The United States, which has been piling pressure on the Nepal government to endorse the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) at the earliest, said that it would not accept any form of violence in the name of protest.

US Ambassador to Nepal Randy W. Berry said that the United States would not accept activities to incite violence. He said so after the cadres of various political parties started staging demonstrations against the MCC in recent days.

Saying that the United States is a strong supporter of free speech and public discourse based in fact, including on MCC, he urged to express one’s views peacefully.

“We are a strong supporter of free speech & public discourse based in fact, including on MCC. The right to express one’s views is intrinsic to democracy, and people must be allowed to peacefully share their views,” he said.

The United States has set the government of Nepal a deadline of February 28 for the parliamentary ratification of the MCC.

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba is in favour of endorsing the MCC at the earliest while CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) have been saying that the MCC could not be ratified in the existing form.

That’s why, the ruling coalition has been holding discussions every day to narrow down the differences.