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The Kathmandu Post 23 September 2016 TIME FOR SERIOUSNESS It was encouraging to read the news article (“Serious crimes will be prosecuted: PM” 22 Sept, Page 1) when the country is currently led by Prime Minister Pushpa K. Dahal who headed the decade long insurgency against the state. Speaking at a programme organized to mark the International Day of Peace in the Capital, PM Dahal vowed to bring the perpetrators of serious crime to book. Doing and saying are two different things. Many promises were made to the people by the senior leaders of all the major parties at different times. Most of those promises remain unfulfilled. It is time for the Dahal led government also to complete the peace process. Such an opportunity may not come for him if he does not take it seriously given that he himself is currently at the helm of the government. Everybody knows that the conflict victims are still waiting for justice and fear that there could be blanket amnesty allowing the perpet...

The Himalayan Times 22 Sept. 2016 Resolve the crisis The government does not still seem to be ready to swiftly act on resolving the ongoing political and constitutional problems which had surfaced immediately after promulgation of the new constitution one year ago. For unknown reasons, the major parties wanted to promulgate the new constitution in-spite of taking more time to resolve the critical issues raised by disgruntled parties. As a result, more than 50 innocent people lost their lives due to excessive use of forces. Ordinary people had to excessively suffer from the Indian blockade and Madhes unrest. It was so sad and unfortunate to see the people in the tarai protesting against the new constitution hoisting black flags and burning tyres here and there on the first constitution celebration day as the black day “Black Day observed to protest constitution” (THT, 20 September, Page 7). Here in the capital city, government had celebrated this day with much hi-fi. Pr...

The Kathmandu Post 11 September 2016 TIME RUNNING OUT Time seems to be running fast for the government to implement the new constitution. In the remaining 18 months, all the three tiers of elections should be held without any excuses. Unless the Dahal led coalition government bring out a detailed work plan for the next 18 months and try to strictly follow it, the chances of Nepal to be federated seem dismal. Question may arise here as to what will happen if the government failed to enact the law related to the elections on time. What will happen if the government fails to implement the new constitution by the end of the remaining 18 months? Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, while directing the members of High-level Federalism Implementation and Restructuring Directive Committee in his office, has instructed them to work firmly for the implementation of federalism (“Work firmly to implement federalism: Pm to officials” 7 September, Page 3). But saying and doi...