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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