Relevancy of MCC

 The Himalayan Times

22 April 2021

Relevancy of MCC

Politically, the Year 2077 was not favourable for the ruling party, the then Nepali Communist Party (NCP), even though it had an almost two-thirds majority party, due to the undemocratic, irresponsible and insensible political acts of its senior leaders, thus pushing the nation towards political uncertainty. The Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to nullify its unification compelled both the then UML and the then Maoist-Centre to split which, in fact, had never merged in reality because of their different political ideologies and principles.

On the other hand, the Nepali Congress (NC) failed to carry out its opposition role both in the Parliament and in the streets, in addressing the national and people’s issues and concerns. In fact, the people had voted it to play a responsible opposition’s role so that the two-thirds majority powerful communist government would not deviate from its constitutional responsibilities. It did not happen. Instead, it acted as a coalition partner of the government, clandestinely sharing the nominations of constitutional bodies and ambassadorial positions. Its ambiguous role in the current politics has remained dubious favouring PM Oli’s government to continue “Not keen on becoming PM: Deuba” (THT, 19 April, Page 1).

In the meantime, PM Oli has once again, blaming the HoR Speaker for obstructing the MCC’s approval from the parliament “PM accuses speaker of putting MCC on hold” (THT, 16 April, Page 1)., urged the leaders of other political parties to endorse it during the recent all party meeting. The people continue to raise their voices against the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) which, they think, is against the national interest. It is the responsibility of the government and the NC, who favours the MCC’s implementation, to let the people know about their intention of implementing it rather than trying to implement it vehemently.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj