Hope for the best
The Himalayan Times
15 March 2018
Hope for
the best
Finally, Nepal has got a stable
and powerful government under the premiership of CPN-UML Chairman K.P.Oli. He was able to secure 208 votes in the 275-member
House of Representatives on Sunday, which was more than two-thirds majority, to
win the vote of confidence. The UML and CPN-MC had fought the provincial and
federal elections under the left-alliance.
Surprisingly, both Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal (SSF-N) and Rastriya
Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N), who were critical of Oli for his stand against the
amendment of constitution, also supported him.
It seemed that the
left-alliance’s slogan “Stability for the prosperity” put forward during the
elections had nicely worked to attract the voters towards them. People were
desperate to see a stable government in place for long time that would lead the
country towards prosperity. The real hard time for the Oli led government has
started now albeit it has got the mandate of running the government for full
five years “Road ahead” (THT, March 13, Page 8). Political instability for the
last 27 years was to blame for the lack of overall development of the country.
In that case, there will be no excuses for this strong government for the next
full five years with all the opportunities in its hands. The three months
commonly called “honeymoon period” for this government will remain crucial to
show its political performance. One of the tough tasks for this government will
be to amend the constitution in order to pacify the SSF-N and RJP-N, who upon
Oli’s assurance to do so have supported his vote of confidence.
Deciding to bring four states
agencies seem to be a well designed strategy to make the Prime Minister’s
office more powerful. If this system is properly implemented under his
effective supervision will definitely bring enormous changes in minimising
institutionalised corruption.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
