Dahal said this at a meeting of the subcommittee formed to resolve disputes in constitution writing on Monday. [break]
The Maoist chairman expressed at the meeting that the calendar of events and the plan of action that the Special Committee will bring on Monday will create ground to expedite the constitution writing process as well.
The prime minister-headed Special Committee, which is mandated to oversee the task of integrating Maoist combatants into government security agencies, is represented by major political parties.
The meeting of the subcommittee, which is headed by Dahal and represented by key leaders of the major political parties, didn´t discuss the contentious issues in constitution writing.
Main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML, among other parties, have said they would be ready to expedite the statute drafting process only after the government and the ruling UCPN (Maoist) make tangible progress on combatants integration process, the trickiest task of the peace process.
"Maoist Chairman Dahal has said at the meeting that the Special Committee meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) will come up with a calendar of events and a plan of action with regard to advancing the integration process and he is optimistic that such an initiative will create a ground for expediting the statute drafting process as well," said a leader present at the meeting. "Let´s see if the Special Committee yields any result."
Bimalendra Nidhi of the NC said the meeting didn´t delve into any specific agenda in the hope that the next meeting of the Special Committee will settle some integration issues.
After the subcommittee meeting, Agni Kharel of CPN-UML said, "Leaders at the meeting decided to see what the special committee brings out tomorrow because both the tasks of statute drafting and peace process entirely depend on what initiatives the government takes to advance the integration process.
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, however, didn´t air his views at the meeting.
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