KATHMANDU, May 20: The CPN (Maoist Center) is preparing to submit a memorandum to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli incorporating its suggestions to the government for the prevention, treatment and control of the coronavirus disease.
A meeting of the party’s Standing Committee held on Thursday decided to hand over a memorandum to Prime Minister Oli demanding the dissolution of COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC), according to Maoist leader and former minister, Barshaman Pun.
"Today’s meeting decided to hand over a memorandum to the Prime Minister on Friday regarding the efforts to be made by the government to control COVID-19," Pun told Ratopati. "The CCMC should be scrapped as it proved to be non-functional” Pun said, adding that a separate entity of Disaster Management Authority should be formed and be led by the Prime Minister.
Similarly, the Maoist center also demanded the government form an all-party mechanism under the leadership of the Prime Minister to control the pandemic.
