Unity Gov of 3-Main-Political-Party Alone Can Save Nepal
Prakash Bom
July 12, 2008
It has been clear at least metaphorically with the protest letter of Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta of Madhesi People's Rights Forum at Constituent Assembly that Madhesi demand for an autonomous one-Madhes-one Province is truly meant to split Nepal vertically whether their agreement with the interim government is implemented by CA for the constitutional guarantee or not.
Nation has witnessed Madhesi political parties´ forceful coercion to freeze the meetings of Constituent Assembly – vital democratic processes. None of the supplementary bill of Fifth Amendment has so far satisfied Madhesi demand, nor can any of the improved future drafts. The infant democratic evolution of Nepal has been badly entrapped and the national integrity has apparently been threatened.
At this point in time, nation can only be saved with the unity of the three main political parties – Maoist, Nepali Congress and UML, if committed to the mandate of people that they have all together earned with over two-third majority – 457 seats of Constituent Assembly out of 601 seats. Now it is a question of national interest whether if these three main political can sustain it together in solidarity with the politics of priority.
The unity can only sustain if they can honestly commit to protect the integrity of Nepal by fulfilling the peoples´ aspiration establishing institution of the federal democratic republic with the rational and scientific state restructuring. If they can accomplish such solidarity among them focusing more on the national interest than their own parties´ political power then they can together not only protect the national integrity but transform the nation for their own parties´ sake to play profound role in future politics of Nepal.
As a major political party of CA Maoist has the responsibility for building such a national solidarity, which cannot politically be effective without the unity of three. The nation at this critical transition period, which has been already cautioned by the International Crisis Groups, if not handled promptly, will fall apart in many ways if not disintegrated badly.
It is not a time for three main political parties to play party politics but to address the national crises with solidarity. If three main political parties - Maoist, NC and UML do not see such a national urgency for building their choice-less party solidarity, then nation can be doomed and as a result they will burry themselves under the dust of nation crises: conspiracy to disintegrate nation, obstacles in drafting new constitution, rise of political disparity, protests and public unrests, break out of rampant public riots, lawless and economic failure.
It is also not a time to distrust each other from the false accusations out of the political ideologies that are contemporarily outdated and globally obsolete. Democrat or communist political parties such as Maoist, NC and UML are in behavior essentially socialist democratic parties and none of them by no means either be a totalitarian under one party dictatorship or a corrupt nepotistic feudal democrat in real-time politics of Nepal. Obviously, ethnocentric poor nation like ours cannot sustain under the laissez-faire capitalism or in the absolute das-capital of proletariat managed concentration camps. Any apprehension and distrust between these political parties is nothing but the politics of propaganda. It is a time for them to get serious for the sake of nation with their earned over two-third majority of people´s mandate.
Maoist led government without the participation of Nepali Congress will not be stable and may fail in accomplishing the fundamental objectives of the Constituent Assembly. Therefore, it is fundamental to share power with NC proportionally if not honorably. As I have suggested before that it has become political importance to honor GP Koirala as the first elected president of Nepal in the contemporary real-time politics of Nepal, if the politics of priority can be the ground for such unity. Of Course, GP Koirala must resign from the post of the president of NC for the sake of the nation to keep the status of the president above the line of party politics.
It is not a time to be as stubborn as the ousted feudal king but to act sensibly to address national crises with mutual understanding. It is difficult if not impossible to achieve such understanding to save the nation from the political inconsistency and national disintegration without the participation of NC in a Maoist led new government.
It all depends on Maoist leaderships whether they can be prudently sensitive to see the necessity of such solidarity among three main political parties to lead the nation to logical conclusions for fulfilling national interest. Maoist chairman Mr. Dahal and leader Dr. Bhattarai can eventually justify twelve years´ people´s war if they can lead the nation with such a unity of three main political party for national solidarity with the politics of priority that is absolutely necessary for national integrity.
