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
