The seven-party alliance (SPA) has decided to intensify the ongoing agitation for democracy, calling upon all sides including the international community to mount pressure on the royal government.

A meeting of the Central People’s Movement Coordination Committee held in the capital on Sunday decided to organise a huge mass gathering in Ring Road after a protest rally. The committee said it would be the biggest demonstration of recent times.

The meeting also urged general people, professional organisations, educational institutions, aviation sector, government employees and bank employees to actively join in the democratic movement of the SPA and asked suppliers of daily necessaries to continue supplies during the general strike.

In an attempt to build pressure on the royal regime, the parties urged the business community not to pay any kind of tax and asked the general people to not pay their telephone, water and electricity bills, among others.

Deciding to intensify the movement all over the country, the parties urged their ranks to form security squads “to thwart possible attacks by vigilantes sanctioned by the government” and continue defying curfews and prohibitory orders.

The meeting also called upon the international community and international financial institutions to stop all kinds of aid to the present government and extend support to the ongoing pro-democracy movement of the parties. nepalnews.com mk Apr 16 06