By Prensa Latina,
Katmandu : The Communist Party of Nepal Maoist (CPN-M) refused to join the new-born republic which it should have led as majority winner of the April presidential race.
CPN-M Leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal made the announcement following a meeting of the Secretariat that choose to become the opposition, climing the other three parties are colluding against it.
The CPN-M fought the monarchy from 1996 to 2006 until it joined a political agreement in 2006 and traded bullets for ballots to emerge winner of April’s referendum against all odds.
The Communists termed vengeful and sinful a last minute accord among the Nepalese Congress, United Marxist Leninist Communist Party and the Front for the Madhesi People Rights to defeat the CPN-M candidates for president and vice president.
The CPN-M decision to become the opposition casts doubts on the political transition in Nepal while the opposing political alliance has not commented on its isolation.
Still, MPRF Legislative Leader Bijay Kumar Gachhadar said its new allies (NC and CPN-UML) agreed to appoint a prime minister from his party’s ranks amid his calls to avoid past violation of pre-election commitments with the MPRF.