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Experts have said that full proportional election system should be implemented in Nepal. Speaking at the Federalism Strengthening and National Concerns Committee of the National Assembly held at the Singh Darbar on Wednesday, they said that it is necessary to implement a fully proportional election system in a country like Nepal.
They say that Nepal's elections are becoming more and more expensive and that it is necessary to go for a fully proportional election system. Speaking at the meeting, former Chief Election Commissioner Nilakantha Upreti said that the current electoral system is becoming a challenge for the strengthening of democracy.
Mentioning that a fully proportional election system is the need of the day, he said that for this, it is necessary to move away from political party and leader bias. The election system that is preferred by the most countries in the world, the election system used by countries with zero corruption, and South Africa, where the people have suffered like Nepal, has adopted a fully proportional election system. They use the same election system from the center to the provinces. Until today, there is no need to say that we should review the electoral system due to any weakness. Proportional election system has been used in all the provinces there,' he said.
Upreti says that he hesitated to implement a proportional system in political parties because they tend to spend any amount to win the election. "I have not seen a situation where a fully proportional election system will be implemented due to the mindset of the parties and leaders that people will spend whatever they can to win the election and should come to proportionality anyway." I have written and spoken a lot on this subject. If we use the full election system, we can give a stable government,' he said. Speaking at the
meeting, Gopinath Mainali, the former secretary of the government of Nepal, said that the current election system is very unhealthy. He says that election campaigning is becoming money-oriented and technology-oriented. "Recently, the government of Nepal called the caste, which constitutes 0.5 percent of the population, as a minority. At that time there were 123 castes. In which 98 castes became minorities. It also needs a little explanation. There is also a need to ensure representation. The constitution says that 33 percent of women should be represented in state bodies. But as we see now, the actual representation is only 20 percent. It is also important to pay attention to the inclusion of political parties,' he said.
Similarly, the former chief election commissioner Keshavraj Rajbhandari said that it is necessary to arrange for Nepali citizens who are in migration to participate in the election. He mentioned that there are 6 million Nepalis in the diaspora and said that their right to participate in the election system should be ensured. He said that it is necessary to discuss and debate enough to give voting rights to Nepali citizens who are in migration.
