Safeguarding Constitution

As the general election on November 20 gets closer, political parties are actively involved in election campaigns and door-to-door canvassing. From the national to the local levels, political leaders of competing parties have made every effort to win over people. Political parties have also been seen exchanging charges with one another since the release of party manifestoes and resolution papers in an effort to convince people to support them. Leaders of the ruling alliance did not forget to mention that the alliance was established to provide stability to democracy, federalism, and republicanism as well as to protect the constitution, achieved through the arduous struggle of people and political leaders. This was done as election campaigns heated up. 

It is important to keep in mind that the former prime minister and head of the UML KP Sharma Oli, when he was the leader of the now-defunct Nepal Communist Party, played a key role in the dismissal of the legislature in an effort to maintain power by breaking the law. In fact, the then-five parties — the Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist Centre, Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Rastriya Janamorcha, and the newly formed Unified Socialist — joined forces to establish a new administration, which, needless to say, offered crucial stability to politics, much alone the capacity to restore the dissolved House. When the leaders of the governing coalition accuse Oli of seeking to overthrow the constitution by dismissing the Lower House of Parliament twice, they seem to have a point. Nepali Congress president and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba seems to be on the right track when he asserts that the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections will be crucial to stabilising the democratic republic that was established after a protracted struggle. 

The governing coalition, which asserts that after the approaching elections, the nation will progress toward stability, is in charge of defending inclusive democracy. The alliance was established in order to preserve the constitution, which applies to all social groups and geographic areas. He remembered that Parliament had twice been brought to order and pleaded with the coalition to succeed in order to preserve the democratic process and the constitution. He explicitly said that he wants to improve people's rights and that the alliance's purpose is to enlarge democracy. According to PM Deuba, the alliance is essential for advancing long-term peace and democracy, and he predicted that the power partner parties would work together for 10 to 15 years.

In fact, a nation like ours now needs political stability, preservation of the new federal democratic constitution, and economic growth. The political unrest that Nepal has experienced over the last three decades has prevented it from attaining the degree of wealth and progress that it would have liked. Political stability for the next few years seems to be a given since major political parties have formed electoral coalitions and are anticipated to win majorities. No one can predict with certainty, however, how long the partnership between the governing parties will endure given the previous events. In spite of this, these parties must act responsibly in order to work for the improvement of the country and its citizens, as they have also committed to put an end to the oddities that our country has experienced as a result of the aberrations in our political parties.