Uphold Norms, Values
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Home Ram Chandra Poudel said that His
Majesty’s Government was always committed, capable and serious to maintain law and
order, provide security to the people and consolidate democracy and development in the
country. Addressing the media persons in his own office in Kathmandu the other day, Deputy
Prime Minister Poudel said that as the Nepali Congress has a comfortable majority in
parliament and the move of opposition parties that disrupted 19th session of parliament
was undemocratic and unconstitutional. It is true that the present government of the
Nepali Congress was popularly elected for five years, which has been seriously working to
consolidate democratic polity and accelerate the pace of development in order to raise the
people’s quality of life. But there are certain elements, which have been making
their attempts to weaken and defame multi-party democracy through unconstitutional and
violent methods. In such a situation, all people, who want democracy and development to
take roots in the country, need to collectively counter the politics of violence. Nepalese
people are peace loving by nature and violence is, indeed, against the general nature of
the Nepalese people. Violence has already claimed more than 1600 lives in different parts
of the country and property worth over 900 million rupees was damaged. Violence only
breeds violence, which is not at the interest of the nation, people and democracy.
However, the irresponsible activities, like the ones opposition parties showed in the 19th
session of parliament by not allowing the parliamentary meetings to take place, only
encourage and support those who are active to weaken and sabotage democracy. In
parliamentary democracy, parliament is the supreme forum of people where people’s
elected representatives debate and discuss issues and problems of the people and the
nation. The disruption of parliament and violation of parliamentary decorum, norms and
values weaken parliament, and parliamentary democracy. If democracy is weakened it is not
only the Nepali Congress but also all the political parties, people and the nation that
would be the loser. It is the democracy that protects the right to express one’s
views and dissent and carry out their political activities. But irresponsible acts in the
name of exercising democratic rights only benefit the extreme rightist and extreme leftist
elements which active against the present multi-party democracy. Against this background,
all political parties that believe in the present constitution and multi-party political
system must work together to foil anti-democratic elements and violence and killing to
safeguard democracy in the country. Therein lies the interest of the nation and the
people.
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