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A National Consensus By October
By KTM Metro Reporter
August 29, 2012: speaking at the Reporters’ Club yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister holding the portfolio of Home Minister Bijaya Gacchedar said that the three-month budget issued through the presidential ordinance would be over by October this year; so, political leaders should build a national consensus by then. He also stated that a national consensus on a new government should be built until then the current prime minister would continue.
Minister for Health and Population Rajendra Mahato yesterday said that the NC could form a new government provided it could build a national consensus and promulgate a new constitution following the five-point deal otherwise other parties would be ready to form an election government led by an independent person to hold an election to a new CA.
Chairman of UCPN-Maoist Prachanda, NC president Sushil Koirala and chairman of CPN-UML Jhalanath Khanal along with their subordinates held a meeting in Kathmandu today morning obviously to make a decision on whether to revive the dissolved CA or go to the polls for electing a new CA. After the meeting one after another subordinates of all three leaders told the reporters that all the three leaders have been serious to break the current political deadlock; so, they might held another meeting even today evening or tomorrow morning to build a national consensus on what to do the next.
The International Crisis Group (ICG) in its report has stated that the Nepalese political leaders not being able to build a national consensus has been giving way to the extremists. So, the Nepalese leaders needed to build a political consensus without delay.
Similarly, CPN-UML leader and former Finance Minister Sunrendra Pandey has said that the current situation has been developing the environment conducive to the President or the Army to take over the power.
Comments: we cannot preclude the possibility of extremists or the president or the army taking over the power but the new rulers could hardly hold on to power for a few weeks, as the Nepalese folks have been highly politically sensitive and the political parties have also been powerful to tear down such illegitimate regime. Even the political parties have been feeling the heat of the opposition challenges while in power.
