Generals’ term not extended to help army integration
Senior leader of the Unified CPN (Maoist) and Finance minister Dr Babu Ram Bhattarai has said the term of the army generals- who retired on Monday- had not been extended to help army integration process.
Speaking at a programme on Saturday, minister Bhattarai said the government did not extend the term of the generals as doing so would deprive some 55 army officers of an opportunity of promotion and also obstruct the army integration process.
The government recently refused to extend the term of eight army generals despite the army headquarters’ recommendation. The generals were reporting to work till Friday. The Army headquarters has handed them letters stating their retirement from Sunday.
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