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ANOTHER CHANCE



The Kathmandu Post
7 August 2016
ANOTHER CHANCE

It was wonderful to go through John Narayan Parajuli’s article at a time when Prachanda will have another opportunity to prove that his party had fought a ten year war with the state to emancipate the nation and its people from years of a harsh life and suppression by autocratic regimes (“Dahal’s redemption” 3 August, Page 6). Prachanda could not able to prove his capabilities to do so during his earlier nine month long premiership. He failed completely to live up to public aspiration. Considering his background, may be he was not fully politically matured to run the government. He should have now learned his lessons and understood the democratic political process to effectively and efficiently run the state for the next nine months.

There are, for sure, many challenges ahead for his coalition government during this transitional phase. The most important issue is to address the political and constitutional grievances of the agitating forces and amend the constitution to accommodate their concerns. Unless this problem is quickly sorted out, it may not be to hold the scheduled local and provincial level of elections. If Prachanda fails to swiftly act on this issue, he and his coalition government may have to face a fate similar to that of the Oli led government. Another major task would be to quickly and effectively implement the reconstruction programme which has remained sluggish due to an ineffective implementation mechanism and heavy politicisation.

As Parajuly mentions in his article, time has come for Prachanda to show his political acumen and convince the people of his decision to withdraw support from and oust the Oli led government. He has to be very clear about his role and responsibility and lay out a detailed plan of actions to ensure that his nine months’ government will be the cornerstone for him to regain his lost reputation. Otherwise, he and his party will lose people’s trust and faith. That will be very expensive for them in the upcoming elections. Likewise, he may not be lucky to prove his political capabilities for the third time.

Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj

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