The politics of priority for the nation is to share political power rationally among Maoist, NC and UML to lead the nation with solidarity and deal all the elements of political disparities and oppositions through the ballot of the Constituent Assembly. The necessity is for the political consistency to lead the nation with the aspiration of people to draft the constitution of the federal democratic republic of secular Nepal. Political consistency depends solely on the commitments of three main political parties with their two-third majority in Constituent Assembly to establish federal democratic republic. Therefore, Constituent Assembly has electoral power to ratify or reject any agreement that is done between interim government and any political party or organization.
It is unconstitutional for the interim government at this transition period to endorse such agreements under the 5th amendment of the interim constitution for Constituent Assembly to ratify. As a matter of fact, the constitutional procedure should be otherwise for Constituent Assembly hearing to ratify or reject such a bill with its ballot. Then only the cabinet can process government formality to make it a piece of legislature. Therefore, the unity among three main political parties is vital to establish political consistency and precise constitutional procedures.
It has to be clear neither the interim government agreement nor the Maoist chairman´s support for autonomous Madhes can be ratified to set the constitutional guarantee for such provision. The cabinet does not need to endorse any bill in order to bring it to Constituent Assembly hearing. Such a legislative practice is an overlap because Constituent Assembly does not necessarily sanction the bill that is endorsed by the cabinet without hearing or scrutiny.
However, such practice has to be stopped for the sake of unity of three main political parties to form the new government under the leadership of major political party Maoist electing the NC president and UML chair of Constituent Assembly. It is the politics of priority that these three main political parties must realize to resolve national crises with the practice of democratic propriety. As a leading political party Maoist must be able to negotiate such unity with NC and UML. It is nothing but a practice of dirty politics to side UML and exclude NC, and desperately begging for help from rest of other political parties with irrelevant promises.
It is predictable that if Maoist can lead the nation with such a unity among three major parties all political disparities and unconstitutional practice can be settled. National solidarity will be built up with the ballots of Constituent Assembly. Constituent Assembly members of any political party can boycott the sessions but cannot obstruct the meetings of Assembly. Such a political behavior is undemocratic because it violates right of assembly. It is essential for Constituent Assembly to practice rule of law in order to practice democratic politesse. The unity government of three main political parties is therefore indispensable for the national solidarity to create an inclusive democratic Nepal that if ratify to establish autonomous state it establishes for all states, not for just Madhesis´ affirmative bill of right to create ´one Madhes one province.´
Nation has witnessed Madhesi political parties´ forceful coercion to freeze the meetings of Constituent Assembly – vital democratic processes. None of the supplementary bill of Fifth Amendment has so far satisfied Madhesi demand, nor can any of the improved future drafts. The infant democratic evolution of Nepal has been badly entrapped and the national integrity has apparently been threatened.
At this point in time, nation can only be saved with the unity of the three main political parties – Maoist, Nepali Congress and UML, if committed to the mandate of people that they have all together earned with over two-third majority – 457 seats of Constituent Assembly out of 601 seats. Now it is a question of national interest whether if these three main political can sustain it together in solidarity with the politics of priority.
The unity can only sustain if they can honestly commit to protect the integrity of Nepal by fulfilling the peoples´ aspiration establishing institution of the federal democratic republic with the rational and scientific state restructuring. If they can accomplish such solidarity among them focusing more on the national interest than their own parties´ political power then they can together not only protect the national integrity but transform the nation for their own parties´ sake to play profound role in future politics of Nepal.
As a major political party of CA Maoist has the responsibility for building such a national solidarity, which cannot politically be effective without the unity of three. The nation at this critical transition period, which has been already cautioned by the International Crisis Groups, if not handled promptly, will fall apart in many ways if not disintegrated badly.
It is not a time for three main political parties to play party politics but to address the national crises with solidarity. If three main political parties - Maoist, NC and UML do not see such a national urgency for building their choice-less party solidarity, then nation can be doomed and as a result they will burry themselves under the dust of nation crises: conspiracy to disintegrate nation, obstacles in drafting new constitution, rise of political disparity, protests and public unrests, break out of rampant public riots, lawless and economic failure.
