Appeal Of Chirman Prachanda On 11th Anniversary Of People's War
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Central Committee
Press Release
Representing a new era of rebellion against the exploitation and oppression of feudalism and imperialism for the emancipation of Nepal and Nepalese people, the people’s war initiated under the leadership of the CPN (Maoist), the glorious representative of Nepalese proletariat, after completing its ten years, has entered into the eleventh one on February 13, today. This people’s uprising of one decade has not only unfolded multi-dimensional and far-reaching impact but also has provided a new momentum of study, debate and inspiration for the masses fighting against the exploitation, oppression, intervention and terror of the globalized imperialism, mainly the US imperialism. This great people’s war that has been playing a decisive role in the process of organizing the Nepalese society in a republican mode by completely destroying feudalism, about 250 years old, is significantly contributing to creating a new wave of the world revolution by ideologically developing MLM in the twenty-first century. Definitely, this great journey of ten years is advancing, not in a straight line like the entire revolutions of the world history, but going across turns, twisters and catastrophes, today, thousands of best sons and daughters of the Nepalese people have sacrificed their lives to raise our party up to this height of a decisive political force in Nepal and people’s war as a source of inspiration for the laboring masses all over the world, thousands are irrigating this process by becoming wounded and handicapped, and thousands of fighters and lakhs of the masses are confronting terrible condition of untold torture, deadly custody and disappearance. In this historic moment, when the people’s war, completing its ten years, has ascended to an unequaled height, first of all, on behalf of the central committee, offering red salute, I would like to pay emotional homage to the entire great and immortal martyrs of the people’s war, the main claimants of this historic contribution. In this occasion, extending revolutionary greetings to the entire wounded and disabled of the people’s war, I would like to wish for quick recovery in health and enduring participation and progress in their journey for revolution. In addition, I wish for quick release, along with revolutionary greetings, to the entire fighters who by facing enemy’s jail, nail and torture have been blazing the fire of revolution. In this historic day of the Eleventh Anniversary, our party, along with heartily greetings, expresses militant solidarity with the entire pro-people institutions, organizations and the broad masses that have raised voice in support of emancipation, in and outside of the country.
Today, the Nepalese society is advancing ahead towards the last juncture of its transition to republic from the absolute feudalism. A tiny coterie of moribund feudal elites is exhibiting its last stupidity of unleashing the reign of terror with the force of its traditional military gang upon the 25 million Nepalese people and the world opinion. In order for building an environment, in which the aspiration of democracy and peace of the Nepalese people could be fulfilled peacefully without a big loss of lives and property, our party, in the dawn of the eleventh anniversary of the people’s war, had declared a unilateral ceasefire and had even built up, during this period, a 12-point understanding with the major parliamentarian political parties of the country. On the contrary, the criminal gang of feudal elites, who do not share even a slight of responsibility towards the country and people, not only mistrusted it but continued making it a matter of laugh and shame for the civilized people in the twenty-first century by imprisoning thousands of democracy-loving people and staging a drama of election within the army camps. The insanity of Gyanendra Shahi, who oddly underrated the living reality, in which the wave of people’s higher level of military and peaceful resistance was going on, as isolated events, has surprised the world opinion. How a tiny clique of feudal and its traditional hoodlum, the “Royal Army†has been able to sustain despite of all-round opposition of the people in and outside of the country? The question is very serious and notable. Based on the experiences of history and the present course of events, our party has concluded that, despite of crocodile tears, the US imperialism, the ringleader of world imperialism, has its hand in helping sustain the military terror of feudal murderers. These feudal murderers are carrying out stupid crimes of this kind against the aspiration of democracy and peace of the Nepalese people by means of the patronage and encouragement of the military commanders of the Bush clique of the US ruling class that in the name of war against terrorism has been erecting a reign of terror upon the world masses. Taking advantage of the geo-political situation of Nepal, the imperialist interest and conspiracy of grabbing a hold over billions of people of China, India and South Asia, is working from behind this kind of patronage and encouragement. The instruction that the so-called commander of the Asia Pacific command of the US army, coming to Nepal, had provided to Gyanendra Shahi to strengthen the so-called Ranger Force (Commando) against the Nepalese people clarifies this fact further. Grasping this reality seriously, our party has been labeling the “royal†army as the US army since some years before. We would like to make a whole-hearted and special appeal, in this historic occasion, to the pro-people forces in Nepal, China, India, South Asia and the world to further necessary initiative in support of democracy and peace by paying serious attention to the grave consequence behind this.
