He said efforts are underway on the part of government to prepare a concrete package and a calendar of events, set a modality for integration and rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants, fix the number of the combatants to be integrated and rehabilitated and set norms and standards for the purpose.[break]
“Efforts are underway to prepare a concrete proposal and package for integration and rehabilitation purposes by forming a taskforce,” Khanal said while addressing a function organized on the occasion of the Republic Day on Sunday. “We are working to conclude the tasks of peace process through the special committee.”
He asserted that constitution drafting and peace process had made progress after he assumed the post of prime minister. “We formed the subcommittee under the Constitutional Committee and this enabled us to bring down the number of disputes from 83 to 22,” he said.
He said he is hopeful about resolving the remaining thorny issues in constitution writing, for instance, the form of governance, electoral model and a suitable federal model.
He said the five-point deal signed by the three major political parties on Saturday will be sincerely implemented and that will help accomplish the fundamental tasks of the peace process within the next three months.
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