MCC "working diligently" to answer Nepal government’s questions - Khabarhub
KATHMANDU: The US Embassy in Kathmandu has said the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) received official correspondence from the Government of Nepal’s
American embassy calls a purported SPP draft circulating online as ‘fake’, as questions arise if Nepal is falling into a geopolitical quagmire amid rising global tensions.
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Leader of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC), Ram Chandra Poudel has maintained that the Millennium Corporate Challenge (MCC) will now be tabled in parliament.
No one can avoid the MCC from tabling in parliament, Poudel said, speaking during an event organized by the Bhanubhakta Literature Study Committee.
Leader Poudel also accused the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) of barring the lawmakers from tabling the MCC in parliament.
Besides, Poudel also maintained that the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was a much needed move. At the time when the Nepal Bar Association and Justices of the Supreme Court are raising questions against CJ Rana, registration of the motion is natural. “Besides, CJ Rana himself had opted for the motion over resignation,” he added.
MCC must come with some amendments and the clauses must be written more clearly, respecting the sovereignty and voices of Nepal or else, the US must keep its popularity by engaging in other philanthropic activities that it has been doing for many decades. Since the US is the global center for democratic values, questions arising over the US are also the questions arising over free speech, independence and democracy that Nepalis strongly believe in.
KATHMANDU, September 17: Chairperson of the CPN (Unified Socialist), Madhav Kumar Nepal, has said that the government would get a full shape within a week.
Inaugurating the party's central office at Minbhawan today, Chair Nepal shared that discussion was underway in the MCC's reply to the questions raised by Nepal regarding Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
The country would move ahead as per the Non-Aligned Foreign Policy as it has been moving ahead following the Panchsheel (the five Principles of peaceful co-existence), he opined.
The CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair expressed the view, "We want to ensure Nepal's sovereign right to own land and right to intellectual property."
Stressing that there should be Nepali staffs and workers in the project, Chair Nepal said Nepal should not be under any military organisation and security umbrella and it should get to make its independent decision.
The CPN (Unified Socialist) has inaugurated its central office at Kathmandu Metropolitan City-31 to operate its daily administrative activities.
Millennium Challenge Corporation of United States on Wednesday sent its responses to the questions from Nepal government clarifying that Nepal’s constitution prevailed over the MCC agreement, but the agreement could not be amended at this time.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has clarified all the questions raised by the Government of Nepal regarding its disputed provisions on Wednesday.
The 13-page written response was issued by MCC vice president Fatema Sumar in the name of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma.
In the response, the MCC has clarified that its main objective was to eradicate poverty by fostering economic growth. “The grant is being provided to Nepal solely to complete construction projects of transmission lines and roadways that are considered important for economic growth,” read the letter.
