Emphasis on power in ordinances, small parties split up and become big ones

The government formed with the support of almost two-thirds has left all its basic duties and is engaged in the homework of breaking up the small parties. This plan of the ruling party to weaken the voice of the opposition has not only weakened their commitment to democracy, it has also spread that there is a psychological competition and mistrust between the two ruling parties riding in the same boat.

kartik 6, 2081

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Emphasis on power in ordinances, small parties split up and become big ones

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What is the most primary responsibility of the government formed by the two major parties of the House of Representatives with the promise of solving many specific problems of the country? Good governance? Infrastructure development? Building an industrial and commercial environment? Improvements in education and health? Or the end of political unrest?

Ironically, the answer is none of the above. The government formed with the support of almost two-thirds has left all its basic duties and is engaged in the homework of breaking up the small parties. This plan of the ruling party to weaken the voice of the opposition has not only weakened their commitment to democracy, it has also spread that there is a psychological competition and mistrust between the two ruling parties riding in the same boat. The question of who will be bigger between Congress and UML is secondary for the country, this trend is fatal for the system, the concern lies in this. 

Political party or other laws are not immutable. But change has its own regular method. The government can enact the laws it deems necessary after approval by the parliament. When there is no parliament, the government has the right to bring an ordinance if any law is urgent, but now, because there is no law to divide the parties, where is the obstruction in the legislation? Stopped to give relief to flood victims or to build houses for earthquake victims? Will the Ordinance related to the party increase the speed of highway construction, will the youth who have gone abroad be given employment in the country? The practice of introducing ordinances is itself undemocratic unless it can be ascertained where and how the government has been obstructed in nation-building. Moreover, the practice of dividing the opposition party that is doing its politics is nothing but the self-righteousness of the leader. Moreover, the tendency of the government to exercise the law-making powers within the jurisdiction of the Parliament is contrary to the principle of separation of powers. 

The leaders of Congress and UML have been arguing that because of the instability of the government due to the small parties, the big parties should become stronger. Also, the issue of how many parties there are in the country is not determined by law, but by public opinion. On top of that, the ruling party, which blames the instability on small parties, is to blame. The truth that Nepal's politics has proven in the past is that the majority of the negative returns in democratic development, government formation and dissolution, good governance, and public service delivery are due to the big party. The leaders who are in the chair race belong to the big party, they are the ones who are narrowing the scope of dialogue within their party.  To break the story, any leader has the right to choose which party he belongs to. No party can and cannot create party members only by legal binding. Only the idea, purpose, program, faith and commitment of the party can protect the leader and the leadership. However, there is a separate legal process for MPs elected on party tickets to abandon their contracts with the respective parties. However, the government's practice of violating established laws has intensified in recent years. This practice has intensified especially since 2077 Baisakhi. The then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli issued an ordinance to split the JSP, but the attempt to split the party failed immediately, and the government withdrew the ordinance after being criticized politically and socially.

In August 2078, after the then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba brought an ordinance, the UML split into the Unified Socialist Party and the Janata Samajwadi Party and the Democratic Socialist Party was formed. To bring this ordinance, the then Prime Minister Deuba was encouraged by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chairman of Maoist, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, Chairman of Samajwadi Party, who are now in the opposition. Although the provisions of the Ordinance brought at that time were repealed, some provisions of the Act related to political parties are still inactive due to the lack of revival work. This Act should be completed, but even for three years this work was not a priority of the main party. Instead, after the then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal eased the rules, JSP Nepal was divided and JSP was formed. While his colleague Upendra Yadav in the Council of Ministers was on a foreign tour, Dahal split his party. Dahal, who was supported by Oli at that time, did such apolitical practice, but now Dahal, who has joined the opposition, is in favor of not dividing the party based on the ordinance. 

is not the original question of what Congress, UML and Maoist or any other party leaders say. The main issue is what democratic practice says. Even if it happened in any era, it is a matter of criticism to divide the party by misusing the power of the government. Top leaders of the ruling UML and the Congress are holding phased meetings to bring an ordinance with the aim of breaking up the smaller parties. If the ruling party's plans split the opposition party, this system will be hurt one more time. This step of the government will make even the common people who are adamant about the government's negligence more disappointed. The leaders of the ruling party should also oppose such practices, which are aimed at showing power and taking revenge.

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