BIKRAM RAI |
I have brought you thus far, is the message from Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai in his address to the nation on Thursday evening as he marked the emptying of Maoist camps. The move paves the way for integrating some of the ex-guerrillas into the Nepal Army, and finalising the constitution in the month that is left. Leaders have to find a way around two contentious issues: federalism and type of government. Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, keen to claim credit for progress so far, summoned editors on Wednesday to say the door was now open for a directly-elected presidential system.