Sharma raised 19-point proposals for political, economic, and social reforms in the meeting.
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Nepali Congress General Secretary Bishwaprakash Sharma has put forward three options for holding the general convention before the elections.
Speaking at the meeting of the Congress Central Working Committee on Thursday, he proposed that the first option is to hold the general convention within 16-19 Poush, taking advantage of BP Koirala's return home with a policy of reconciliation. As an alternative, he has also proposed another schedule within the last week of Poush.
If the meeting concludes that the regular general convention should not be held, his other option is to go through the process of a special general convention requested by 54 percent of the general convention delegates.
He also emphasized that the Central Working Committee can call it itself since the statute provides two options when calling a special general convention. The statute has a provision for calling a special general convention if the Central Working Committee itself deems it necessary or if a demand is made by 40 percent of the general convention delegates. Since 54 percent of the general convention delegates have already signed the demand on Asoj 29, the statute also has a binding position that the special general convention must be called within three months, that is, by Poush 28.
He has also proposed a new formula for the stability of the government for a period of time after the election. He has proposed a five-step process for that. The first party formed on the basis of direct seats and popular votes in the general election will lead the government and form the government.
The second, third or other parties should remain out of the government for the entire period after the election, and in the event that the first party does not get a simple majority, the first party will receive the insufficient seats from the names of experts submitted to the commission before the election according to the principle of 'winners take all'. He has proposed that the list should be made public before the election along with the qualifications of the person while submitting it to the Election Commission, the MP selected by the first party from the parliamentary party should become the Prime Minister of Nepal as the leader of the parliamentary party, the formation of the Council of Ministers should be done in one phase, and the Prime Minister should select ministers based on the expertise of the concerned ministry.
Sharma has a new
proposal that the Prime Minister who is thus appointed must take a vote of confidence in the Parliament within 10 days of taking oath and after completing two years, he must take a vote of confidence again within 30 days. The last time a vote of confidence was taken, it would be decided whether or not he would receive a vote of confidence based on certain indicators of two years of work. In the event that the vote of confidence is again received, the Prime Minister would lead the country for the rest of the term.
However, if it is proven that the Prime Minister has committed acts that seriously harm national integrity and the spirit of the democratic constitution, the Parliament can remove him from office according to a certain process, he said, and a provision should be made in the Constitution that no person can be the Prime Minister more than twice.
He said that it is necessary to review the constituencies and reduce the size of the cabinet in both the Union and the provinces. He proposed that it should not be made larger than 11 members in the Union and 5 members in the provinces. Some of the appointments made through the Constitutional Council have been made through open competition and a fixed list has been prepared for final selection, restructuring of the authority, and mandatory testing of the ethics and integrity of those appointed to constitutional commissions.
‘The Nepali Congress should take the lead in identifying the issues that can be amended in the constitution and hold an all-party dialogue on them,’ he said, ‘This is also our previous commitment. Now let’s form a task force and enter into this matter in a formal manner.’
Sharma said that not only political but also economic and social reasons should be found to address the issues raised by the Gen-G movement.
‘Although the main reason for the Gen-G movement was the closure of social media, there were many political, economic and social reasons behind this rebellion. "Those who infiltrated the field of discontent and despair and destroyed it took advantage of the opportunity, but the state machinery has not yet presented a smart and strong strategy to manage the crowd without causing human casualties," he said. "This weak and sad picture still needs to be resolved."
