Leaders assess session, flay attacks on infrastructures

Kathmandu, Apr. 17 (RSS): Leader of the opposition and CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the current session has been an important session because of the passage of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) second amendment bill, the corruption control bill, the impeachment bill and bills concerning political parties, women’s rights and trafficking in humans.

Giving a concluding speech at the second meeting of the House of Representatives today, Nepal criticised the government for failing to bring any proposals on amendment to the Constitution despite the commitment made by the Prime Minister.

He said amendment of the Constitution could sweep away evils and aberrations by bringing economic, cultural and social reforms and resolve the Maoist problem.

Although the problems are created by the political parties, they are themselves capable of resolving them, he said, adding that we now have to fight against status quoism, the Nepali people will never accept regression, and dynamism for changes is the need of the day.

Nepal said no one should tarnish the morale of the security forces, adding that the Maoists should not undertake acts such as dismantling of physical infrastructures and organising Nepal Bandh programmes and called on them to create an atmosphere for talks by stopping murder and violence.

Nepal said the government should find alternate ways for resolution of the Maoist problem and urged the government to establish a nationalities academy.

President of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Surya Bahadur Thapa wished that the new year will help resolve the problems faced by the country.

He said the remarkable aspect of the session is the passage of important bills including
those concerning the CIAA, impeachment, and corruption and that now there no longer remains any pretext for the bodies not to take action against the corrupt.

Thapa accused the government of not acting with readiness to amend the Constitution and not taking a liberal view on social reforms.

The country’s problems should be resolved through national consensus, Badri Prasad Mandal of the Nepal Sadbhawana Party said, and asked for evaluation as to what the 21st session gave to the poor of the country and called for socio-economic changes.

He said amendment of the Constitution is necessary for radical changes to resolve murder and violence, unemployment and poverty.

Chitra Bahadur K.C. of the Rastriya Janamorcha said the country has been facing murder and violence never seen by the country in all its history, and alleged that efforts have been made to snatch away the achievement of the 1990 people’s movement and called on the ruling and opposition to be alert over this.

Ratification of bills on prevention of abuse of authority and corruption control in the current session can be taken as an achievement of the 21st session of Parliament, he said, expressing the view that it would have been a great relief to the people if amendments could have been made in the Constitution.

Lila Mani Pokharel of the United People’s Front said that several important bills have been passed by the current parliamentary session.

The endorsement of the state of emergency by Parliament has further intensified the sense of insecurity and so many people lost their lives during the period, he said, adding that proposals such as those for a constituent assembly and constitutional amendments had also come up during this period as a way towards resolving the problem.

Narayan Man Bijukchhe of Nepal Workers and Peasants’ Party drew the attention of the House to several problems dogging the country and pointed out that the two major political parties of the country should not bully the smaller ones.

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