Nepe -

Fair enough - not to drag this on for ever, but  one potential flaw in that indigenous group argument is don't those members get nominated from amongst the parties? I am not sure how that process works, but nominating from within their parties could again create that vacuum we were talking about earlier. I can only hope the parties show some wisdom and maturity in hammering this out.

Also, to share an anecdote with you, I felt  like I was coming from the green planet when I brought up the idea of an opposition vacuum in Nepal recently. This  made  me wonder  whether our polity is driven by  dualing and polar forces of extreme rapprochement and extreme animosity. A little too manic-depressive for my comfort  :)

Wishing you the best.