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Fifth
Expanded Meeting of the central committee of CPN (Maoist)
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Communist
Party of Nepal (Maoist), Central Office, Press Release, 12. August 2007
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1)
The
latest fifth expanded meeting of the central committee organized in the
chain of expanded meetings that had had immense importance in the history
of the CPN (Maoist) had been accomplished from August 3 to August 8, 2007
in Balaju Industrial Area, Kathmandu. |
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 a) The meeting was inaugurated amid applause by Chairman Comrade Prachanda
by lighting a lamp at 4 PM on the third of August 2007 in the Martyrs Memorial
Building. In the inaugural session that had begun by paying heartfelt homage
to the great martyrs of the great people's war and the mass movement, various
senior comrades and advisors of the party, shedding light on the importance
of the expanded meeting, had presented meaningful statements.
b) Altogether there were 2,174 comrades comprised of the central committee
members of the party to the secretariat members of the district committee,
to the general branch secretary of the PLA, central office bearers of mass
and frontal organizations and invited members. Of them, there were 1,672
comrades from 75 districts, 455 from 7 divisions of the PLA, 40 from India,
5 from Europe and 2 from Hong Kong. It was the biggest gathering so far
in our party history.
c) There had been discussions in 42 groups over the political proposal
presented by Chairman Comrade Prachanda all the day long of August 4 and
morning session of August 5 while the group leaders started presenting
their comments and suggestions from the day session of August 5 and it
was carried on to the evening of August 6. Chairman Comrade Prachanda clarified
all the day long of August 7 the spirit of the document and replied the
questions arisen therefrom. The document was unanimously adopted in the
very evening.
d) All the day long of August 8, there had been a concluding program in
which 42 comrades presented opinion based on their feeling. Chairman Comrade
Prachanda, saying that the historic fifth expanded meeting was a meeting
of great unity and great victory, concluded at 5:30 evening of the very
day. At the last, different sky-piercing slogans were chanted.
e) The PLA and the YCL had provided security to the meeting and the central
command had made the whole logistical arrangement. Samana and Sen-Chyang
family had presented various cultural programs in between.
2)
The central question of the expanded meeting was the proposal "Unite to
make a new ideological advance and a new revolutionary movement" presented
by Chairman Comrade Prachanda. There had been very high and profound democratic
discussions among the representatives divided in 42 groups over the proposal
and important amendments were suggested. By incorporating the suggestions,
the proposal was at the last adopted unanimously. The important aspects
of the document are as follows.
a) There are three important sections in the document. Important ideological
and political questions have been discussed in the first part. In the second
part, the past movement and peace-negotiation has been reviewed. And in
the third, light has been shed on the forthcoming tactic and the party
plan.
b) In the context of discussing "Some fundamental theoretical questions"
emphasis has been given upon the question of distinguishing the difference
between the Marxist and opportunist outlook mainly on compromise, reform
and revolution, and revolutionaries are instructed to remain resolute in
MLM and Prachanda Path by way of struggling against right capitulationism,
centrist vacillationism and 'left' adventurism. In the present backdrop
of negotiations and peaceful development of revolution, the question in
which the revolutionaries should specially prioritize ideological struggle
is against the rightist tendency of "enjoying in the status quo, conceiving
of compromise and reform as everything and refusing to propel the revolution
forward" has been mentioned in the document. Likewise, it has been mentioned
in the document that the struggle against the centrist opportunism that
surfaces in different forms in which one always falls prey to vacillation
between right and wrong, talks of revolution but practices right reformism
and shows sense of disappointment, frustration and escape must not be undervalued.
Also, the document has cautioned the revolutionaries to remain cautious
towards the danger of 'left' phrase-mongering and adventurism that "Without
having concrete analysis of the concrete situation subjectively opposes
all kinds of compromises".
c) Discussing the strategy and tactic of revolution, it has been clarified
in the document that the party, going ahead with flexible tactic and firm
strategy of democratic revolution, has synthesized a slogan of all party
conference, interim government and constituent assembly election as a political
tactic while arriving at the historic second national conference accomplished
in 2001 and the same with modification has been carried on till now from
the Chunwang Meeting held in 2005. Likewise, in relation to tactical slogan
of democratic republic, quoting the decision of Chunwang meeting the document
says, "Party has regarded the democratic republic neither in the form of
bourgeois parliamentarian republic nor in the form of the new democratic
republic. With an extensive restructuring of the state power, this republic
will play a role of transitional multiparty republic as to resolve the
problems related to class, nation, region and sex."
d) Likewise, in the context of assessing peace-negotiations and the events
following it, the CPN (Maoist), which had not incorporated itself in the
old parliamentary main stream, but had, preserving the achievements of
10 years of people's war, participated in a transitional state of compromise
to institutionalize through constituent assembly the new type of democratic
republic but now it has been concluded that the major parliamentarian parties
leading the government, going against the spirit of 12-point understanding,
have destroyed the basis of unity with the CPN (Maoist). In particular,
"Although it had been said that army would be confined at barracks and
PLA at the cantonments as to make the interim state a neutral one as far
as possible and all of the decisions to run the state would be taken up
in consensus, the theoretical, political and moral basis for the CPN (Maoist)
to stay in government is getting to an end because the state in the present
transitional period has been tried to run as the state of feudal, bureaucrat
and comprador bourgeois" has been the important conclusion of the resolution.
