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Following the exit of Maoist chief Prachanda from the post of PM, Nepal's parliament elected moderate leftist Madhav Kumar Nepal as the new premier on Saturday. Prachanda quit over a failed bid to fire the country's army chief.
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Nepal's Maoist premier has resigned over the crisis following his dismissal of the head of the army for refusing to integrate former Maoist rebels into the ranks. Nepal's centrist president told General Rookmangud Katawal (pictured) to remain.
Nepal's ruling Maoists warn that a row over the decision to sack the country's army chief for refusing to integrate former Maoist rebels into the ranks threatens the peace process. Nepal's centrist president has told the general to stay in his post.
Nepal's communist ULM party, a key member of the Maoist-led coalition government, has withdrawn its support for Prime Minister Prachanda after he fired the country's army chief, in a dispute that threatens to plunge the country into chaos.
The disagreements among Nepali political parties over the integration of ex-Maoist rebels into the armed forces appeared to deepen Sunday when the Maoist-led government announced that army chief Gen. Rookmangud Katawal was fired.