POWER POLITICS AGAIN
The Kathmandu Post
15
July 2016
POWER POLITICS AGAIN
It was unsurprising to know that the big
political parties have once again started playing the old dirty game of
numerical power politics causing another political uncertainty in the country.
The implementation of new charter has become more uncertain after this dramatic
turn of events. CPN (Maoist Centre) was finding it difficult to change its
political position for some time considering its unhappiness with the
performance of the Oli led government. Finally, it decided to withdraw its
support to the government with immediate effect (“Maoist Centre pulls out of
govt” 13 July, Page 1).
It is natural, in a parliamentary
democracy, to see change of government based on its performance. It did not
seem that the Oli led government was performing well in the last nine months.
It had failed to implement the reconstruction programme, control black marketeering
and take the initiatives of implementing the new constitution. It had also
failed to resolve the political and constitutional problems with the
disgruntled parties. Prime Minister Oli had raised the expectations to an
unusual degree of the common people by making many unnatural and false promises.
By unnecessarily splitting the ministries for his government to be in majority
and to remain longer in the office, he had undermined the new constitution and
grossly misused the state coffer for meeting the administrative expenses of new
ministries and his 40-plus ministers.
One should not get surprised to see the new
government with the same old faces who had also failed to prove better. However,
the next government has to come forward with detailed plan for implementing new
constitution within the next one and half years. It should not delay to resolve
the political and constitutional problems with the agitating forces for holding
the local level election on time. It also should speed up the reconstruction
programme to save many innocent lives during the monsoon. Otherwise, the people
will start losing their faith in the major political parties, which could be
detrimental to their political existence.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
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