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| Kathmandu, Wednesday December 25, 2002 Paush 10, 2059. |
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73 pc Nepalis favour multi-party democracy:
Study
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 24:A recently conducted study has revealed
that over 73 percent of the Nepalis still favours multiparty democracy.
Majority of the people preferred to
participate in the multiparty system of government but they want reforms in the
governance, it is stated in the research study carried out by the Centre for Economic and
Social Development (CESOD), a Kathmandu-based non-governmental organisation. CESOD
released the research report at a function today.
The report is based on the field research of
six sample districts - Surkhet, Bardia, Sindhuli, Rautahat, Dhankuta and Morang - and the
research team comprised of former ambassador to the European Commission and former member
of the National Planning Commission Dr Durgesh Man Singh, Shiva Hari Dahal, Shrawan
Sharma, Pradeep Mani Dixit and Priya Dixit.
The report, however, did not include the
October 4 royal move and its implications, as the study was done from February to June
2002. People wanted resolution of the Maoist problem through peace dialogue between the
government and the Maoists, the report said.
"But the people questioned during the
research stressed the need to address the causes for origin of the problem along with
peace talks between the conflicting parties." The report recommended concerned
parties to begin peace process in three different phases to bring the talks to conclusion.
"The people in the grass root level,
civil society in the middle level and political parties and leadership in the top level
must start simultaneous peace processes in their respective levels," the report
suggested.
The report said that the people in the
village levels were ready to form village level peace councils to facilitate the peace
process in the grass root level if the top political level start the talks. The study has
come at a time when the king has sacked an elected government, accusing the latter of
being "incapable".
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