussions on core expressed his views on the model. said when new pillars are installed constitutional issues facing the country. • Introducing Dr. Adhikary's book, ninety- eight percent of border dispute The constitution is based on a imminent constitutional lawyer and will be resolved. parliamentary form of government at convener of the Consortium of On tbe question of fall of Maoist the center and a presidential system at Constitutional Experts Dr. Surya government Indian ambassador Sood the provincial level.
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