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Is the Prime Minister Telling Truth?
BY KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On June 25, 2009, talking to the representatives of reporters in Kathmandu, Prime Minister Madhav Nepal has said that writing of a new constitution has been delayed, the parliament has not been able to discuss the nationally important issue such as the current border issue with India, and major bills could not be passed as the United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-Maoist) has been boycotting the parliamentary session disrupting the sessions according to the morning news aired in the state-run radio called Radio Nepal on June 26, 2009.
Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist and Leninist (CPN-UML) have boycotted the parliamentary sessions for two months out of the three months the so-called winter sessions of the parliament so far have run. So, the UCPN-Maoist has obstructed the parliament so far for a month, and is still continuing to obstruct.
Despite the boycotting of the parliamentary sessions, some of the members of the parliament have spoken on the Indian encroachment on the Nepalese territory and have demanded the government to act strongly and even asked the government to send back Indian Ambassador Rakesh Sood for saying the India has not encroached on the Nepalese territory and the Nepalese parliamentary members have been lying.
Then, the Constitutional Committee and the Parliamentary Committee have visited the border areas where India has encroached on the Nepalese territory, where the Indian Border Security Force has driven away the Nepalis from their homes living in the Nepalese territory in the areas bordering India, and have found India has encroached on the Nepalese territory. The state local Survey Office has also stated that India has encroached on the Nepalese territory.
Recently, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivashanker Menon has come to Nepal for two-day visit to discuss the border issues and has met with the Prime Minister, President, Former Prime Ministers and political leaders. Before returning to India, talking to the reporters, he has said that Nepal and India have no border problems but has the problem of border management.
Concerning the writing of a new constitution, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Subas Nemwang has been telling the public that the disruption of the parliamentary has not affected the writing of a new constitution, as the sessions of the Constituent Assembly have been going on smoothly, and the various committees on preparing concept papers and drafts have seen working as scheduled.
It is true that bills have not been able to pass due to the disruption of the parliamentary session.
