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Nepal Political Economic News In Brief (2 - 8 September 2013)

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Dahal Elected NTUC President
The fifth general convention of Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC) elected Khilanath Dahal its president last Wednesday. Dahal defeated his contender Pushkar Acharya during the election of the Nepali Congress (NC)-aligned NTUC. Dahal is a favourite of NC leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, while party president Sushil Koirala has backed Acharya. Likewise, the convention has elected Ramji Kunwar as vice-president, Rama Poudel as vice-president on the woman quota, Mahendra Yadav as general secretary and Yogendra Kunwar as treasurer of the NTUC. 
 
CIAA Warns Immigration Officials
The Commission for Investigation of Abuses of Authority (CIAA) officials are keeping close watch on the immigration officials for their alleged  harassment toward the Nepali migrant workers at the airport on various pretexts. The CIAA said its attention has been drawn following complaints that immigration officials are returning foreign-bound Nepali workers and creating unnecessary hassles at the airport after the constitutional body nabbed some immigration officers on corruption charges. It also directed respective ministries to depute necessary staffs at the Department of Foreign Employment, Department of Immigration and Nepal Electricity Authority, informed CIAA spokesperson Shreedhar Sapkota.
 
Monarchy is yet to Go, Claims Thapa
Kamal ThapaRastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Chairperson Kamal Thapa claimed that the monarchy has not been abolished yet. Inaugurating his party’s national conference in the capital on last Monday, Thapa warned UCPN (Maoist) not to harbour any illusion that the monarchy is finished in Nepal. “The status of the pro-monarch and the anti-monarch would be the same until the new constitution comes into effect,” he said.
 
 
Army Integration Process Completes
Seventy former Maoist combatants, who were selected for integration into Nepal Army (NA), were officially inducted as NA army officers amid a ceremony at the Military Academy Kharipati on last Monday. Interim Election Council Chairman Khilraj Regmi and NA Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Gaurav SJB Rana handed the insignia to the new Army officers at the ceremony after they completed a nine-month military officer training. Among them, one officer is likely to be made Colonel, two Lieutenant Colonels, 13 majors, 30 captains and 24 lieutenants. UCPN (Maoist) chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal, leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) and other parties, diplomats and ministers, among other dignitaries, were present in the ceremony.
 
Former Finance Secy Khanal Joins Congress 
Rameshore KhanalFormer Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal, who had resigned following a tussle with then Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari, joined Nepali Congress (NC) last Monday. NC president Sushil Koirala, vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel and other leaders welcomed him to the party amid a ceremony held at the party office in Sanepa, Lalitpur.  The NC president issued the party’s general membership to Khanal. While talking with the media, Khanal said he was inspired by the principles of late NC founder BP Koirala. He termed NC as the party that “follows what it says”. NC president Koirala said the party would utilise Khanal’s skills and capacity for the economic progress of the country.
 

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