The Mohan Baidya-led party issued the warning while publicizing the decisions of its politburo meeting on Thursday. Baidya said that his party would not be a party to elections conducted by the current chief justice-led government.[break]
The Maoist party has demanded an all-party roundtable meeting and the formation of a coalition government led by a political party leader after dismissing the chief justice-led Interim Election Council. "It will be meaningless to hold elections unless these demands are met and implemented. Under such circumstances there is no alternative except to boycott the election," says a statement issued Thursday.
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The party has also asked the parties concerned to immediately halt the ongoing election process, out of due consideration for their demands. "It is clear the president, the government and the failed leaders of the three major parties and the Madhesi Front will be responsible for the consequences if due consideration is not given to these demands," he said.
The Maoists have concluded that fresh CA elections are nothing but an exercise in ´regression´ and ´totalitarianism´ and would only pave the way for Nepal moving towards the path of Sikkim, an independent country that was annexed by India in the 1970s.
While asking all the people and political parties not to be fooled by the CA poll, the party has also asked them to be actively involved in struggles against the election process.
The party has also expressed concern over the decision to reduce the quota allocated under the proportional electoral system from the 58 percent in the erstwhile CA. Also, the party has strongly protested the decision of the four major political forces to form the chief justice-led government, arguing that this goes against the principles of separation of powers and an independent judiciary.
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