Intra-party democracy
The Himalayan Times
7
February 2014
Intra-party democracy
Kudos to Comrade K.P.Oli for getting
elected as the Parliamentary Party (PP) leader by defeating his Chairman
Jhalanath Khanal as reported in “Oli turns the table on party chair, big-time”
(THT, 5 Feb 2014).
He has been able to make a record of breaking longstanding tradition in the
largest communist party of Nepal of selecting the party chairman as the PP
leader. This practice of intra-party democratic process should be highly
applauded and continue in the days to come with the intention of giving the
opportunity to other leaders to exercise their potential and making the party
more vibrant.
Likewise, NC had recently applied the
similar democratic process to elect their PP leader. It could have been much
better for NC to elect PP leader other than the President letting him to manage
and lead the party. Such practices would definitely help the political parties
to be more democratic and pragmatic by providing opportunities to their cadres
to use their political conscience. It
also should help to settle down the intra-party political feud that could be
hampering in the quality performance of the whole party. This practice should
also be taken as an opportunity for cementing the political differences among
the leaders rather than making the basis for splits in the parties.
Now, all the three big parties have
completed nomination of their PP leaders. Time has now come for them to
concentrate on the formation of an effective and stable government to end the
transitional phase at the soonest possible and draft a new constitution within
one year as promised by them during the recently concluded CA election.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharjgunj, Kathmandu