So cautioning seriously the forces that lead the interim government the
proposal says, "The CPN (Maoist) will have no alternative to go to movement
by quitting the government, if it is not guaranteed to ensure running of
the interim government in accordance with the spirit of the agreement,
bring an end to terror and regressive feudal conspiracy taking place against
the constituent assembly election by declaring republic, take up actions
against the criminals involved in a series of killings in Madhesh, publicize
the state of disappeared citizens, impartially distribute relief to the
families of martyrs, push forward the process of scientific land reform
according to the spirit of the interim constitution, take up effective
steps to stop killings, conspiracies and terror against the CPN (Maoist)
and treat the PLA respectfully".
e) Summing up that the party tactic from the 12-point understanding to
the participation in the interim government was correct and politically
advantageous; however, in the resolution serious self-criticism has also
been made on behalf of the party for some mistakes and weaknesses committed
in this course.
1)
In the later part and mainly after the Gaur-massacre, there was a mistake
on the way how should the party have made coordination between compromise
and struggle. It was the main aspect of the party weakness.
2)
While making compromises with the parliamentarian parties masses should
have been informed of those agreements and mobilized along them as far
as possible. Especially when party failed to inform the masses of the struggle
that the party had kept up on the federal state system and proportional
election till the last minute inside Baluwatar room, it provided opportunity
for the reactionaries and opportunists to launch a campaign against the
party by spreading confusion that Maoists left their agenda on Madhesh.
3)
After joining the interim parliament and interim government, there have
been some limitations on the way how should have we gone with preparation,
plan and the spirit in struggles to carry out minimum possible tasks for
the masses.
4)
Likewise, there have been weaknesses on the questions like inner party
communication, external propaganda, work in Madhesh, economic field etc.
f) In the resolution, decisions have been taken up to develop special policies
and plans to repeatedly proletarianize, rectify and consolidate the party
and develop new unity on the new basis in agreement with party's new line
and complexities. Accordingly, the property of all the central committee
members has been publicized to initiate party rectification from the central
level and supervision from broad cadres and even the masses on it has been
anticipated. Also, it has been decided to have extensive changes in the
party's organizational structure and division of labor and launch a campaign
to build organizations up to villages.
g) The expanded meeting has also adopted different resolutions over some
important and timely issues. Like for example: resolution on Madhesh, resolution
on propaganda and publication, resolution on mass organizations, resolution
on national and regional fronts, resolution on revolutionary polarization
and republican front, resolution on international communist movement, resolution
on three weapons of revolution etc.
h) Naturally, the most important and an issue of people's concern has been
the evaluation of present situation and in accordance with it party's forthcoming
tactic and plan. The document has appraised today's political situation
as "to have been manifested in the form of a very fluid and serious revolutionary
crisis." In the same manner, it has been pointed out that a situation of
triangular contradiction among feudal royalist forces, status quoist bourgeois
parliamentarian forces and revolutionary democratic forces exists and all
of them are trying to hold sway of their own. The fact that has been emphasized
on is that the future of constituent assembly election depends upon the
relative supremacy of these three forces and the revolutionary democratic
forces should set up the sequence of their strategy and tactic in compliance
with it. Pointing out that the country is now at the frontier of a big
revolutionary possibility and an awful accident it has been mentioned in
the document that revolutionary democratic forces, by appraising it correctly,
should take up proper tactical steps. For that, party has emphasized on
the need to create a broad mass movement by keeping up a strong unity with
the republicans and left forces. For the reason that the domestic and foreign
reactionary powers are not in favor of constituent assembly election but
are conspiring to avoid it by laying the blame on the CPN (Maoist) and
mobilize army in the name of law and order, the resolution concludes that
the mass movement "Should be propelled forward as a serious initiative
to build up suitable environment and prerequisites in favour of the forthcoming
constituent assembly election". In order for this, it has been concluded
that Roundtable Conference, Republic and Constituent Assembly should be
made the main slogan of the movement. In addition, emphasizing on the need
to continue with ceasefire and the peace process, it has been said in the
document that "Taking into account of today's international and national
situation that kind of movement can be and should be propelled forward
by continuing with the ceasefire and the peace process".
3)
The central committee meeting held after the conclusion of the expanded
meeting has shaped three separate committees to organize roundtable conference
among agitating different groups, political forces and representatives
of the civil society, take initiative for unity among different left forces,
and prepare party manifesto for the forthcoming constituent assembly election
and the mass movement.
To
prepare for roundtable conference and have talks with different sections,
under the leadership of comrade Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal) a committee made
up of comrade Barshaman Pun (Ananta), comrade Matrika Yadav, comrade HisilaYami
and comrade Lekhraj Bhatta has been constituted.
In
order to have talks with different left forces, under the leadership of
comrade Mohan Vaidya (Kiran) a committee made up of comrade Barshaman Pun
(Ananta) and comrade Dinanath Sharma has been constituted.
In
the same way, in order to prepare manifesto, a committee made up of comrade
Dev Gurung, comrade Dinanath Sharma, comrade Matrika Yadav, comrade Hitman
Shakya, comrade Pampha Bhusal, comrade Janardan Sharma (Prabhakar), comrade
Gopal Kirati and comrade Khadka Bahadur Viswakarma under the convenorship
of comrade Baburam Bhattarai has been built up.
(Prachanda)
Chairman
CPN
(Maoist)
Source:
CPN (M), August 2007 |
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