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Dispute Resolution Committee – 2009

After the elections were held, the most contentious issue remained the peace process. Parties disputed over whether or not the Young Communist Leagues should be dismantled, whether or not the properties seized by the Maoists during the insurgency should be returned, and finally, how peace and democracy would be effectively established. These disputes were not resolved. The Supreme Court ordered the government to return seized properties, but this order was not implemented.¹ A dispute emerged amongst parties over the recruitment of the personnel to the Nepal Army. Parties failed to settle this dispute. The Maoist party eventually acquiesced to pressure to sack the Chief of Armed Staff (CoAS). This led to the collapse of the Maoist-led government when the president decided to reinstate the CoAS.²

1. “Nepal top court orders government to return property seized by Maoists,” BBC Monitoring South Asia, BBC Worldwide Monitoring, January 8, 2009.
2. “Nepal’s Peace Process at the Crossroads,” Conflict Study Center (Situation Update 83), May 10, 2009.