Unification deal
The Himalayan Times
22 February 2018
Unification
deal
Nepal witnessed several ups and
downs in its political environment in the last 67 years. The country was
declared Republic in April 2008 by the first Constitutional Assembly meeting
abolishing the 240 year old monarchy. The New constitution was promulgated by
the second Constitutional Assembly in September 2015 and is
now in full swing in its implementation soon after the completion of three
tiers of elections. Local level elections were held in a gap of 20 years.
Accordingly, local governments have started functioning for the last nine
months despite of limited budget, human resources crunch and inadequate
infrastructures. Provincial governments are in a process of taking their full
shapes. Likewise, federal government is on the way to lead the country.
Finally, both the UML and CPN-MC
signed seven point-deal on Monday to unify their parties as promised just
before the provincial and federal level elections “UML, CPM-MC pen pact for
sharing power” (THT, Feb. 20, Page 1). In fact, they had fought the elections
as the left alliance and were able to woo the voters with the promise of a prosperous
Nepal. Both Oli and Dahal will take turns to lead the government by evenly
splitting the five year tenure. Among other deals, UML will take the posts of
the president and deputy speaker of the parliament and the posts of speaker and
the vice president will go to CPN-MC.
It is yet to be seen how long it
will take to adjust the cadres and leaders from village to the central level of
both parties to amalgam into one single party will take. However, it should be
taken as a positive step towards minimizing the number of political parties in
Nepal and making a strong party to play active and productive role in making
the democratic process more effective and stable which will ultimately contribute
to the betterment of the country and its people.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
