Captain,

Sharp observation about the maturity of Nepali voters and immaturity and lust of our political parties.

Regarding the question of the role of the presence of “opposition” in functioning of a democracy, If a SINGLE party makes the government, an opposition is indeed necessary for political check and balance.

In case of a coalition government of multiple parties (as Maoists are proposing), however, the mechanism of check and balance is already inherent in the government due to it’s heterogeneous composition. So democracy might still be well functioning without a formal “opposition”.

That brings me to RPP and other outside parties complain about the coalition interim government saying they are functioning as a “syndicate” (Prakash Chandra Lohani has written a lot on this subject). From a textbook view, that does appear the case. However, if we look back how things were done, one must say they were as vibrantly debated, conflicted and resolved as in any textbook model of government-opposition functioning anywhere.

We often get frequently to hear that Nepal has provided many new models for the student of revolution, conflict resolution, civil movements, peace process, interim management and now election (including mechanism). I think it indeed is the case and what Maoist is proposing is really pragmatic and 100% pure democratic experiment.

"अनपढ" भन्ने फिलिममा हो क्यारे ए उटा गीत छ "सकूल मे क्या पढोगे हो राम, दिल की किताब पढ लो"

Nepe