Leap from manpower company director to ambassador

Muslim Ashok Rai-led Jaspa has been recommended as an ambassador in Kota. He was the director of Ishaan Overseas, which sent workers to Saudi Arabia until last May 17. Later, the shares in his name in the company were bought by another partner, Thiramani Paudel. Muslim has been working in Saudi since 2004.

An ex-ambassador posted in the Gulf region says that giving the responsibility of ambassador to a manpower businessperson will directly conflict with self-interest. Manpower professionals can be made ambassadors if they gain diplomatic skills. But he should be sent to a country where there is no conflict of interest," he said. "Giving him the responsibility of ambassador to the country where workers are being sent, where business is being done, will directly conflict with the interests of the country."

According to him, there are many areas in the embassy if you want to play a role that conflicts with interests. The embassy comes to seek the recommendation of the employer manpower. There is a possibility that there will be a collusion when verifying the demand letter,'' he said. Those who do not want to work in the interests of manpower can be pressured by big leaders from Kathmandu.

According to the Ambassador Appointment Guidelines-2075, the qualification for the appointment of an ambassador is that he has not obtained a permanent/temporary residence permit or facility of a foreign country. However, Muslims have been living and working in Saudi Arabia for a long time because they have a residence card (Aqma) in Saudi Arabia.

Muslim said that his Saudi temporary residence permit was canceled two years ago. There is a labor relationship between Saudi Arabia and Nepal. In terms of labor, I spent two decades in Saudi Arabia. I have understood all the facts of Saudi Arabia," he said. "I have already canceled Akma two years ago. When I go to Saudi Arabia, I use a business visa.

Rohan Gurung, the former president of the Foreign Employment Professionals Association, said that there was a conflict of interest for all of them when it became mandatory for the employers to go to the Nepali Embassy to verify the demand letter to bring workers. "Now all employers have to verify their demand letters at the Nepali Embassy. Since this arrangement started, the influence of political parties has started to be seen in the Gulf and Malaysia, Gurung said, "In such a situation, manpower professionals working in Saudi Arabia have to be suspicious when manpower professionals themselves become ambassadors," he said. Two people who were previously associated with the manpower business have become ambassadors.

The government recommended ambassadors for 8 countries on Friday. The Cabinet meeting recommended Muslim for Saudi Arabia, Chandra Ghimire for America, Sushil Pyakurel for South Korea, Sumnima Tuladhar for Denmark, Netraprasad Timilsina for Malaysia, Vijan Pant for Britain and Pushparaj Rajakarnikar for Spain. On May 21, 2074, Supreme Court Judge Prakashmansingh Raut's bench issued a mandate in the name of the government to appoint ambassadors only by making criteria, but it has not been followed in the appointment of ambassadors. In the order of the Supreme Court, a criteria should be set for the appointment of the appointed ambassadors to the post of ambassadors, which includes necessary educational qualification, high moral character, not having been convicted of a criminal offense, not being on the blacklist, etc. was