On November 21, 2006 Peace accord was signed in Kathmandu between the government of Nepal and the Maoists rebels. This is interesting not only for the students of political science but also for all the people who are peace loving. The document is a must read paper which describes the reality of ideological shift of whole communist movement in Nepal.
Communists are after all communists. Everywhere They are almost similar in many ways but the Maoists of Nepal has signed the truce. I have posted here just the preamble of the accord. It must give some glimpse of change that the Maoists of Nepal adopted.
"Respecting people’s mandate for democracy, peace and progress expressed through repeated historic people’s movement and struggles since 1951,
Reaffirming commitments to the 12-point and 8-point agreements, and 25-point code of conduct between the seven parties and the Maoists; decisions taken during the meeting of the top leaders of the seven parties and the Maoist on November 8 along with other agreements, understandings, code of conducts and letter sent to the United Nations stating identical viewpoints by the Maoists and the Nepal government,
Pledging for progressive restructuring of the state by resolving prevailing problems related with class, ethnicity, regional and gender differences,
Reiterating commitments to competitive multiparty democratic system, civil liberties, fundamental rights, human rights, complete press freedom, rule of law and all other norms and values of democratic system,
Pledging commitments to Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 and other international humanitarian laws and values and principles of the human rights,
Guaranteeing the fundamental rights of the Nepalese people to cast their votes in the constituent assembly polls without any kind of fear,
By putting democracy, peace, prosperity, progressive social and economic transformation, independence, integrity, sovereignty and prestige of the state in the centre-stage, implement the commitments made by both the sides to hold the election to constituent assembly by mid June 2007 in a free and fair manner,
Declaring the end of armed conflict prevailing in the country since 1996 and beginning the new era of peace and co-operation as per the understanding reached between both the sides for guaranteeing the sovereignty of the Nepalese people, progressive political solution, democratic restructuring of the state and social, economic and cultural transformation of Nepalese society through the constituent assembly,
Committing to transforming the ceasefire between the Nepal government and the Maoists into permanent peace, the following comprehensive peace agreement has been reached between the Nepal government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)"
