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Vice-president: Take Oath In Nepal Or Get Suspended
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On August 23, 2009, the Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled to issue an order to the Vice-president to take an oath of office in Nepali within seven days or be suspended from the duties of the Vice-president. Previously, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Vice-president taking oath in Hindi has violated the Interim Constitution of Nepal of 2007; so, he needs to take the oath of office again in Nepali. However, Vice-president Permananda Jha has been saying that his oath in Nepali has been kept safely; so he thinks that no need of taking an oath in Nepali again.
The political analysts have said that the Supreme Court enforcing the Interim Constitution of Nepal of 2007 is the result of the Madheshi political parties advocating for Madheshi languages particularly the Hindi language giving the support for the two main political parties such as Nepali Congress and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist and Leninist that are deadly against the demands the Madheshis have put forward for ‘One Madhesh One Province’ and for Hindi as an official language; the ruling has severely weakened the stand of the Madheshi on the language.
Similarly, political analysts believe that if the Supreme Court of Nepal has shown the same determination in the case of the unconstitutional move of the President on directly writing a letter to the then Chief of Army Staff as of the case of the Vice-president taking oath in Hindi then Nepal would not have such a political deadlock; and the parliament would have run smoothly. However, it has not happening making common people to think about whether the Supreme Court of Nepal is functioning independently or not.