In spite of the aforesaid situation, our party believes that none will now be able to prevent the success of the democratic movement of Nepalese people, who are conscious to their democratic right. The hidden support of the US military commander at the moment, when a great campaign of the Nepalese people for establishing competitive democracy that aims at institutionalizing the right of all the masses of oppressed class, nationality, region and sex by holding constituent assembly election and reorganizing the state power, which has already gained support from the world opinion and international community, will not be able to help survive the Gyanendra Shahi clique. It is definite that the upcoming thrust of the Nepalese people will lead the feudalism to an end and a new chapter of democracy, peace and progress in Nepal will begin. Therefore, our party forcefully appeals the 7 political parties, civil society, and the entire intelligentsia to come forward with no delay to bring in a common slogan, a common front and a common program in this decisive and sensitive moment of the history. That kind of slogan, front and program will prepare for a model of the people's parallel government against military terror of the absolute feudal elements. We believe that this kind of people's government will gain international support and help from the entire pro-democracy and pro-people forces. What we do believe is that this kind of common slogan, front, program and declaration of the government will completely obliterate Gyanendra Shahi and its tiny feudal coterie, and Nepal will go ahead towards the direction of peace and prosperity with a republican state structure. The reality that we are prepared to be flexible, as it necessitates, for the fulfillment of this goal has already been made clear before and, in this occasion, we would like to clarify that conviction further. We also believe that right after a concrete process of this kind advances, the reorganization of military force in Nepal will not become a difficult and complex issue.
Finally, I would like to appeal to all class, nationality, region, sex, and especially the youths associated with all the political parties, to institutionalize forever the aspiration of democracy, peace and progress of the Nepalese people by grasping the reality that no absolute feudalism will be destroyed without correct fusion of peaceful and military resistance. Only a new army of democracy and peace, with youth thunder, will ascertain the progress of new Nepal.
February 13, 2006
Prachanda
Chairman
C.P.N. (Maoist)
Cease-fire Called-off
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Central Committee
Press statement
The period of one month's ceasefire extended after three months, on the behalf of our party, has also been over. Our party would like to express its heartfelt gratitude to the entire pro-democracy and pro-peace forces who have welcomed and supported the ceasefire, in and outside of the country, for it has taken up a responsible initiative for a peaceful and forward-looking political way out for the civil war with the conviction of multiparty democracy. In the meantime, a 12-point understanding between our party and seven parliamentarian political parties, for a movement of democracy and peace, has been achieved and the people have ratified this. Amid this, our party has carried out very positive interaction on our understanding and conviction towards democracy and peace with different international institutions, organizations and forces including the UNO and a number of understandings have been built around it.
As a result of the aforesaid new situation, extensive requests had been made from in and outside of the country to the feudal autocratic royal power to return back to democracy and peace with a positive response to the ceasefire. But, the royal state, exhibiting terrible feudal obstinacy and totalitarianism, remained stuck in persevering with military terror against the country and people. The royal army that had been killing unarmed cadres in its custody in the different places of the country including Palpa and Morang during the first three months killed, at the last phase, up to comrade Kim Bahadur Thapa (Sunil), a popular leader of our party by an air attack. In the later one-month period, the so-called royal army, exhibiting more fascist character, at the last, going through Nagarkot massacre, has been adventuring to maintain a reign of terror against the people in the name of military operation in Rolpa, and barbarous acts like looting of people's shops and blazing houses are being carried on. In the same manner, the royal army has already come forward with a strategy of carrying out land and air attack by encircling the detachments of our People's Liberation Army, which has been in a defensive situation all across the country now.
This ground reality clarifies our obligation that we have to go into offensive, by calling off ceasefire, not only for people's democracy and peace against the feudal autocracy but also for the self-defense of the People's Liberation Army. We deeply understand and honour the appeal made by the institutions including the UNO and EU to extend the ceasefire. Likewise, we also understand and admire the request made by peace-loving institutions within the country and Nepali Congress (Democratic), one of the constituents of agitating seven political parties, in the context of its convention, to extend the ceasefire. But, in the backdrop of aforesaid fascistic new activities of the royal army, we request to take seriously the reality that it has been not only impossible for us to extend, despite our wish, the ceasefire but also is going to become suicidal to do so and appeal to all to raise voice forcefully against this situation. With this appeal, we declare that the ceasefire of our party has been called off.
What we want to clarify here is that our forthcoming military actions will be targeted against the autocratic royal power only. For an immediate sense, our military actions will be targeted upon the royal army and its hired informers that are going to stage a drama of so-called municipality election aimed at covering up their autocracy. Also we want here to repeat our conviction that we will assist as far as possible the peaceful movement of seven political parties and contribute to advancing forward the 12-point understanding to our capacity. Here we want also to clarify that if the process of making the people sovereign through the election of interim government and constituent assembly by means of a broad national political convention or round table conference is ascertained, our party will remain prepared to contribute for a peaceful political way out by calling off ceasefire at any point. But, if the terrorist acts of the autocratic feudal elements like Gyanendra-Paras and their military gang that had brought the last negotiation to a break by means of the Dorambha massacre and call off of the present ceasefire by Rolpa operation continue we would like to repeat our determination to continue fighting till the end in favor of Nepal and Nepalese people. In the present context when, Nepalese people's emancipation has been seen impossible without raising guns against those of feudal autocracy, there is no other alternative than creating a storm of peaceful and armed movement. Therefore, our party strongly appeals the broad masses to unite with the goal of wiping out forever the feudal autocratic monarchy for the sake of democracy, peace and progress. Right to rebel against the feudal atrocity is the biggest human right of the Nepalese people at present. Hence, we appeal the UNO, international community and the world masses to honour and support this right.
January 02, 2006
Prachanda
Chairman
CPN (Maoist)
