CPN(M) - Worker #10
The Worker, #10, May 2006
News and Views: National
PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF CC OF NOVEMBER 30, 2005Thwarting all conspiracies and encirclements of the feudal autocracy, the plenum of central committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the glorious political representative of Nepalese proletariat, was recently concluded with a great success under the chairmanship of chairman comrade Prachanda. With historical determination of serving the proletariat class by maintaining unprecedented unity in the patty center by way of rendering new height to its ideology, policy, plan and programs, and changing oneself according to the new ideas as to take up new initiative to resolve political crisis prevailing in the country, this press statement has been issued to publicize the essence of decisions of the aforesaid far-reaching meeting.
In the inaugural speech, chairman comrade Prachanda, putting forward a concept that it has been urgent to develop and transform oneself by way of new revolution in ideology, policy, method and working style to confront the challenges in and outside of the country, appealed the central committee members to change the whole party and oneself with a historical sacrifice. The message that it is not possible to confront the internal and external challenges unless new understanding and working style is developed by rupturing from the continuity of traditional understanding and working style was the main spirit of his inaugural speech. Following inauguration of the meeting, in this way, singing of the International reverberated the meeting hall. Soon after this, raising fist with silence sentimental homage was offered to entire immortal martyrs of the great people's war, including the CCMs duo, comrade Sherman Kunwar (Vishal) and comrade Mohan Chandra Gautam (Kumar), the central counselor comrade Tejman Gharti (Dirgha), brigade commander comrade Jeet, V.C. comrade Basanta, comrade Jwar and comrade Dinesh, comrade Ramji, comrade Lokesh, who were martyred after the last CC meeting, and known and unknown martyrs in and outside of the country.
Chairman comrade Prachanda presented a new document in the meeting. Discussing for several days in collective and formal and informal group division and with new exercise of democracy, the said document, with necessary amendments, was adopted unanimously. In the course of debate, all the comrades including Standing Committee members comrade Laldhoj and comrade Badal, who expressed consistency in one's understanding on the idea, method and approach presented in the document and put forward serious self-critical review, put forward quintessential and emotional speech. In the same manner, when other PBMs and CCMS, who took part in the debate, presented their opinions, and when the chairman, along with his self-critical review and clarification, presented an ideological proposal of international significance in relation to revolution, counter-revolution and party leadership for a great debate in the party, it was felt that the whole central committee has touched an unprecedented height of ideological and emotional unity unexpected in the beginning. The essence of the said historical document is as follows.
In the first chapter of the document, the world situation, mainly the imperialism and the proletarian movement, has been reviewed. In accordance with that, an important preface that today's globalized imperialism has caused some of the analyses of Lenin and Mao on the strategy of imperialism and proletarian movement to lag behind in the same manner as to how a number of Marx's and Engels' analysis of revolution in Europe, in the period of competitive capitalism, had caused to lag behind in the situation, when imperialism had developed till the First World War. Today, for the proletariat to resist the globalized imperialism a conclusion has been drawn up that the material base has matured more qualitatively than ever in the history to go forward towards the direction of new world revolution and people's new world federation through the development of MLM by making new synthesis of the specificities of today's imperialism. In this regard, a determination of going ahead to develop rational scientific ideology and strategy in the 21st century by initiating ideological debate in the world level has been expressed in the document. This analysis has specifically attacked upon the mechanical and dogmatic thinking prevailing in the communist movement.
a) In the second chapter of the document, reviewing party's political and military strategy, the new policy that has to be adopted in the new situation has been concretely discussed. Among them, mainly the policies on the necessity of co-work with parliamentarian political parties to bring an end to the feudal autocracy, the concept regarding interim government, constituent assembly and democratic republic, the concept regarding multiparty competition, party's new resolve on fundamental rights, the concept regarding the peaceful political way out of the civil war, the concept of restructuring state power as to address concretely the problems related with class, nationality, region and sex under the democratic republic, review of the ceasefire, the new military strategy to be adopted against feudal autocracy etc. have been determined. In this chapter, military policy and conviction to fight till the last if the feudal autocratic elements obligate has also been clarified.
