At the Baluwatar meeting, Barshaman Pun had said, ”The party has high respect for Gen-G's commitment to democracy, the constitution, the current system, and elections.”
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The Maoists have said that all parties must be positive in order to go ahead with the Falgun 21 elections, which were announced by the Sushila Karki-led government formed after the Gen-G movement and dissolved parliament.
Prime Minister Karki said that the Maoists are ready to go to the elections in a meeting organized by the political parties, Gen-G and the government on Wednesday.
Maoist leaders Barshaman Pun and Madhav Sapkota were present. The Maoists had maintained that all political parties, Gen-G and the government should be positive to go to the elections.
Pun had said that the Maoists supported the demands of Gen-G. 'When we were in the government or in the opposition, we worked or raised our voices on good governance and corruption control. That is why we and Gen-G are close in the agenda of controlling corruption and maintaining good governance. That is why we have support in our movement and afterwards,' Pun had said.
Sapkota informed that the government should maintain peace and security for the elections and prepare for them and create a credible environment. 'We are ready to go to the elections. We said that the government should maintain peace and security and create an environment for the election. We said that everything should be positive for the election. Genji and our demands are the same. Let's move forward in a positive manner. Now that formal dialogue has started, we also suggested that it should be continued,' Sapkota said.
The Maoists have said that if a mechanism is created to investigate the assets of people who have held public positions since 2046 to control corruption, the party will support and cooperate. 'The government should immediately address the possible demands of the Genji movement, we will support it,' Pun had said, 'We will go to the election with the agenda of a directly elected president, good governance and control of corruption. We also want to cooperate with Genji in the election. On our part, continuous dialogue with Genji will continue. The party has high respect for Genji's commitment to democracy, the constitution, the current system and elections. We are also ready to transform ourselves in accordance with the spirit of the Genji movement.'
