Improve performance
The Himalayan Times
19 September 2019
Improve performance
Nepal should have been at this
time politically strong, considering the presence of a two-thirds majority
government in place in its almost seven-decade-long political history. None of
the past governments had such a powerful mandate. This government has completed
almost fifteen months with not much to show the people as critics are
frequently putting forward their opinions. What is preventing this strong
government in running the country with good governance? Why has this government
been widely criticized? Why has this powerful government not been able to
deliver even the minimum level of services to meet the people’s expectation?
It is natural for the people to have
high expectation from the government of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), which
was able to garner almost two-thirds of the votes in the last general election.
However, it is losing its credibility day-by-day for its poor performance in
many aspects. The highhandedness of some of its ministers in the recent days
have made the people unhappy. Flexing political muscles by the NCP cadres
against the common people and political cadres of other political parties at
the behest of the NVP leaders has further fueled the anger of the people “NCP ‘resorting
to fear-mongering’ (THT, September17, Page 1).
Civil society members are blaming
the ruling party for its failure to deliver and to take action against those
involved in corruption scandals such as wide body aircraft procurement and
Baluwatar land-grab. Is the government really losing its moral and intellectual
ground and resorting to hooliganism to defend itself? To make democracy
properly work, there should be the presence of democratic governance which the
government is deviating from. The politically environment may not be favourable
for the NCP government in the days to come if it fails to perform and make its
cadres politically and socially disciplined.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
