Chairman of the Maoist Center, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has said that putting a 'cooling off period' in the civil service bill can be a 'milestone' for good governance. He said that it is wrong for the secretaries of the government to 'lobby' to keep this provision and that the 'cooling-off period' provision in the Civil Bill unanimously passed by the State System and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives should be extended.

We continue to think that the 'cooling off period' should be at least two years. Congress has also taken a good initiative in keeping the 'cooling period'. But even though it was passed unanimously by the committee, the leadership of UML was not satisfied and happy about keeping the 'cooling period' for two years," Dahal told Kantipur, "it seems that there is tremendous pressure from the bureaucracy within UML. It is an 'open secret' that there is a little more UML dominance and UML people among the staff and secretaries.

He said that the Congress should be ready to advance the Civil Service Bill. We have said that the Congress should not gain a foothold in this matter. 'Cooling off period' can be a 'milestone' for good governance,'' he says, 'the practice of earning a pension after working for years has created a serious problem for good governance.'

He suspected that the government wanted to end the parliament budget session and proceed on the road of ordinances. It is heard that the government wants to end the House as soon as possible and go through the ordinance. This does not seem to be impossible, looking at past experiences. Therefore, I appeal to all the political parties in the Parliament to be vigilant," he said. "This indicates that a 'cooling period' of more than 2 years is necessary. It is absolutely wrong to gang up and pressurize. According to the changed political situation, the morals of the employees should also be modified.'