 |
||
|
||
LETTERS |
|
||
|
||
LETTERS |
Leave Vested Interest In response to your cover story “Crisis
of Political Nature” (SPOTLIGHT May 27) I would like to criticize the leaders of
Nepal for not showing the responsibility for the country. Political leaders are supposed
to be the guardians of people and have to often think above their self-interest and give
topmost priority to the interest of the people and the nation. But the leaders of Nepal
score less than 5 per cent in this test. At the present context when the country was so
close to the resolution of the present crisis, the leaders have shown their immaturity yet
another time by disagreeing for the post of prime minister. Sanjeev Khadka Solve It Politically Apropos your cover story “Crisis Of
Political Nature” (SPOTLIGHT May 27), it is amply clear that unless and until the
leaders decide to settle the crisis politically, it will linger on. Clearly, the
constitution has not done anything to deserve what it is getting right now. In fact, the
constitution is still the best any nation could have in the 21st century. Unfortunately,
the constitution has very few takers in the present day Nepal. The Maoists, civil society,
intellectuals, parties are all clamoring for a new constitution. But none of them are
clear how the new constitution will solve the Nepalese people’s everyday problems. Bikas KC Come Together The current problem of Nepal is nothing
more than a result of divergence of opinions and interests of the leaders (“Crisis Of
Political Nature” SPOTLIGHT May 27). What is most frustrating is that even when the
Maoists are hanging the Damocle’s Sword over the nation, the political leaders are
busy fighting for power in the streets. In the name of democracy, the leaders are trying
to entice naïve people to take part in violent agitation, which is doing no good to the
country nor its people. If the leaders were so fond of democracy, why did they scramble it
when they were in power? Even now nobody in Nepal is supporting the regression. All want
democracy. But there should be something called priority. What is the topmost priority of
Nepal at present? There can be hardly any two opinion that the Maoist problem is the
number one. Then, how come our leaders are not giving enough attention to address this
issue. Instead of taking to streets, they would have done much better had they cooperated
with the past government of Lokendra Bahadur Chand when it was engaged in peace talks with
the Maoists a year ago. Unfortunately, the violent demonstrations by the parties resulted
in the replacement of Chand government. Subsequently, the Maoists broke down the talks and
resumed their violent insurgency. However, the parties still think that they first have to
go to power before anything can happen in this country. Such uncalled for obduracy is
costing the country a lot in terms of bloods of its citizens. Rajan Khatri Constitutional Deadlock Although your cover story stated that the
problem lies in politics, there is a growing opinion that the constitution, too, needs to
be amended or even changed to address the prevailing issues (“Crisis Of Political
Nature” SPOTLIGHT May 27). So far, various political leaders and organizations have
shown willingness to change the constitution. The nation is engaged in debate about
constitutional changes. Therefore, it would be wise to also take up the constitutional
issues so that the country does not have to face endless instability. Sachin Shakya Take Care The city is growing unhealthy “Diarrhea:
Red Alert” (SPOTLIGHT May 27). Not just the water you drink, the air you breathe is
also highly contagious. The air of the valley is always unhealthy. Because of this reason
people succumb to various diseases affecting their lungs and hearts, among others. If the
same situation prevails for long, the Kathmandu is going to be the world’s
unhealthiest place to live. We ought to do something immediately to get rid of this
problem. While the major responsibility is of the government to regulate with rules and
laws, the responsibility also lies on the hands of each of us individuals to protect the
city for our better future. Sagun Shrestha Useless Efforts I simply do not understand why the people
risk their entire life for such a thing as mountain climbing “Competition For Record”
(SPOTLIGHT May 27). I not only find it useless, but also madness to risk one’s life
climbing mountains spending so much money. I feel that it is just a quench for ego. People
are now struggling one after another, for setting new records. It is fine if they do it in
reasonable ways but the current trend does not seem healthy. Year after year, mountaineers
are busy breaking the records set by their predecessors. Pritam Sharma |
Send your feedback to the
editor: spot@mail.com.np |
