POLITICAL SINCERITY
The Kathmandu Post
28th
November 2014
POLITICAL SINCERITY
Going by the current political climate, it
does not seem as though the parties will reach an agreement and draft the new
constitution within the stipulated time (“Modi bats for consensus” 26 Nov, Page
1)
Why can’t the major political parties be
sensible and responsible and leave their petty political interests behind to
sort out their political differences? Do they have to be told by outsiders to
come reach consensus for drafting the new constitution? Are not they capable of
doing their jobs on their own without outside interferences? We all know that the
parties had completely failed at their jobs due to intra and inter party
factional politics and blame game during the first Constitution Assembly (CA). It
seems as though this unproductive practice will continue to persist in the
current CA too hampering the new constitution drafting process.
Both the opposition and ruling parties
should be as flexible as possible in their political agendas. The ruling
parties should not make the mistake of using its numerical strength in the CA
and undermine the opposition’s demand of adhering to the past agreements. If
they fail to fulfil their promises made to the people during the second CA
election then they will definitely loose their political identity.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
