FUTILE POLITICS
The
Kathmandu Post
30 April
2017
FUTILE
POLITICS
Nepal
is still in political transition; this transition should have been completed a long
ago without wasting any more time on political and constitutional issues. We
should thank the senior leaders of major political parties for their effort in
promulgating the new constitution, but, the egoistic politics of some of the
senior leaders may render these efforts useless, especially the actions of UML chairperson
K.P.Oli (“One last leap of faith” April
27, Page 6).
Recently,
the Madhes-based parties agreed to come on board and participate in the local
polls following an agreement with the ruling parties. RJP-N says that it will
participate in the local polls only after the government amends the
constitution. In line with this agreement, the government had promptly tabled
the amendment bill, but it was denied by the UML (Government’s election moves irk UML” April 27, Page 1). The
ruling, the opposition and the agitating parties are still struggling to reach
a consensus on major political issues.
People
have not been to elect local representatives for almost 20 years. In the
absence of local governing bodies, all the development programmes were not
implemented directly affecting the daily lives of local population. Budgets
meant for these programmes were grossly misappropriated. The party
representative mechanism was a totally fail and heavily engaged in corruption.
Time is running out. Hopefully the senior leaders of major political parties
set aside their political differences and try to hold the local polls
peacefully.
Rai Biren
Bangdel
Maharajgunj.
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