CPN-UML Prepares Report on Party Reorganization Based on Collected Suggestions

Kathmandu. CPN-UML, which has been collecting suggestions across the country for election review and party rejuvenation, is preparing a report on what kind of party to build in the future, how to move forward, and how to make leaders and workers responsible.< /p>

It is understood by CPN-UML leaders and workers that the suggestion collection task force, formed for party purification, strengthening, and reorganization, led by Vice-Chairman Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’, will prepare the report based on the suggestions of leaders and workers from across the country.< /p>

The task force started collecting suggestions from Bagmati Province on Jestha 30. CPN-UML has stated that the report is being written by integrating the opinions and suggestions collected from other provinces, special committees, and people's organizations.< /p>

A meeting of the task force has been called for Thursday before finalizing the report. Leaders have said that the meeting, to be held at the party's central office in Chyasal, will review all suggestions received from all over and discuss incorporating the views of the task force members into the report.< /p>

Leaders say the report will be finalized after the task force meeting. ‘The report will be finalized after the task force meeting on Thursday’, said a member of the task force, ‘The opinions of the task force members will also be included in the report.’ According to leaders, the suggestions collected by CPN-UML across the country have received mixed reactions.< /p>

‘The suggestions are mixed, but the majority are in favor of reorganization’, says a member of the task force, ‘Regarding the model of reorganization, some have suggested finding an alternative to the current chairman, while some have suggested reorganizing the entire central committee and some have even suggested dissolving all committees.’ According to that leader, it is important how the received suggestions are summarized in the report.< /p>

CPN-UML Koshi Province Chairman Ghanshyam Khathiwada says he is optimistic that the report led by Vice-Chairman Badal will help unite CPN-UML in the future.< /p>

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‘In my understanding, the report will help unite and strengthen the party’, Chairman Khathiwada told Ratopati, ‘and it should be done. We must move forward by resolving the crises that arise.’< /p>

Leader Khathiwada said that some people understand the issue of CPN-UML reorganization as only reorganizing the leadership, and that understanding is incomplete.< /p>

‘We need to look at all aspects of the party, including the leadership’, he said, ‘If there are wrong tendencies in terms of rejuvenation, they should be removed, and if viewed from the perspective of strengthening, purification, and leadership change, only then can we move forward.’< /p>

He said that it is not right to attack the leadership solely based on the election results, and that it is necessary to think about rejuvenation and reorganization within the party as a whole.< /p>

Mades Pradesh Chairman Chandeshwor Mandal says that in the current situation, there is no alternative but to go to the local and provincial elections under the leadership of Chairman KP Sharma Oli, in accordance with the mandate of the general convention, leaving aside the debate on leadership change.< /p>

‘Now the party needs to be united. The suggestion from Madhesh is also the same. It is not time for reorganization’, Mandal said, ‘The secretariat also needs to think. In such a situation, there is no guarantee that changing the leadership will be successful.’< /p>

Bagmati Province Chairman Kailash Dhungel appears confident that the task force report will help in the systematic operation of the party and further unite the party.< /p>

‘Suggestions collected by CPN-UML at the provincial level will be included in the report and discussed in the meeting’, Chairman Dhungel said, ‘Regarding party reorganization, it will happen according to the established rules, regulations, and procedures.’< /p>

He claimed that there is no dispute within CPN-UML regarding ideology, principles, and programs, and there is no problem as the leadership has also been decided by the general convention. ‘The only issue is how to proceed and how to view the current political developments’, Chairman Dhungel said, ‘There will be discussions and conclusions will be reached. The report will also indicate this.’< /p>

Gandaki Province Chairman Navraj Sharma says that the vote received by the party in the last election has put everyone in a position to introspect.< /p>

‘This is something we all accept and the facts show it’, Chairman Sharma told Ratopati, ‘It is important to strengthen the party by correcting the shortcomings of individuals.’ He said that the task force has collected suggestions through the task force with the objective of further organizing the party in terms of leadership change, strengthening, and rejuvenation, and the task force will bring a report with conclusions accordingly. ‘But currently, there are more comments about who to keep and who to remove, which is wrong. In CPN-UML, the main issue now is not about removing or keeping anyone, but about managing responsibilities and making them more active.’< /p>

Keeping this issue in mind, the task force will summarize the suggestions received and provide conclusions, according to Sharma.< /p>

Sudurpaschim Province Chairman Krishna Prasad Jaisi said that since the task force report will only include the suggestions received, he is not confident that the report will provide a solution to the conflict within the party.< /p>

‘The main thing is to listen to the grassroots’, Chairman Jaisi said, ‘I disagree with the suggestion collection process itself.’ Jaisi said that it would have been more appropriate to collect suggestions through committees, as speaking by 5 officials each from the province and district will not lead to a solution.< /p>

‘I don’t think the task force report will provide a solution’, Jaisi said, ‘However, this matter will be discussed in the central committee and a solution will come from there.’< /p>

The task force led by Thapa includes Vice-Chairmen Bishnu Prasad Paudel and Prithvi Subba Gurung, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, Secretaries Chhabilal Bishwakarma, Padma Aryal, Bhanubhakta Dhakal, and all seven provincial chairmen as members. General Secretary Shankar Pokharel has been given the role of member secretary of the task force. Most leaders in the task force, including General Secretary Pokharel, are in favor of CPN-UML reorganization, while coordinator Thapa appears to be in favor of strengthening the current leadership. Leaders say the report of the task force will be discussed in the CPN-UML central committee.< /p>