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Nepal combatants detained in connection with controversial video tape
Nepal News.Net
Thursday 7th May, 2009 (ANI)
Kathmandu, May 7 : Some Maoist
combatants have been taken in custody as per the directives of the
party headquarters after a controversial video of outgoing Prime
Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' addressing a training session
in Shaktikhor became public.
According to Nepalnews, the party
has detained members of the video unit and some suspected combatants
dubbing the entry of 'enemies' in its army.
The Maoist army is
on to prevent similar activities in other divisions and cantonments.
eanwhile, Prachanda has dubbed videotape scandal a ploy against peace
process.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday over a
videotape of his lecture to PLA commanders some 16 months ago, which
has caused quite an uproar in the political circle, Prachanda said his
party had three tiers of armed forces - central and regional as regular
armed forces and militia that numbered well over 100,000.
He
argued that the broadcasting of the videotape, containing his speech in
a different political situation, is a reactionary ploy to cover up the
unconstitutional move of President Ram Baran Yadav and to jeopardise
the peace process.
Claiming that some elements
have been trying to push them again towards war, Prachanda said under
no circumstances would they end the peace deal to start violence again.
However,
Prachanda met the envoys of the United States, the United Kingdom,
France, Finland, Germany, Denmark and the European Commission and
representatives of the Netherlands for 45 minutes at their request.
He
told the envoys that the current political crisis created by the
unconstitutional step of President Yadav, if corrected, could be
utilized to forge a "higher level understanding between political
parties and form a national consensus government."