Agreement Reached between the Government Talks Team comprising Seven Political Parties and the Federal Limbuwan State Council

• Country/entity

  Nepal
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement Reached between the Government Talks Team comprising Seven Political Parties and the Federal Limbuwan State Council
• Date

  19 Mar 2008
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Nepalese Insurgency (1996 - 2006) )
• Stage

  Framework/substantive - partial
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Nepal related-local processes
• Parties

  On behalf of the Federal Limbuwan State Council
  Sd.
  (Mr Sanjuhang Palungwa)
  Chairperson and Coordinator of the TalksTeam
  
  On behalf of the GoN Talks Team comprising Seven Political Parties
  Sd.
  (Mr Ram Chandra Poudel)
  Coordinator
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  A short agreement between the Government Talks Team comprising Seven Political Parties and the Federal Limbuwan State Council covering principles for the future governance structures in Nepal.

• Agreement document

  NP_080319_GoN and Federal Limbuwan State Council.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Agreement Reached between the Government Talks Team comprising Seven Political Parties and the Federal Limbuwan State Council

Concluded on March 19, 2008

Whereas the feudalist and centralised state authority and unitary state structure in Nepal has been exploiting, oppressing and excluding the people of Limbuwan from the mainstream of state and dissatisfaction is being expressed over it;

and whereas commitment has been made to restructure the state, being guided by the spirit and sentiments of the historic People’s Movement 2006, in of the context of an agitation being launched with demand for Limbuwan Autonomous State, along with the right to self-determination, for a federal democratic republic, right to ethnic identity and autonomy on the basis of historical context, expressing commitment to build a peaceful, prosperous and modern new Nepal by encompassing all Nepalese people, including Limbuwan, in a single national mainstream while restructuring the state, the parties mentioned below have reached the following agreement:

1. The federal governance system shall be adopted by making constitutional provision for autonomous states on the basis of historic background of Limbuwan, geographical area, etc while restructuring the current Nepal through the Constituent Assembly, thereby addressing the demands of the people of Limbuwan and their movement, and maintaining the national unity, integrity and indivisibility.

2. Late Rajkumar Angdembe (Mangtok), who lost his life during the Limbuwan Movement, shall be honoured as a martyr and his family shall be provided with a compensation of Rs one million.

The Government shall make arrangements for providing compensation for the losses incurred and for the treatment of those injured during the Movement.

The Government shall also withdraw the charges filed against the agitators.

3. The representation of the Federal Limbuwan State Council shall be ensured while forming the State Restructuring Commission.

4. The agreements reached on the aforementioned points shall be ratified by the Council of Ministers and made public.

5. Following today’s agreement between the two sides, all programmes of agitation launched by the Federal Limbuwan State Council shall be suspended and support shall be extended to create an atmosphere conducive to holding the Constituent Assembly election.

On behalf of the Federal Limbuwan State Council

Sd.

(Mr Sanjuhang Palungwa)

Chairperson and Coordinator of the TalksTeam

On behalf of the GoN Talks Team comprising Seven Political Parties

Sd.

(Mr Ram Chandra Poudel)

Coordinator