KATHMANDU, SEP 13 -
A week after the selection process resumed, 1,567 former Maoist combatants have filled up integration forms in the seven cantonment sites.
Officials speculate that a few more fighters could attend the process on Thursday, the last day to submit the forms. The number is 1,200 less than the list of 2,767 aspiring former PLA fighters submitted by the party to the Special Committee Secretariat.
“The figure that has come out today evening is the tentative number of the aspiring candidates. The final list will come out only next month after the written examination and interview,” said Balananda Sharma, the coordinator of the Secretariat.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that the Maoists had short-listed 3,123 ex-fighters awaiting integration and submitted the names to the Special Committee. The list of 2,767 combatants obtained by the Post on Wednesday has the names, addresses and divisions, while it proposes ranks for them in the Nepal Army. Maoists have recommended first division commander Yam Bahadur Adhikari for the post of colonel. They have recommended two lieutenant colonels, 30 majors and 48 captains, among others, from the seven divisions.
Not satisfied with the list, combatants accused the party of nepotism while preparing the list. “The party has arbitrarily recommended the names of the combatants and their ranks. Many of us are not satisfied with it,” said combatant Anil Bam of the sixth division in Surkhet. Over 60 former fighters who returned to the Dashrathpur camp to participate in the integration process are in a state of uncertainty after they failed to find their names in the list. Secretariat coordinator Sharma said the list is just a recommendation to facilitate the process and that a final call on the selection will be taken by the Army.
The Army has started selecting commanders aspiring to join the officers’ rank. Altogether 89 combatants, including five women, filled up forms at the Army’s central regional school, Chainpur, Chitwan. Seven combatants, including five who fail to meet the height requirement, failed the selection test for officers in Chitwan, according to the Army.
Meanwhile, the Secretariat’s plan to start distributing pay cheques from Wednesday to fighters who switch over to voluntary retirement has hit a snag. The distribution has been deferred until Friday after the government failed to release the amount.
A week after the selection process resumed, 1,567 former Maoist combatants have filled up integration forms in the seven cantonment sites.
Officials speculate that a few more fighters could attend the process on Thursday, the last day to submit the forms. The number is 1,200 less than the list of 2,767 aspiring former PLA fighters submitted by the party to the Special Committee Secretariat.
“The figure that has come out today evening is the tentative number of the aspiring candidates. The final list will come out only next month after the written examination and interview,” said Balananda Sharma, the coordinator of the Secretariat.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that the Maoists had short-listed 3,123 ex-fighters awaiting integration and submitted the names to the Special Committee. The list of 2,767 combatants obtained by the Post on Wednesday has the names, addresses and divisions, while it proposes ranks for them in the Nepal Army. Maoists have recommended first division commander Yam Bahadur Adhikari for the post of colonel. They have recommended two lieutenant colonels, 30 majors and 48 captains, among others, from the seven divisions.
Not satisfied with the list, combatants accused the party of nepotism while preparing the list. “The party has arbitrarily recommended the names of the combatants and their ranks. Many of us are not satisfied with it,” said combatant Anil Bam of the sixth division in Surkhet. Over 60 former fighters who returned to the Dashrathpur camp to participate in the integration process are in a state of uncertainty after they failed to find their names in the list. Secretariat coordinator Sharma said the list is just a recommendation to facilitate the process and that a final call on the selection will be taken by the Army.
The Army has started selecting commanders aspiring to join the officers’ rank. Altogether 89 combatants, including five women, filled up forms at the Army’s central regional school, Chainpur, Chitwan. Seven combatants, including five who fail to meet the height requirement, failed the selection test for officers in Chitwan, according to the Army.
Meanwhile, the Secretariat’s plan to start distributing pay cheques from Wednesday to fighters who switch over to voluntary retirement has hit a snag. The distribution has been deferred until Friday after the government failed to release the amount.
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