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Appointment of Governor And Printing Machine-readable Passports
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
March 20, 2010: the government of Madhav Nepal has decided to appoint incumbent Vice-chairman of National Planning Commission Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada to the position of Governor of the Central Bank of Nepal called Nepal Rastra Bank and to print the machine-readable passports at the state-owned security press of India. Following the law, the government needs to appoint a governor one-month ahead of retirement of the incumbent governor; however, the government has appointed the governor only after more than one month. Similarly, the government needs to follow the financial rules and regulations for printing machine-readable passports in order words the government needs to call bids and award the job to the most competitive party. However, it is not happening. It indicates the government responsible for enforcing the rules rarely follows the rule of law.
Deputy Prime Minister holding the portfolio of foreign affairs Sujata Koirala has been against appointing Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada to the governor whereas Madhav Nepal has been against printing the machine-readable passports at the Indian security press.
Now, both parties have mutually agreed on their respective stand and have possibly benefited from the decisions of the government. Everybody knows that concerned ministers pocket the commissions from awarding the state-job contracts. So, everybody assumes Madam Koirala must have pocketed a handsome amount of commission from the job-contract given. Similarly, concerned ministers either make a large sum of money appointing persons to high-level political appointments from the persons appointed or appoint in return to the benefits given. So, Madhav Nepal also must have made a large sum of money from appointing the governor. For example, the current ambassador to Sri Lanka appointed by Madhav Nepal has vacated his seat in the Constituent Assembly-cum-legislature making room for Madhav Nepal to get into that position.
