Agreement between the GoN and Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha

• Country/entity

  Nepal
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement between the GoN and Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha
• Date

  26 Dec 2008
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

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

  Ceasefire/related
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Nepal related-local processes
• Parties

  On behalf of SJTMM
  Sd.
  Sanjaya Kumar Gupta ‘Kautilya’
  Coordinator
  
  On behalf of GoN Talks Team
  Sd.
  Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’
  Coordinator
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  An agreement in which the amyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha agree to suspend their violent activities and engage in dialogue with the Government of Nepal.

• Agreement document

  NP_081226_GoN and Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  
• Rationale

  A dialogue team was set up by the Maoist-led government, which won the elections in April 2008. This dialogue team was again led/ coordinated by the Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Mr Janardhan Sharma. In October 2008, the Maoist led government invited all armed groups to talks, including, Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha, which ultimately led to an agreement.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  Despite groups like these bordering to what can be called criminal outfits, their demands were framed under issues of inclusion and state restructuring/ federalism. The agreement actually spells out that their demands will be grouped as those that can be fulfilled by the Constituent Assembly.
• Name of Locale

  Saptari and Siraha Districts
• Nature Of Locale

  Other
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  26.689404, 86.506485
• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Local armed group
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

Agreement between the GoN and Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha

On December 26, 2008 in Janakpur, a dialogue was held in a cordial atmosphere between the Talks Teams of the GoN and the Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha [Joint Democratric Terai Liberation Front].

With the belief that the institutional development and strengthening of Nepal’s progressive transformation and of the federal democratic republic can take place only through a new people-centric constitution and embracing of the principles of sovereignty, integrity, national interest and national unity, an agreement was reached on the following points.

1. The GoN shall be responsible for the security of the members of the Talks Teams during the period of dialogue.

2. The Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha shall suspend its violent and aggressive activities and the GoN shall recognise the party leaders and activists as political actors.

3. The Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha shall make available to the GoN a list of its people arrested in the course of agitation and of those against whom cases have been filed, and the GoN shall gradually release them after investigations.

4. Initiative shall be taken for bringing the other agitating political groups operating in the Terai to the negotiation table.

5. The Samyukta Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha shall furnish its list of demands at the next round of talks to be held in Kathmandu and the date of talks shall be fixed with mutual agreement.

If necessary, mediators shall be appointed with the consent of both parties.

On behalf of SJTMM

Sd.

Sanjaya Kumar Gupta ‘Kautilya’

Coordinator

On behalf of GoN Talks Team

Sd.

Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’

Coordinator