”The legitimacy of the government has been questioned and this matter is pending in the Supreme Court. Until its legitimacy is tested, we must understand that there is a kind of constitutional, legal complexity.”
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On Tuesday, the UML registered its party with the Election Commission to participate in the House of Representatives elections, while on the other hand, it filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court demanding the restoration of the dissolved House of Representatives. UML is the 66th party to register with the commission to participate in the House of Representatives elections announced for 21 Falgun. As of Tuesday, a day before the end of the party registration period, 80 parties have been registered. Only 14 parties from the dissolved House of Representatives have registered for the elections.
The UML has made the demand for the restoration of the House of Representatives its first priority, saying that the government is trying to take political revenge on the parties and has not moved forward on the path of creating an environment for elections, so the election cannot be held on the scheduled date. UML leaders including Chairman KP Sharma Oli, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel and others have been saying that the UML is not a party that will run away from the elections, but since the elections cannot be held, the restoration of the House of Representatives is the only option. In this context, UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel spoke to Kantipur journalist Ganga BC : UML registered its party with the Election Commission for the House of Representatives elections on the same day, and filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court demanding the restoration of the House of Representatives. Why the double policy?
We have been registering parties under a regular process of the Election Commission. In that sense, this is not aimed at elections anymore, but naturally, we have registered it under the belief that the country's major party should update it regularly. As far as the election is concerned, we do not understand or believe that the current government is heading for the election.
On the other hand, in the current political fluidity, given the constitutional complexity, the fact that the Prime Minister is no longer recognized by the constitution, and the fact that the Prime Minister, who is not recognized by the constitution, dissolved the people's elected parliament, the party has decided that the restoration of the House of Representatives is the appropriate path from an institutional perspective. The party has filed a petition in court in favor of the restoration of the parliament based on the decision of our parliamentary party.
It is said that the UML is preparing for the election internally, right?
Naturally, after the incidents of 23 and 24 Bhadra, we are on a campaign to make the people aware and aware of the activities that have led to the kind of regression that has been felt in the country. In the same vein, we organized public demonstrations and public meetings at the ward, municipality, and district levels. In the Valley, we have held public demonstrations and meetings at the Valley level.
Another objective behind this was to break the atmosphere of fear, panic and terror that exists among the people. And, it was something that would give the people a sense of security. On the other hand, the morale of the security forces has fallen. It is difficult for them to control the chaos alone. In such a situation, we have been carrying out activities under the belief that political parties should run political campaigns on what is right and what is wrong. UML believes that this will help restore the legal system to the permanent structure of the state.
Also, it is to break the atmosphere of despair, fear and terror that exists among the people. We are moving forward under the belief that when an organized institutional force mobilizes the people, that kind of psychology is created.
After the Congress has decided to go to the elections, the UML will also decide, right?
There are two things in this. There is one aspect that the government is not on the path to holding elections. The government that holds elections cannot test its legitimacy. Because its legitimacy has been questioned and this issue is pending in the Supreme Court. We must understand that until its legitimacy is tested, there is a kind of constitutional and legal complexity. Because it cannot be said that it will gain legitimacy without resolving the issue of constitutional and legal tests raised against it.
In that sense, the issue should be taken that way. On the other hand, as far as other parties are concerned, we believe that they will also come to the side of the principles we have put forward sooner or later. Because after the incident of 23 24 Bhadra, the parliamentary party leaders of Nepal's major parties jointly issued a statement and signed in favor of the dissolution of the House of Representatives as unconstitutional and that it should be reinstated.
We all remember that the parties issued public statements. In that sense, UML is not alone politically. Now, in the psychology of fear and panic, some have not been able to create an environment where they can move forward like the UML. However, what I think is that making Nepal's constitutional system active, establishing democracy, what is democracy again, when you say it is a system where elected representatives rule.
The current situation is a kind of weakened democracy. If democracy is to be moved forward in a strong way, our constitution does not give the right to govern to an unelected person. We cannot run the government by keeping that thing as it is. When the Prime Minister resigned after Bhadra 24, the suggestion to the President of all three major parties was that we should find a solution within the constitution. We, the major parties, had also suggested that we are ready to move forward through the process of amending the constitution by addressing the sentiments of the protesters. But contrary to our suggestion, the way the government was formed and the House of Representatives was dissolved without aligning with the constitutional arrangements is a matter of disagreement. About which we have been of the same opinion from the beginning . Why other parties backed down from their opinion, that is something they will have to answer .
However, I think now, politically speaking, this is a matter of common concern . The honorable President had suggested that we move forward within the constitution . He had said that the House of Representatives should not be dissolved . Not only that, the major parties issued a joint statement and issued a joint statement saying that the dissolution of the House of Representatives is unconstitutional . In that sense, it is not a situation that the UML is alone .
