I am volunteering to share my following political perspective on my home country Nepal as she is passing through a most difficult situation at the moment. The constitution drafting process is in a limbo due to not only partisan politics but also ideological differences between the political parties. I hope under given views may make some sense to our political leaders/decision makers and the constitution drafting process could be completed soon. I believe so because I attended an interview with Terai TV of Nepal in Kathmandu a few years ago on the subject of “ Integration of Maoist Combatants into Nepalese Army” that was very successful. This one of the most contentious issue in Nepal then completed successfully and even more importantly it went right along the line that I had suggested. Nepal where more than 90 % percent people are Hindus who want the country to be called a Hindu state; they can’t because major political parties want the country to become a secular state; However people of every caste and faith live in every part of the country, some of the important political parties want the country to be divided into mini states based on the castes/identity and named accordingly. This has been one of the most contentious issue among political parties due to which the constitution writing process is in a disarray. In my humble opinion, a small country like Nepal which is much smaller than most of the federal states of India would benefit more from genuine decentralization of power rather than going for number of mini states. However; if it were a genuine will of the people to really go for federal states, the best option could be to go for five states in line with the earlier five Developmental Sectors and within those sectors, special zones created for people of certain castes/faiths with a view to secure certain quota for those people so that they could have easy access to participating/running of the Government from local level to the central. I am drawing the parallel from my knowledge of Afghanistan where I am presently working with the UN. They have 8 geographical regions named purely with cardinals; within those Regions, there are 33 Provinces and within each Provinces there are different number of Districts and at Province and District levels they have Governors designated from the Centre and parliamentarians elected to run the system. If we may follow the Political division of Afghanistan, I am sure there will be sufficient seats for our political leaders who are so desperately vying for power more than anything else. The number of CA seats in a small and one of the most impoverished country like Nepal, may be an excellent example of how many of us want to hold the important portfolio in the country.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:45:12 +0000
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