Communist Party of
Central Office
Press Communiqué circulated to the Press Conference
Present journalists,
First of all, we heartily welcome the
entire journalists and other masses present in this press conference organized
to make public the important decisions adopted by the recently concluded Fifth
Expanded Meeting of the central committee of our glorious party the CPN
(Maoist) that has been playing a leading role in the campaign of building a new
democratic republic of Nepal. We are immensely feeling glory and pleasure to
have had this opportunity of publicizing here the summary of the historic fifth
expanded meting decisions synthesized as 'great unity and great victory'.
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 grandiosely from August 3 to August 8, 2007 in Balaju Industrial Area, Kathmandu.
a)
The
meeting was inaugurated amid applause by Chairman Comrade Prachanda
by lighting a lamp at
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
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
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.
Journalist friends,
We, the Nepalese, are now in
a very sensitive and serious transitional juncture. At this time, revolution
and counterrevolution, progress and regress are conflicting at close. The
recently concluded fifth expanded meeting of the central committee of our
glorious party has taken up a historic decision to prop up revolution and
progress by institutionalizing republic and defeating counterrevolution and
regress. For this, we expect active help and support from all including entire
patriots, republican and left political forces, civil society and media
persons. Thank you!
Prachanda
Chairman
CPN (Maoist)