EDITORIAL
Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has suggested an amendment to the present constitution introduced just eight years ago. Deuba has prescribed changing the election patron. Maoist Center’s parliament member and legal expert Khimlal Devkota has also demanded reducing the size of the parliament through an amendment to the constitution. In fact, all the political parties are not satisfied with the present constitution and paving the way for amendment of the constitution. Some parties are backing the agenda of the directly elected president, whereas, some parties are for directly elected prime minister. Understandably, they are against the present federal structure, however, some leaders, in the foreign powers’ interests, are lauding for federalism. However, those who are lauding for federalism are becoming weak day by day. The agenda of a directly elected chief executive sounds good but in a Nepal-like country, which has turned into a playground of foreign powers, providing all authority to a single person could be more harmful. Besides, the directly elected president or prime minister may abuse the authority and serve foreigners’ interests. Therefore, a parliamentary system is essential for a Nepal-like country for a check and balances. Undoubtedly, the present system of a mixed election procedure has resulted that one single party never can bag a majority. A coalition culture is inevitable and political instability has become obvious. To avoid such political instability, we must return to the 1990 constitution with a monitor’s role by the institution of monarchy. We need the 1990 constitution for a sustainable political system where all the sections will get space.
At the time when the political parties were planning for introducing a new constitution based on federalism, secularism and republicanism, we had warned that the new system cannot be sustainable and functional. The political parties entered into a dark tunnel having no light at the end. Now, we have been proven correct. Now, it has become clear that if we continued the present constitution, the demise of a sovereign country Nepal is obvious. Therefore, there is no alternative except from returning to the 1990 constitution.
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