UML Chair Oli urges all to help in implementation of MCC

March 2, Kathmandu: The main opposition party, CPN (UML) has said the implementation of the US grant project Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) would serve the national interest, following its parliamentary endorsement.

At a press meet organized to disclose the party’s opinion on MCC on Saturday, the UML Chaur said more attention should have been paid before signing the foreign assistance agreement but now efforts should be made for its implementation after the compact was endorsed.

On the occasion, UML chair KP Sharma Oli said the MCC should be taken as a development project and urged the concerned side not to do politics creating differences and conflict on the agreement.

It was wrong to ascend the cadres to fuel street-based protests, he added. Main opposition party leader Oli said the government should immediately go for the fresh mandate and clarified that fresh discussions between NC and UML were held for safeguarding Constitution.

The former Prime Minister also stressed the need for collaboration between UML and Nepali Congress (NC) .

He accused the efforts of cornering UML by not creating an environment conducive to participating in the parliamentary process while endorsing MCC.

Chairperson Oli commented that the interpretive declaration of the MCC presented in the House of Representatives (HoR) was merely a manifestation of deception. He further shared it was baseless to state that MCC compact was part of the Indo Pacific Strategy (IPS).