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The Maoists look set to launch their "Third People's Movement" in the
next day or so. This isn't just a couple of protests, they're planning
on trying to topple the government through mass mobilisations of their
urban support base. The first  People's Movement established parliament,
the second abolished the monarchy, so the significance of what theyre
about to try to do should be clear.=20

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Maoist deadline set to end, warning sign ahead; 22 parties firm

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KATHMANDU, Aug 6 - With the deadline set by the UCPN (Maoist) to address
the issue of 'civilian supremacy' ends Thursday evening, there is a
warning sign in the road ahead for the already-troubled UML-led
government. The political crisis is likely to deepen and eclipse the
major tasks of drafting a new constitution and taking the beleaguered
peace process to a logical end as the major political parties remained
adamant on their respective stances.   Earlier, the main opposition
party UCPN (Maoist), who quit the government in May following a row over
reinstating the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), had warned to storm from the
parliament and the streets from Friday if their demand for civilian
supremacy over military was not addressed by this evening. The UML-led
alliance and the Maoists reached an understanding on July 4 to address
the issues of civilian supremacy and the role President Dr Ram Baran
Yadav in reinstating Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal by this evening.
Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned in May after President Dr
Ram Baran Yadav reinstated the army chief, who was sacked by him.=20

The Maoists have described Dr Yadav's move as unconstitutional and have
demanded that the issue be debated in parliament.=20

The parties could not forge an agreement over the issue until this
evening despite hectic parleys among the political parties throughout
the day. Maoist leader Narayan Kazi Shrestha discussed the issue with
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal and
urged the duo to create an environment for discussing the issue in the
Legislature-Parliament. PM Nepal, in response, said he was in favor of
solving the issue through consensus adding that the Maoist demand of
discussing the issue in the Parliament, however, could not be
entertained.

Meanwhile, a meeting of the 22-parties supporting the UML-led coalition
is underway at the PM's official residence in Baluwatar in order to
forge consensus on the Maoists' demand.=20

The Maoists are all set to commence their earlier announced two-pronged
struggle programmes from tomorrow.

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