Agreement between the GoN and Madhesh Mukti Tigers
- Country/entity
-
Nepal
- Region
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Asia and Pacific
- Agreement name
- Agreement between the GoN and Madhesh Mukti Tigers
- Date
- 20 Mar 2009
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/local conflict
- Stage
- Ceasefire/related
- Conflict nature
- Government/territory
- Peace process
- Nepal related-local processes
- Parties
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On behalf of Madhesh Mukti Tigers
Sd.
Bhola Prasad Mukhiya
Coordinator
On behalf of GoN Talks Team
Sd.
Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’
Coordinator - Third parties
- -
- Description
- An agreement in which the Madhesh Mukti Tigers agree to suspend violent activities and enter into talks with the Government of Nepal
- Agreement document
- NP_090320_GoN and Madhesh Mukti Tigers.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
Local agreement properties
- Process type
-
Formal structured process
- Rationale
- A dialogue team was set up by the Maoist-led government, which won the elections in April 2008. This dialogue team was again led/coordinated by the Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Mr Janardhan Sharma. This team pursued dialogue with the team of Madhesh Mukti Tigers
- Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
- Yes
- Link to national process: articulated rationale
- Despite groups like these bordering to what can be called criminal outfits, their demands were framed around the discourse of inclusion, including federalism, promotion of non-Nepali languages, greater representation in state organs.
- Name of Locale
- Tarai
- Nature of Locale
- Region
- GPS Lat/Long (DD)
- 27.000000, 84.000000
- Participant type
-
Central state actor
Local armed group - Mediator, facilitator or similar
- No mention of mediator or similar
Local issues
- Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)
No specific mention.
- Grievance List
No specific mention.
- Cattle rustling/banditry
No specific mention.
- Social cover
No specific mention.
Agreement between the GoN and Madhesh Mukti Tigers
On March 20, 2009, dialogue was held in a cordial atmosphere between the Talks Team of the Government of Nepal (GoN) and the Talks Team of the Madhesh Mukti Tigers [Madhesh Liberation Tigers] in Kathmandu.
For the institutional development and strengthening of Nepal’s progressive transformation and the federal democratic republic, the process of drafting a new people-centric constitution is taking pace.
With the belief that it is possible to grant rights to all classes, castes, regions, genders and communities through the new constitution, remaining committed to aiding the tasks of constitution drafting process and peace process to reach its logical conclusion in order to ensure the identity and rights to all;
embracing the principles of sovereignty, integrity, national interest and national unity, an agreement was reached on the following points.
1. The GoN shall be responsible for the security of the members of the Talks Team during the period of dialogue.
2. The Madhesh Mukti Tigers shall cease its violent and aggressive activities and shall not engage in any unlawful activities.
The GoN shall treat the group leaders and activists as political actors.
3. The Madhesh Mukti Tigers shall make available a list of persons imprisoned in the course of agitation to the GoN, and the GoN shall gradually release them after investigations.
4. The Madhesh Mukti Tigers shall furnish its list of additional demands at the next round of talk and the date of talk shall be fixed with mutual agreement.
On behalf of Madhesh Mukti Tigers
Sd.
Bhola Prasad Mukhiya
Coordinator
On behalf of GoN Talks Team
Sd.
Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’
Coordinator