Disaster in the making

The Himalayan Times

24 May 2013

Disaster in the making

The question of whether another CA election will be held or not has been the people’s concern. It was known to everybody that the first historical CA election failed to draft the new constitution just because of some of the contentious issues those had to be first sorted out first were never properly addressed. The so called senior leaders of major political parties are repeating the same mistakes by not making consensus over the contentious issues before going to the second CA. What they might be doing instead has been the talk of the town as reported in “What parties are doing to ensure CA election” (THT, 22 May, Page 1)

They appear in no mood to sort out the contentious issues of CA election such as, the question of thresh-hold for CA seat under the Proportional Representation (PR) system, strength of the CA, eligibility criteria for CA candidates and formation of constituency delimitation commissions. Looking closely at the ongoing immoral and insensible activities of the so called big political parties, it does not seem that they are serious in holding the next CA on time.

During the last six years, the political leaders have themselves blurred their political images by going against the will and wish of the common people. They clearly know that they are going to loose the political game in the next CA election. Knowing this situation, why would they be willing to go for the election? But, the fresh election is the right of the people to chose their desired representatives if the democratic norms and values are strictly followed. In my opinion, the time has come for all the political actors to make reconciliation including the royalists to revive the 2047 constitution making necessary amendments in accordance with prevailing political situation and go for the fresh parliamentary election rather than pushing the nation towards civil war.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

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