The Himalayan Times
3
March 2014
Now is time to perform
Finally, the new coalition government is
now in place after the NC decided to allocate the Home Ministry to the UML. The
intra and inter party factional political game in NC and UML had delayed the government
formation process. The government is still yet to take its full shape with the
participation of RPP and CPN-ML. Power sharing among the coalition partners is a
delicate balance that needs to be carefully maintained in order to effectively
run the government. Otherwise, the performance of the government may remain
questionable.
Albeit, running the government and the
process of drafting the new constitution are completely different, it is still
the government that has to facilitate CA 2 to smoothly move ahead to fulfil its
mandated job within the expected time as promised by the political parties. The
process of nominating 26 lawmakers by the government in accordance with the
Interim Constitution should not be delayed anymore to make the CA 2 fully
constitutional.
Thousands of eyes are now focussed on the
performance of Shushil Koirala led government. However, there are a lot of
challenges to his government considering the political background of some of the
high profile ministers who were involved in corruption cases one way or the
other. If he fails to control the corrupt acts of these ministers in the coming
days, he may lose his credibility. The accountability, sincerity, transparency,
commitment and meritocracy are the key elements of democracy that should be
strictly practiced by the government and its ministers in their acts in order
to deliver much needed services to the nation and its people.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
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