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Hindu State And Monarchy Removed From RPP Statute
Hindu State And Monarchy Removed From RPP Statute
KTM Reporter, March 18, 2017
The Election Commission removed the portion of the statute of the Rastriya Pratantra Party (RPP) that stated it was for making Nepal a Hindu state and the democracy with the monarchy stating these two elements go against the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on March 17, 2017.
Every political party needs to submit its statute when registering for the purpose of election and for receiving the election symbol. The EC found the two things: Hindu state and monarchy in the RPP statute not consistent with the federal constitution, so the EC removed them from the statute of the RPP.
Chairman of RPP Kamal Thapa said that his party has lost the soul and heart after the Election Commission deleted the section of the statute about a Hindu state and the monarchy. Surely, RPP might not survive without the soul and heart.
Chairman Thapa has challenged the Election Commission to take off the communist state from the statutes of the CPN-UML and the CPN Maoist-Centre, which Thapa thinks also goes against the constitutional provision, according to the news on thehimalayantimes.com.
Election Commissioner Narendra Dahal told “The Himalayan Times” that Hindu state and monarchy contradicted the constitutional provisions of republican order and secularism. Dahal has said that the law prohibits political parties to espouse hatred.
Co-spokesperson for RPP Mohan Shrestha said that his party had called an emergency meeting to decide the RPP’s next move following the EC’s decision. “The EC has no right to comment on political matters. The constitution does not bar any party from advocating a political agenda. The constitution guarantees freedom of expression,” Shrestha said and added that if his party was barred from taking its political agenda on Hindu state and monarchy to the public, it would be meaningless for the party to take part in elections, the news on thehimalayantimes.com stated.
Judging the Election Commission’s decision on taking off the Hindu State and the monarchy from its statute was unconstitutional, the RPP on Saturday, March 18, 2017 decided to seek a constitutional remedy. To make the EC withdraw its decision, the RPP decided to submit a memorandum to the EC on March 20, according to the news on thehimalayantimes.com.
