Provincial govts in fix
The Himalayan Times
29 March 2018
Provincial
govts in fix
Nepal has now entered into federal structure. All the provincial governments are now
in place and have started their business despite facing many difficulties.
Local level governments are struggling to meet the expectations of rural
people. The Oli led federal government is still negotiating with Sanghiya
Samajbadi Forum-Nepal (SSF-N) and Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N) to bring
them in the Cabinet. The constitution amendment has been their one of the major
demands before joining the government. It is yet to be seen whether they will
stick to their demands or join the government for the ministerial berths as in
the past.
Recently, Prime Minister Oli held
a meeting with the seven chief minsters, principle secretaries and chief attorneys
to brief them about the official policy of the federal government about the
development, its internal affairs and international relations “PM holds meeting
with chief ministers” (THT, March 22, Page 3). He emphasised the need to
coordinate between the federal government and provincial governments and work
for the prosperity and development of the country. However, the federal
government has poorly failed to provide necessary laws, human and economic
resources to the provincial and local governments on time. This situation has
greatly hampered the daily routine works of the provincial governments.
It does not seem that the
provincial governments will be able to fully function until they are fully
equipped with sufficient staffs, appropriate budget and necessary
infrastructure. The Ministry of Federal Affairs, Local Development and General
Administration is having difficult time to send central level staff to their
assigned provinces.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharjgunj
