HELLO NEPAL

CHALLENGES AHEAD Nepal is in the final stage of entering into the federal structure after holding three tiers of elections. Major parties have almost completed nomination of their candidates for the National Assembly. Once the National Assembly elections are held on February 7, the new government likely to be led by the UML boss K.P.Oli will run the country for the next five years. In the mean time, people are closely watching the progress on the unification of the UML and CPN-Maoist Centre as announced by them just before the provincial and federal level elections. There seems to be a number of challenges in the days to come for the new government concerning the operational arrangements of the local level and provincial governments. The devolution of power and authorities from the centre to the local and provincial government will gradually take place in line with the federal structure. Confusions about the operational management of human resources, development and sectora...

The Himalayan Times 25 January 2018 Governors in dilemma Soon after the promulgation of new constitution two and half years ago, people were curious and confused about the concept of federalism and had even started wondering about its necessity. There was a sharp division among the political parties and people concerning the importance of federalism. Questions and concerns were raised whether it was feasible to implement in Nepal considering its economical, geographical and demographical structures. There seemed to be hesitation about this concept even among the leaders of the major political parties. Some political parties and experts had even labelled this concept as the imported idea and criticised the major political parties for not being able to block it from being materialized. Nevertheless, the Big Three did not have other alternative than to announce and hold three tiers of elections for the implementation of the constitution. There was no turning back for major...

The Kathmandu Post 19 January 2018 FUTURE OF NEPALI CONGRESS Nepal has passed through much political turmoil in the last 70 years due to the internal and external political environment. Democratically elected governments have been thrown out of power citing its poor governance and undemocratic acts. People had to pass through 10 years of ‘people’s war’ with much difficulty. Many people sacrificed their lives in the name of bringing political changes in the country. The Maoists joined mainstream politics. The King was dethroned by the first Constitutional Assembly (CA), which also declared the transformation of the country into a Republic. A second CA was able to draft and promulgate the new constitution.  Three tiers of elections were held in accordance with the new constitution. The left alliance comprising the CPN-UML and the CPN- (Maoist Centre) was able to capture majority seats in the provincial and federal elections. Madhes based parties also performed well in P...