Possible options
The Himalayan Times
30 May 2012
Oppositions
have already started warning of uprising against the unilateral move of the
government for calling fresh elections as reported in “Oppn warns of uprising
against unilateral move (THT, May 16, Page 1). Keeping these in mind, there
could be two possible options to avoid political confrontations and create
favourable political environment for giving the political parties a safe
passage to correct their political blunders and for their political existence
at this critical juncture.
The
first option could be to have a round table discussion among all the
stakeholders including the royalsits and come to a consensus to revive the
2046/47 constitution with necessary amendments in line with the changed political
contexts and go for the fresh general election to get fresh mandate of the
sovereign people. If this was agreed, it could tremendously save billion of
rupees from the state coffers and avoid political confrontations and uncertainties
in the country bringing all the stakeholders under one roof for future political
course.
If
the first one does not work then the second one could be to replace the
incumbent government with a small apolitical (non political) team to be led by
the Supreme Court former chief Judges with professionals and intellectuals to
act as a care taker government which could be entrusted with holding another CA
election within the short period of time. This apolitical government could
guarantee the fairness and impartiality of the CA election. The size of the CA
should be as much as possible small that could be decided by the stakeholders.
If possible, the President should have the liberty of nominating around 10
constitutional experts in the CA to facilitate the CA members to draft the new
constitution within the next six months.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj,
Kathmandu
