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Election Government Not A Caretaker One
By KTM Metro Reporter
July 1, 2012: Talking to reporters at his Baluwatar official residence, Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai yesterday said that the current government was an election government, not a caretaker one, as some politicians wanted to depict it; and no legitimate excuse was there to topple the current government, writes ‘The Rising Nepal of today. The current government was a legitimate one; he could not go beyond the constitutional limit to build a consensus. In addition, building a consensus was the task of all political leaders not only of his.
Unfortunately, the country lost the elected body: the Constituent Assembly (CA); so, the only alternative left was to elect a new CA; the current government would function legally until a new CA was duly elected, said the prime minister. He had been for building a consensus among the political parties and had never been a hurdle to it; all political parties had no alternative to build a consensus.
In absence of all political parties agreeing on the contentious issues, the only alternative left was the fresh elections to a new CA, and the government was for holding the fresh CA election as scheduled. "The future political course depends on political consensus and if the parties fail to strike any consensus, the government will continue its elections procedures," ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today quotes Prime Minister Bhattarai as saying.
Speaking at a Lumbini Zonal level meeting of the party in Butwal yesterday, Chairman of CPN-UML Jhalanath Khanal said that he did not see the possibility of holding the election to a new CA, as the Maoists’ orthodox communist ideology and the NC’s traditional mindset had set the current political deadlock; the Maoist-led government was trying to be in power forever declaring the impossible election; both the UCPN-Maoist and the Nepali Congress (NC) had lost their capacity to lead the country; only his party was rising and would lead the current to a right direction, according to the news in ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today.
At the meeting with the office-bearers of the Journalists Concerned Committee for Peace and Constitution held at the Shital Niwas official presidential residence yesterday, President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav said that he was trying to build a consensus among political parties following the constitution; the president made it clear to them that his one and only wish was to promulgate a new constitution for peace and political stability in the country. Following the constitutional provision the political parties needed to run the parliament and the government; so, it would be easier for him to get out of the current political deadlock if the political parties came up with a consensus; the president said that he was disappointed very much at the dissolution of the CA without promulgating a new constitution, writes ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today.
Vice Minister for Asian Affairs at International Department of China Ai Ping yesterday suggested the top Nepalese leaders of the major political parties to build a consensus on breaking the current political stalemate at the individual meeting with Chairman of UCPN-Maoist Prachanda, President of NC Sushil Koirala, Chairman of CPN-UML Jhalanath Khanal; Mr Ai arrived in Nepal on Friday, June 29, 2012, according to the news in ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today.
Speaking at a press conference held by the state committees of his party in Butwal, Central Committee Member of UCPN-Maoist and Chairperson of Young Communist League (YCL) Ganesh Man Pun yesterday said that a national consensus government was not possible without the political parties reaching an agreement on general issues such as constitution drafting with identity and federalism; if the opposition parties couldn’t come up with such an agreement, they should come up with other alternatives; the announcement of the next election was the best option available to the government after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly; opposition leaders speaking against the next election must give some better alternatives to it, writes ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today.
Speaking at an event held by the Former Parliamentarians’ Forum on the occasion of the 54th Parliament Day in Kathmandu yesterday, Vice-President Parmanand Jha said the unity among political parties was the only alternative to resolve the current political and constitutional crisis; and the Forum also could play a role in building a political consensus, according to ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today.
Speaking to journalists at his Baluwatar official residence yesterday, Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai said that the government was preparing a full-fledged budget for the FY 2012, and making efforts on reaching an understanding on the budget among the major political parties; to this end, the government had initiated talks with the major political parties to find out common agendas for presenting the budget through the presidential ordinance; there was no alternative to passing the budget as the state machinery comes to halt with a new budget, writes ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today.
Hearing on the case filed by advocate Rajesh Silwal on preventing the government from passing a full budget for the FY 2012, a division bench of Supreme Court Justices such as Damodar Prasad Sharma and Ram Kumar Sah today ruled that it was not necessary to issue an interim order to stop the government from passing a full budget; the apex court argued that the precondition set by opposition parties for passing the budget only through a political consensus was “abstract,” according to the news posted on Nepalnews.com today.
