EDITORIAL
How much popular is the government, perhaps, it has not reviewed its performance, or say, it is not interested. Not only the government but also parliament is not keen to review its performance. There are hundreds of bills impending in Parliament. Fortunately, out of them, one bill was endorsed by the Parliament in one entire session. How much fund was spent to run the Parliament, is another topic. Like the Parliament, the government is also acting accordingly. Prime Minister Pushpakaal Dahal, after completing one year in office, expressed the commitment that he would work differently in the new year, he would not attend non-important meetings and gatherings, oddly, the next day of his commitment, Dahal went to Gorkha, attended his party’s meetings and also met with his granddaughter’s family flying on the helicopter.
The ministers are in a race to earn money. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is busy catching small fish. The Tribhuvan International Airport has become the hub for gold smuggling. We don’t believe, gold is being smuggled via TIA without the involvement of influential ministers or high-level settings.
People are frustrated and seeking alternatives to the present system and leadership. Wherever the former King is travelling, we see a large gathering of people asking the King to come and save the nation. If conducted a referendum, secularism, federalism and republicanism will be rejected, however, the foreign elements are active in preserving the system imposed by them.
Youths who didn’t see any opportunity in the country, are travelling to foreign countries for jobs. Students also travel abroad for further study. Many of them want to settle down in foreign countries permanently. The government is encouraging youths to go abroad for jobs by signing employment agreements with different countries, instead of creating job opportunities within the country. Despite the government’s restriction on going to war-hit countries, Nepali youths are joining foreign armies. Surely, if they had been able to earn money in the country, they would never have made such risky decisions. More seriously, medical doctors, nurses, engineers, among other professionals, too are leaving the country. It seems that after some years, there will be a scarcity of experienced professionals in the country. There is an urgency of doing homework in this field but the political leadership is less bothered about the bleak scenario. Instead, the government is claiming that the nation’s economy has improved by producing the data on remittance revenue received by the country. As other economic indicators are negative, we should not be hopeful about the present economic scenario. There is a need to reduce non-productive sector expenditure by scrapping unnecessary organs, including the federal structures, otherwise, we cannot hope for a better Nepal.
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