The government of the National Independent Party has adopted a policy of institutionalizing the commitments made by political parties to voters during the election and making them effective in 100 points of the governance reform program. Resources, human resource mobilization and a national common policy are necessary to advance those programs effectively.

The single-majority government of the RSVP has stated that it will formulate a national policy by incorporating the commitments that the parties have been making to the people since the past. The government has made public 100 programs under the main headings of common commitment, coordination and public trust, administrative reform, restructuring and austerity, public service delivery and complaint management, digital governance and data governance and communication, good governance, transparency and corruption control. Similarly, it has made public 100 programs under the main headings of public procurement and project management reform, investment, industry, private sector promotion and tourism, revenue reform, health, education and human development, agriculture, land, infrastructure and basic services and decisions related to finance, political and social security.

It is mentioned that the commitments of other parties including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will be included in the 100th number of these. The program states that ‘For the effective implementation of the mandate of the general election 2082, the essence of the Constitution of Nepal, and the commitments presented to the people by political parties, the Government of Nepal, provincial and local governments, constitutional bodies, civil administration, Nepali Army, and all security agencies, public service delivery agencies, political parties, private sector, non-governmental sector, civil society, and development partners will unite and collaborate in a result-oriented manner and make necessary policy, structural, and programmatic arrangements to institutionalize and result-oriented that collaboration.’ Also, all stakeholders are cordially called upon to play an active, coordinated, and responsible role in fulfilling this common national responsibility.’

Strict implementation of property investigation, dissolution of trade unions and student organizations, and free beds

RSP Treasurer and MP Lima Adhikari stated that the parties had taken issues including national security, economic growth, and social justice in their respective manifestos when they went to the elections. She said that the government is trying to take forward those good programs as they have been promised to be implemented.

‘When the parties went to the elections, they made various commitments in their manifestos to serve the national interest and the people. Our government is trying to implement them by integrating the issues of the country's development, economic growth, social justice, employment, education, and health reform,’ she said. ‘Since we have a stable and strong government, it is better to use the good programs of other parties for the benefit of the country and the people. In the past, those issues were limited to slogans, now we are trying to implement them in practice.’

The government has started homework to implement the governance reform programs approved by the Council of Ministers on the day Prime Minister Balendra Shah led the government. The parties in the parliament have taken this decision of the government positively.

They have expressed their readiness to cooperate on issues such as amending the constitution to remove weaknesses, implementing the constitution, national security policy, balanced foreign relations, fundamental rights of the constitution, education, health, food sovereignty, etc.

The parties say that they will cooperate if the government moves forward by including the programs in its manifesto and programs directly related to the service of the people. Congress Joint General Secretary Dila Sangraula Panta said that the party's election manifesto has brought many programs for good governance, corruption control, economic growth, employment, education, and health service reforms, and said that it would be a positive aspect for any government to implement those programs.

'Our manifesto included programs to maintain good governance, investigate the assets of people holding public positions, investigate major corruption cases, improve education, health services, and create employment. It is positive that this government will implement those programs. We will cooperate in this,' she said. 'We also had programs for administrative reform to provide efficient services to the people.' This has also been brought by the government.’

It is in line with many issues of the Nepali Communist Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The two parties are close on many issues, including constitutional amendment, directly elected executive head of state, good governance and corruption control, as well as the Gen-G movement. Nepal Communist Party leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha also said that there could be cooperation with the government on issues of national importance, including constitutional amendment, national security, foreign policy, etc. He said that the efforts of the opposition parties to take the country forward by adopting good issues should be taken positively. ‘There can be an agreement between the parties on the issues of constitutional rights, education, health, food sovereignty, national independence, and solving the problem of landless squatters,’ he said, ‘If the RSP government is trying to reach a common consensus with an open heart, it should be taken positively.’

100 agendas of the government related to governance reforms made public [Full text]