Nepal head tells general to stay

The President of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, has ordered the head of the
army to remain in office despite his dismissal by the prime minister.
President Yadav said the sacking of General Rookmangud Katawal, who
refused to integrate former rebel fighters into the army, was
unconstitutional.
  The Communist UML party pulled out of the government saying the majority
Maoists acted unilaterally. The withdrawal leaves the Maoists with only a slender parliamentary majority. "Being the head of the state and the supreme commander of the Nepal Army I order you to continue with your duty," the president told General
Katawal by letter. The dispute between Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and General Katawal centres on a plan to integrate thousands of former Maoist rebels
into the army - a move resisted by military commanders. Correspondents say the row could undermine the peace process which ended the civil war in 2006.
  The President of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, has ordered the head of the
army to remain in office despite his dismissal by the prime minister. President Yadav said the sacking of General Rookmangud Katawal, who refused to integrate former rebel fighters into the army, was unconstitutional. The Communist UML party pulled out of the government saying the majority Maoists acted unilaterally. The withdrawal leaves the Maoists with only a slender parliamentary majority. "Being the head of the state and the supreme commander of the Nepal Army I order you to continue with your duty," the president told General Katawal by letter. The dispute between Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and General Katawal centres on a plan to integrate thousands of former Maoist rebels into the army - a move resisted by military commanders. Correspondents say the row could undermine the peace process which ended the civil war in 2006. The President of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, has ordered the head of the army to remain in office despite his dismissal by the prime minister.
  President Yadav said the sacking of General Rookmangud Katawal, who
refused to integrate former rebel fighters into the army, was
unconstitutional. The Communist UML party pulled out of the government saying the majority Maoists acted unilaterally. The withdrawal leaves the Maoists with only a slender parliamentary majority. "Being the head of the state and the supreme commander of the Nepal Army I order you to continue with your duty," the president told General Katawal by letter. The dispute between Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and General Katawal centres on a plan to integrate thousands of former Maoist rebels into the army - a move resisted by military commanders. Correspondents say the row could undermine the peace process which ended the civil war in 2006.

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