Agreement between the GoN and Madheshi Virus Killer Party

• Country/entity

  Nepal
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement between the GoN and Madheshi Virus Killer Party
• Date

  11 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 Madheshi Virus Killers Party
  Sd. Jaya Prakash Yadav
  Coordinator
  
  On behalf of GoN Talks Team
  Sd. Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’
  Coordinator
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  An agreement in which the Madheshi Virus Killer Party agree to suspend their violent activities and engage in dialogue with the Government of Nepal.

• Agreement document

  NP_081211_GoNandMadheshiVirusKillersParty.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, Madeis Virus Killer Party, 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 inclusion and state restructuring. The agreement actually spells out that the 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)

  26.614232, 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 Madheshi Virus Killers Party

On this day, December 11, 2008, a dialogue was held in a cordial atmosphere between the GoN Talks Team and the Talks Team formed on behalf of the Madheshi Virus Killers Party.

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, embracing the principles of sovereignty, integrity, national interest and national unity, an agreement was reached on the following to make the talks fruitful.

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

Furthermore, it shall provide security to other agitating political groups operating in the Terai while coming to the negotiation table, throughout the period of dialogue and while going back to their destinations after the dialogue.

2. The Madheshi Virus Killers Party shall suspend its violent and aggressive activities during the period of dialogue.

The GoN shall deal with the leaders and activists of the party as political actors.

3. The Madheshi Virus Killers Party shall make available to the GoN a list of the people arrested in the course of its agitation, and the GoN shall gradually release them after investigations.

4. In respect of other demands, they shall be grouped into those to be fulfilled by the Constituent Assembly and those that can be fulfilled by the Government immediately.

Another round of talks shall be held for further discussion, as necessary.

The date of talks shall be fixed with mutual agreement.

On behalf of Madheshi Virus Killers Party

Sd. Jaya Prakash Yadav

Coordinator

On behalf of GoN Talks Team

Sd. Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’

Coordinator