Mr Truth writes: "Talking about polictics, this ticket system really baffles me, why do you need approval from central office if he/she is electable(popular) by people?" Therein lies this explanation. As things stand, you cannot just be well liked by people of, say, Jumla or Morang. Your political party, if you are a member of it, must also like you enough to give you a ticket so that it can throw its institutional weight around your candidacy. No political-party ko blessing, no hopes for you to be a politician. It's as simple as that. This means, ambitious young politicians have to spend more time pleasing their party netas in Kathmandu for election tickets than genuinely caring about the welfare of people from Morang and Jumla. And this is exactly what they do, even engaging in corruption to enrich their party. And that is why, party leaders turn a blind eye to those who bring in lots of money (of dubious source!) into the party's kitty-box. So long as this continues, I disagree with Pire that our political system will really bring forth "good" people. It simply can't and therefore won't. The incentives are all just wrong for people like, say, Gagan Thapa or Dilli Chaudhary (a Tharu activist) or Gauri Pradhan (a children's advocate or Man Mohan Bhattarai . . . to really have an influence in the process. oohi ashu