Kathmandu, Nepal, January 22, 2022: The CPN Maoist Center, a key ally of the incumbent government, has decided to form a panel to suggest the party on the issues related to the US-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact project.
Responding to debate within the party over whether to accept the MCC project or not, a Standing Committee meeting of the party decided to form the task force so as make its official standpoint on the basis of the recommendation of the panel.
It is astonishing, however, that neither the meeting fixed the name of the taskforce members nor set the deadline to submit the report though there is pressure to the parties as well as the government to make clear about whether accepting the MCC project or not.
The US government has repeatedly been stating that it would not wait Nepal for a indefinite period adding that the project amount would be transformed into other countries if Nepal reject the project.
The Maoist Center has decided to form the panel at the time when political parties including the allies of the government have also shapely divided over the issue of endorsing the MCC from the parliament.
Though the ruling head Nepali Congress is firm on its stand to endorse the MCC from the parliament, the proposal is not forwarded yet in the parliament, thanks to the differences in ruling allies. Another ally of the incumbent government, CPN United Socialist is also hesitating to stand in favor of endorsing the MCC from the parliament.
According to Krishna Bahadur Mahara, the meeting also discussed over the ranges of contemporary political issues including the future elections for the local bodies, provincial assemblies and the House of Representatives (HoR).
