New political course
The
Himalayan Times
24 August
2017
New
political course
It
was not surprising to know that the amendment bill that was put to vote by the
ruling parties on Monday could not garner two-third majority in the parliament
“Amendment bill falls through in Parliament” (THT, Aug 22, Page 1). The UML led
opposition block was dead against the amendment bill from the beginning of
registering it in the parliament. The Rastriya Janata Party- Nepal (RJP-N) did
not participate in the first and second phase of local elections citing they
would not participate in the elections until their demands were met. One of
their demands was to amend the constitution. The other demand among others was
to increase the numbers of local level units in Province 2 which was earlier
rejected by the Supreme Court and has now been okayed by it.
However,
the RJP-N had recently shown flexibility in its political stance saying that it
would accept the outcome of the parliamentary process and would participate in
the third phase of local level elections in Province 2 scheduled for September
18. Looking at the end result of the parliamentary process concerning
constitution amendment process, it seems that the existing dissatisfaction of these
political parties will continue to exist in the coming days. Would it not have
been better if the three big parties had come to consensus on the RJP-N demands
and put the amendment bill on vote in order to avoid future political confrontations
and problems?
As said by deputy parliamentary party leader of UML Subas Chandra
Nembang, after this voting, the constitution had been accepted by all parties
as those who said they would not accept it took part in the amendment process.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharjgunj
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