Irresponsible statement
The Himalayan Times
30
June 2016
Irresponsible statement
Recently, the government has brought out statute
implementation plan with the details of the exact date and months. If
everything goes well, this work plan looks splendid in terms of its successful implementation.
However, it did appear that the government had done enough home work before
bringing out the plan. Local level election, which is the backbone of ground
level democratic process, has not been done for the last 14 years. What a pity
it is to see that the so called major parties, who claim to be the champion of
democracy, had completely failed to hold it? All the development budgets
allocated for the local level development have been grossly misused due to
the lack of proper governing bodies.
On the other hand, it did not suit Prachanda,
Chairman of CPN Maoist Centre, publicly saying that the statute implementation
plan formulated by the government cannot be implemented as reported in “Statute
implementation plan will fail” (THT, 28 June, Page 5). His party is one of the
major coalition partners in the Oli led government. Is it right for him to
criticize the government when his party is also accountable to the people? Is
this not his job also to suggest and advise his ministers to do the proper home
work before the government makes anything public? It is crystal clear for the
common people that unless the government sorted out the outstanding political
and constitutional issues with the Sanghiya Gathbandan, the local level
election cannot be held and accordingly the new statute cannot be implemented.
Similarly, unless the government brings NC aboard,
its statue implementation plan cannot be executed. Is the government not aware
of these hurdles? If yes, what was the intention behind bringing out the statue
implementation plan? Time is running fast for the government and the big
political parties considering the three tires of elections are to be held
within the stipulated time after the promulgation of new constitution.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharjgunj
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