Parliamentary approval of MCC Nepal compact 'not mandatory'
National Assembly member Ram Narayan Bidari, who is also a senior advocate, said the Parliament was not required to approve the Millennium Challenge Corporation compact signed between Nepal and the Unites States of America.
KATHMANDU, Sep 27: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Alice Albright is coming to Nepal with the MCC Nepal Compact program entering into the implementation phase. She will be coming to Nepal on the 1st of October.
The Nepal Compact Ag
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: The Government of Nepal and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) have announced that the MCC Nepal Compact Program, which is going to be implemented jointly by the financial support of both, has entered the implementation phase.
The announcement was made
KATHMANDU, March 23: The main opposition party, CPN-UML, has accepted the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)-Nepal Compact.
Earlier, while the ruling alliance ratified the MCC compact, the party had not stated its position. However, the political report of the party presented in the party's central committee meeting by Chairman KP Sharma Oli reads that the MCC compact has been ratified and it should now be implemented for the welfare of the nation.
The report has also stressed a high flow of Foreign Direct Investments in the country for a prosperous development.
KP Sharma Oli also maintained that the interpretive declaration issued by the government while ratifying the compact is meaningless.
Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the American aid project (MCC) can be approved only after the project is amended.
Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the MCC project should be carried out keeping in view the interest of Nepal and the Nepali people.
Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist) and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said the US government's grant assistance MCC could not be ratified by the parliament as it is.
The proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant has been the talk of the town over the past few weeks in Nepal. Various groups have staged multiple protests across the country, mostly in Kathmandu. Protests have taken place near the Parliament building, the US Embassy and the prime minister’s residence too. The US government’s Millennium Challenge […]
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ITAHARI, September 10: Federation of Indigenous Nationalities Litterateur/Writer of Nepal (FINLON), an umbrella organization of indigenous writers and litterateurs, has sounded critical over US aid project Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Issuing a press release signed by its chair Rajan Mukarung on Wednesday evening, FINLON said some provisions of MCC hampered Nepal's national sovereignty. FINLON has said MCC, which selected Nepal in 2011 during transitional phase, is suspicious.
FINLON has claimed MCC also affects Nepal's non-alignment foreign policy increasing long-lasting impacts of what it calls 'American imperialism'.
''US officials have said MCC is part of Indo Pacific Strategy of US,'' said the release, ''This has entered into Nepal to make US-friendly strategic grounds in Nepal.''
FINLON has also accused that MCC favors multinational companies and stays above Nepal's prevalent laws. FINLON has said that MCC prioritizes on the acquisition of lands to grab natural resources of those countries in many parts of the world, which, if it implemented in Nepal, have adverse effects on its indigenous nationalities going against international conventions where Nepal is also a signatory.
FINLON said rights of indigenous nationalities on water, land and forest must not be compromised at any cost in the name of MCC.
