NO MORE BLAME GAME
The Himalayan Times
6
September 2013
No more blame game
It was not surprising to read the news
report “601-member CA structure to be retained: HLPC” (THT, 5 September Page 3)
as it was expected that the big political parties, who are in the HLPC sooner
or later, would agree to increase the number from the originally agreed upon
number of 491 among them. They were simply playing the game to put the blame on
the other small parties for increasing the number. It’s not the small parties
who benefits from retaining the old CA number of 601. Looking at the ongoing
political drama, it can be easily guessed that the second CA, if it’s held,
would simply remain nothing more than a platform for pocketing the perks and
benefits of the CA members hitting economically hard on the people’s heads who contribute
directly or indirectly to the central treasury. It is pity to see that the big
political parties directly undermining the common people’s wish to see smaller
number but effective CA.
If they really have agreed to retain the
old CA member number, then this second CA will also remain merely a fish market
where the value of small fish will be negligible. They simply remain clappers
and ‘yes’ CA members of big political parties. However, it was good to know
that they have agreed to hold a round table discussion among all the political
parties in order to sort out the political differences among them. I think,
they should have done this a long time ago so that they could have timely solved
their political differences and moved ahead for the second CA in an amicable
environment. I wish them every success to hold the round table political
conference and come up with every positive end result.
However, if they failed to hammer out their
political differences from the proposed political conference, it is for sure
that the country will plunge into more political confusions inviting more
political confrontation and uncertainty creating more space for the outside intervention.
The political image of the so called big parties will further dampen among the
common people and forcing the people to look for alternatives that could be
very costly for them (big political parties). If they continue to show their
political egos and undermine the other parties, the chances of birth of a third
force cannot be ruled out. Time will tell.
Rai Biren Bangdel