b) In the third chapter of document, the deviations and weaknesses that have started growing in the party have been criticized ruthlessly. Assessing the national and international objective reasons behind the deviations and weaknesses appeared on the questions of serving people and consolidating relation with them, the document has determined method and campaign to make revolution against one's weaknesses. The fact that victory over deviation and weakness can be achieved only by way of pushing forward firmly the process of transforming oneself through great sacrifice and great debate and only in that way can the party play a leading role in the revolutionary transformation of the Nepalese society has been clarified.
c) In the fourth chapter of document, the past inner-struggle of party has been reviewed. In that review it has been clarified that the problem has been resolved by applying the scientific method of criticism and self-criticism and a number of doubts of the past have been cleared off. Taking lesson from the negative experiences of inner struggle that had become public and almost unhealthy, party has succeeded to apply new methods and new ideas to transform them into positive. It has also been believed that this experience and success will be helpful to triumph over the traditional thinking and style not only in our party but also the Nepalese communist movement and the world communist movement as well.
d) In the fifth and sixth chapter of document, respectively the review of the first plan of counter offensive and sketch of the future plan has been presented. In the summation of the first plan of counter offensive, in spite of several mistakes, weaknesses and failures it has been concluded that it was basically successful, while in the future plan the orientation of political and military program has been determined. In the political orientation, apart from emphasizing in our own initiative to mobilize masses and consolidate relation with people against the feudal autocracy, special emphasis has been given to develop relation by increasing interaction with the parliamentarian political parties. In military orientation, in the situation when the feudal autocratic elements have been adventuring to impose royal military dictatorship against Nepalese people's aspiration of democracy and peace a new policy of 'hitting at head by stepping on the back of enemy' has been determined. For that purpose, the present structure of three divisions of the PLA has been proposed to develop into seven divisions.
3) According to the idea and sentiment of the adopted document, catching the spirit of advancing process of revolution against oneself, targeting to organize congress to achieve ideological synthesis in the 21st century through a great debate, chairman comrade Prachanda, in order to provide comprehensive leadership till that period, proposed name-list of 33-membered organizing committee in front of 95-membered central committee. The name list proposed according to the concept of polit-bureau organizationally stepping down to central committee, central committee to regional bureau and accordingly each committee stepping down to one level was also adopted unanimously. In the concluding session organized at the last of the meeting, all of the speaker comrades honoring highly the great spirit of making revolution against one's limitations and weaknesses expressed their confidence that the significance of new ideas adopted by the meeting and its far-reaching decisions will be established as a great proletarian sacrifice and ideal not only in the history of Nepalese communist movement but also the world communist movement. Finally, comrade Prachanda, putting a quintessential speech on the historical significance of the decisions taken in the meeting proposed to dissolve the central committee. Raising fist, the proposal of dissolving one by oneself also was adopted.
Finally the following slogans were chanted:
Enhance ahead strategic counter-offensive!
Long live great people's war!
Long live democratic revolution!
Down with feudal monarchy!
Down with world imperialism!
Long live MLM and Prachanda Path!
Worker of all countries unite!
Long live C.P.N. (Maoist)!
Red salute to great martyrs!
4) The meeting of the central committee elected as a congress organizing committee by the plenum of the old CC and held under the chairmanship of comrade Prachanda decided not to create any post in the central committee but to divide responsibility according to necessity and capacity only in line with the spirit of rectification and proletariat class. Accordingly, electing comrade Prachanda as the chairman, work division of all other members was decided to do as of central members.
5) According to the spirit of new document, wide changes have been made in other organizational structures of the party also. Organizing PLA in seven divisions, work division also has been done. Likewise, dissolving the present central committee of the united front as a working committee as to play a role of consolidating state and organizing broad national political conference a working committee has been organized. Party has assigned comrade Laldhoj and comrade Kanchha Bahadur to work as its coordinator and secretary respectively.
6) According to the idea and spirit of the adopted document, work division has been done by widely organizing and reorganizing different departments and fronts. Likewise, the new central committee has taken up a number of important decisions to raise movement in Terai.
Date: November 30, 2005
Prachanda
Chairman
C.P.N. (Maoist)
Central Committee