NOT SURPRISING
The Kathmandu Post
14 May 2017
NOT SURPRISING
This is not a criticism of Bijaya Kumar
Gachhadar, who made political history by holding the post of Deputy Prime
Minister (DPM) 12 times during his political journey (“Gachhadar senior DPM: PM’s Office” May 10, Page 2) . He seems to
be a real politician who knows how to play the political game and grab
opportunity while the other Madhes based political leaders are still struggling
to firmly stand on their feet. But what happened to the four point agreement that
his party made with the Dahal led coalition government?
The CPN-UML will not let the constitution
amendment bill through the House, but if the government fails to amend the
constitution as demanded by some parties, then they will not participate in the
second phase of the local level elections. If the second phase lections are not
held, the authenticity of first phase election will also remain questionable,
and the chance of other two elections being conducted by January 21, 2018, in
accordance with the new constitution, will be slim, directly affecting the
implementation of the statute.
There is no such provision in the
constitution that allows parliament to continue to function beyond January
2018. The time has come for senior leaders of major political parties to set
aside their self-centred and egoistic politics and work towards bringing disgruntled
parties on board and holding all the elections on time.
Rai Biren
Bangdel
Maharjgunj
