Prime Minister KP
Sharma Oli Wednesday said that the government was not in crisis.
Briefing the Kathmandu-based
head of diplomatic missions at the Yak and Yeti Hotel, PM Oli said, “All
democratic governments stay in power for certain period, they are temporary.
The present government will continue in office for next one and a half years as
mentioned in the constitution."
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| PM KP Sharma Oli |
The Prime Minister said that
the government had decided to hold the election for the local bodies by the end
of this year in order to ensure democratic exercise at local level, rule of
law, and leadership of people representatives in local development.
“The elected local bodies will
help expedite the reconstruction works in effective and accountable manner,” he
stated.
PM Oli expressed his commitment
to the protection of human rights and appreciated the role of international
community in the peace process in Nepal.
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa said that to end the condition of
absence of people’s representatives in local bodies that were vacant for the
past 14 years, the government announced to hold the local bodies’ polls within
November/December, 2016.
According to the DPM, as it
might still take some time to determine number and boundary and legal basis of
local level as per the federal structure, there was a need to hold the election
of local bodies at least for the transitional period.
DPM Thapa stated that all
necessary legal and institutional frameworks for the reconstruction had been
established and implementation had been already initiated.
Accepting that it took some
time for the government to extend due focus on post-quake reconstruction, he
said, “Building legal and institutional set-up took a while. And in the
meantime, we had to face an uneasy situation at Nepal-India border points with
interruption of supplies.”
He informed that priorities for
the reconstruction had been determined, action plan had been finalized and
implementation was being expedited.
Praising the role of
development partners in the post quake rescue and relief, and generous pledge
during last year’s International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction, DPM
Thapa said that the government had concluded framework agreements with most of
the partners specifying the modality of utilization and allocation of the fund.
“Specific list of projects have been communicated to some of the agencies and
to others we will do so very soon.”
He updated the diplomatic
community that there was still misperception and misunderstanding regarding the
new constitution of Nepal.
“There is a perception that the
constitution is not complete, inclusive and broad-based. The fact is that
critics have either not studied the constitution fully or they do not want to
assess its content fairly and objectively,” he stated.
The DPM claimed that to judge
by any fair standard, the constitution of Nepal encompassed the main features
of a democratic and inclusive polity while concrete measures had been devised
to promote inclusive representation at all levels of governance.
He urged the international
partners to extend their concrete support not only in the form of development
cooperation but also in encouraging their private sector to invest in
productive areas in Nepal. “With political issues now resolved, Nepal wants to
fully focus on economic agenda,” he said.
He briefed the heads of foreign
missions and development partners in Nepal about country’s commitment to human
rights, transitional justice, inclusive democracy, address the genuine demands
of Madhesis and maintain the unique relations with the two neighbouring
countries.
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