Monday, February 22, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Dalit CA members' forum issues 12-point regulation

 

http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=15440

Dalit CA members' forum issues 12-point regulation

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: The Forum of Dalit CA Members has issued a 12-point
regulation for making its Common Program, 2010 effective. The Forum
comprises the Dalit members of the Constituent Assembly representing
various parties in the Assembly.

The Regulations issued by the Forum stipulates that a common forum
would be constituted based on consensus, that the practice of
´untouchability´ and caste discrimination would be eliminated, that
all sides would be committed to the campaign for liberation of the
Dalits, that the Forum´s secretariat would be constituted comprising
members not exceeding one-third of its members and that the general
meeting of the Forum would be done on a rotational basis.

Member of the Forum and chairman of the Constituent Assembly (CA)
committee on determination of the structure of the state, Shambhu
Hazara Dusadh said the regulations stipulates that the CA members
would be free to express their views on topics except those related to
the common program.

He also said the CA members would be free to raise all the decisions
of the Forum as they please and that incidents related to the caste
discrimination should be the concern of the Forum.

Dusadh said the Regulations also have provisions for the coordination
among all the Dalit organizations working throughout the country and
that the CA members should take steps to collect financial support to
the Forum for its management.

Published on 2010-02-21 20:50:07

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