SPA & Maoists Reach 8-Point Agreement: Summit talks End Filed under: News The summit peace talks between the Maoist top brass and the seven-party alliance, the constituent of the government, today reached an 8-point accord after a 10-hour meeting at PM GP Koirala’s residence at Baluwatar. The government and the Maoists have agreed to dissolve the parliament and Maoists’ people’s governments besides drafting an interim constitution and an interim government and announcing a date for constituent assembly elections. The meeting also decided to form a six member interim constitution draft committee under the coordination of former SC justice Laxman Prasad Aryal. Harihar Dahal, Sindhunath Pyakurel, Sambhu Thapa, Mahadev Yadav and Khemlal Devkota are the members of the committee. The committee will submit the draft of the interim Constitution to the government and Maoist talks teams within 15 days. At a press conference organised after the talks ended late this evening, leader of the government’s talk team Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula said the Maoists and the government have agreed to implement the 12-point accord reached between the two sides last year and the truce code signed a few weeks ago. In a press communiqué handed over to journalists and signed by top alliance leaders and Maoist Supremo Prachanda, the two sides have also agreed to request UN for arms management to ensure free and fair CA polls. Similarly the Maoists have expressed commitment to peaceful, competitive, multi-party system and respect freedom. The two sides have agreed to adopt consensus approach while taking decisions regarding national issues. They also agreed to invite international truce and CA polls monitors and observers. The two sides have emphasised on state restructure to ensure participation of every section of the society in state mechanism. The constituents of the government and the Maoists directed the government and Maoist talks teams to implement the accord. Speaking at the Press conference, Prachanda claimed that an interim government and an interim constitution would be in place within a month. Prachanda said Maoists won’t object if anybody reaches to people with ceremonial monarchy as agenda, but his party would go to the people with the agenda of a republic during the CA polls. Prime Minister GP Koirala was not present at the press conference due to health reasons. He is leaving for Bangkok tomorrow for health check-up. Earlier in the morning, the Maoist top brass held talks with Koirala. THT from - Focus blogsome