Posted by: Nepe June 10, 2008
Ramraja Prasad Singh as the president of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
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>So to expect any political parties to back off at this

>major junction where it has long term implification

>on them, their seat in parliament and their political

>power, is a politically callow statement.

 

Maverick-jyu,

 

If cabinet berth is what helps political parties, all the glory to their fight. However, isn’t the Constituent Assembly-parliament is where political parties should be showing their show ?

 

>It does allude the hangover of some kind of trashy

>one party communist doctrine of maoist enthusiast.

 

Not really. First of all, the doctrine of one party regime is trashed by Maoist themselves (The new Maoist doctrine of “Democracy for 21st Century” adopted by them in 2003). So the classic communist doctrine of one party is dead for Maoist themselves, unless they revive it again.

 

Then, what I was talking about was one-party government just like in any democratic system when there is a majority party. Not even that. I was actually asking to give Maoist only a free hand (nothing more) to form a government of their wish (including making alliance of convenience to any party/parties they like). Communist regime is a too much stretched imagination here.

 

So, Maverick-jyu, you are basically overestimating the value of government (cabinet) by underestimating the value of the assembly-parliament by overlooking the fact that it is dominated by non-Maoist power anyway. Otherwise, my point was- let Maoist run the government as the assembly-parliament is dominated by other political parties anyway for check and balance.

 

Nepe

 

 

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