17.1.11
Nepal: La bandera nacional no será cambiada
National flag to remain unchanged
THIRA L BHUSAL
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Top leaders of the big three parties have agreed not to change the country´s national flag in the new constitution.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal of UCPN (Maoist), Ram Chandra Paudel of Nepali Congress (NC) and Jhalanath Khanal of CPN-UML, along with some second rung leaders from the three parties, reached understanding to this effect at a meeting at Singha Durbar on Sunday. Constituent Assembly Chairman Subas Nembang was also present at the meeting.
Claiming that the existing flag represents the feudal monarchial system, Maoist leaders had been insisting that some changes must be made to the national flag to recognize the recent political movements.
"We have agreed to not make any changes to the flag. We will, however, change the explanatory notes on the flag in the constitution so as to explain its features as per the spirit of the recent political movements and to recognize the recent political achievements," said a leader present at the meeting.
The Maoist proposal had also been defeated in a voting at the 64-member Constitutional Committee (CC) of the CA last year. Despite the defeat the Maoists had been insisting that the flag must be changed but the NC, UML and some other political parties were vehemently against the Maoist demand.
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República
17.9.09
Los partidos nepalíes, divididos sobre la bandera nacional
Nepali parties divided over national flag issue
KATHMANDU, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Nepali political parties are divided on whether to retain the current flag or design a new one.
At a sub-committee meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) on Wednesday, the single largest and opposition party the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN), and the Rastriya Janamorcha and Dalit Janajati Party, proposed to change the national flag, but their proposal was opposed by the other parties.
Leaders from the ruling Nepali Congress, the Communist Party ofNepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) and other parties defended the present flag as it has become a symbol of recognition even in the international level.
The UCPN-M has been calling for the provision of a new model of national flag that should contain stars equal in numbers to the number of federal units after the restructuring of the state.
The CA at its first meeting on May 28, 2008 declared Nepal a federal democratic republic, and is expected to draft a new constitution by May 28, 2010.
China View29.5.08
Retiran la bandera real del Palacio del monarca destronado Gyanendra
