Sapkota is of the opinion that the debates on the constitution will be meaningless unless the ruling parties adopt a fully proportional electoral system.
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Central Member of CPN (Maoist Center) and Member of Parliament Madhav Sapkota has said that the solution to the existing political problems in the country is only possible through a fully proportional election system and a directly elected executive head of state.
Speaking at an interactive program on 'Ten years review of constitution implementation: achievements, problems and challenges and suggestions' held in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Sapkota commented that the ongoing debates about the constitution will be meaningless until we go to the full proportional election system.
According to him, the two main ruling parties Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) have not yet reached a decision to go to the full proportional election system. He reiterated that the clear vision of the Maoist Center is to move towards a directly elected head of state and a fully proportional electoral system.
Sapkota argued that legislative work would be effective if there was an arrangement to prevent MPs from becoming ministers. He said, 'The debate about the constitution will be endless until we go to a completely proportional election system. Even if Congress and UML are ready today, it is not a big deal. But those two parties are not ready yet. Our clear view is that the solution of today's problems is possible only by going to a directly elected executive head of state, no parliamentarians and a full proportional election system.'
Sapkota also clarified that the Maoist center is moving forward with a long-term vision of not allowing the directly elected executive head of state, parliamentarians to become ministers and full proportional election system to make the constitution timely and make it people-oriented.