It is also not a time to distrust each other from the false accusations out of the political ideologies that are contemporarily outdated and globally obsolete. Democrat or communist political parties such as Maoist, NC and UML are in behavior essentially socialist democratic parties and none of them by no means either be a totalitarian under one party dictatorship or a corrupt nepotistic feudal democrat in real-time politics of Nepal. Obviously, ethnocentric poor nation like ours cannot sustain under the laissez-faire capitalism or in the absolute das-capital of proletariat managed concentration camps. Any apprehension and distrust between these political parties is nothing but the politics of propaganda. It is a time for them to get serious for the sake of nation with their earned over two-third majority of people´s mandate.
Maoist led government without the participation of Nepali Congress will not be stable and may fail in accomplishing the fundamental objectives of the Constituent Assembly. Therefore, it is fundamental to share power with NC proportionally if not honorably. As I have suggested before that it has become political importance to honor GP Koirala as the first elected president of Nepal in the contemporary real-time politics of Nepal, if the politics of priority can be the ground for such unity. Of Course, GP Koirala must resign from the post of the president of NC for the sake of the nation to keep the status of the president above the line of party politics.
It is not a time to be as stubborn as the ousted feudal king but to act sensibly to address national crises with mutual understanding. It is difficult if not impossible to achieve such understanding to save the nation from the political inconsistency and national disintegration without the participation of NC in a Maoist led new government.
It all depends on Maoist leaderships whether they can be prudently sensitive to see the necessity of such solidarity among three main political parties to lead the nation to logical conclusions for fulfilling national interest. Maoist chairman Mr. Dahal and leader Dr. Bhattarai can eventually justify twelve years´ people´s war if they can lead the nation with such a unity of three main political party for national solidarity with the politics of priority that is absolutely necessary for national integrity.
The politics of priority for the nation is to share political power rationally among Maoist, NC and UML to lead the nation with solidarity and deal all the elements of political disparities and oppositions through the ballot of the Constituent Assembly. The necessity is for the political consistency to lead the nation with the aspiration of people to draft the constitution of the federal democratic republic of secular Nepal. Political consistency depends solely on the commitments of three main political parties with their two-third majority in Constituent Assembly to establish federal democratic republic. Therefore, Constituent Assembly has electoral power to ratify or reject any agreement that is done between interim government and any political party or organization.
It is unconstitutional for the interim government at this transition period to endorse such agreements under the 5th amendment of the interim constitution for Constituent Assembly to ratify. As a matter of fact, the constitutional procedure should be otherwise for Constituent Assembly hearing to ratify or reject such a bill with its ballot. Then only the cabinet can process government formality to make it a piece of legislature. Therefore, the unity among three main political parties is vital to establish political consistency and precise constitutional procedures.
It has to be clear neither the interim government agreement nor the Maoist chairman´s support for autonomous Madhes can be ratified to set the constitutional guarantee for such provision. The cabinet does not need to endorse any bill in order to bring it to Constituent Assembly hearing. Such a legislative practice is an overlap because Constituent Assembly does not necessarily sanction the bill that is endorsed by the cabinet without hearing or scrutiny.
However, such practice has to be stopped for the sake of unity of three main political parties to form the new government under the leadership of major political party Maoist electing the NC president and UML chair of Constituent Assembly. It is the politics of priority that these three main political parties must realize to resolve national crises with the practice of democratic propriety. As a leading political party Maoist must be able to negotiate such unity with NC and UML. It is nothing but a practice of dirty politics to side UML and exclude NC, and desperately begging for help from rest of other political parties with irrelevant promises.
It is predictable that if Maoist can lead the nation with such a unity among three major parties all political disparities and unconstitutional practice can be settled. National solidarity will be built up with the ballots of Constituent Assembly. Constituent Assembly members of any political party can boycott the sessions but cannot obstruct the meetings of Assembly. Such a political behavior is undemocratic because it violates right of assembly. It is essential for Constituent Assembly to practice rule of law in order to practice democratic politesse. The unity government of three main political parties is therefore indispensable for the national solidarity to create an inclusive democratic Nepal that if ratify to establish autonomous state it establishes for all states, not for just Madhesis´ affirmative bill of right to create ´one Madhes one province.´
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