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Added At: 2012-05-28 3:56 PM
Last Updated At: 2012-05-28 4:22 PM
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KATHMANDU: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav observed a special event organised at the Army Pavilion at Tundikhel in the capital today to mark the 5th Republic Day-2012.
Also present at the function were Vice-President Parmanand Jha, Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Republic Day Celebration Main Committee, Dr Baburam Bhattarai, Chief Justice Khilaraj Regmi, high-ranking army and police officials, civil servants and representatives of the diplomatic missions.
On the occasion, a banner reading the Republic Day -2069 B.S. was displayed and flowers showered from two helicopters, while the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and Nepal Scouts performed the march-past.
Similarly, pageantries were displayed by departments of different ministries related to development.
On the occasion, President Yadav distributed prizes and certificates to the winners and first runner ups of the ‘awareness raising folk duet song’ organized by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Radio Nepal and also observed different cultural programmes, dances and sports.
A team of Krishna Reule and Asmi Thapa of the National Folk and Duet Academy was the winner of the awareness raising folk duet song competition.
Addressing the ceremony, Prime Minister Dr Bhattarai said that the country’s people should feel proud for the republic though the constitution writing process shadowed this historic day--achieved through various struggles and contributions.
The Prime Minister expressed dissatisfaction saying that people's aspiration of new constitution was aborted due to power games during the four-year term of the Constituent Assembly though people had given mandate to draft the new constitution.
The Prime Minister said, "Parties' failure to draft a constitution in four years was a very disappointing political incident in the country's history. There is no alternative to move ahead to the direction of economic prosperity by maintaining lasting peace in the country remaining all parties united by forgetting the weaknesses, misunderstanding and mutual bitterness of the past."
Country's main agenda was economic prosperity and the government was effortful in this regard, the PM said, adding that all should work hard to address the people's expectations by concluding the challenges of the political transition.
Prime Minister Dr Bhattarai also urged the country people to make the proposed CA elections a success on November 22, 2012 and urged the main political parties to come together to strengthen national unity by maintaining social harmony, and peace and security.
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Posted on: 2012-05-28 16:18:44
Turning back immediately to the daparture point is a wise decision if you come to know the path you have taken is a wrong one. Otherwise, you do not know where you reach. Nepal has taken a wrong political path after 2006 political change. During the agitation in 2006, people wanted the end of autocratic monarchy and reinstatement of the house. Both the demands were met without further damages. If the country would have remained sticked with then people's demands and moved ahead with necessary ammendment of then constitution, we would already have achieved political stability and prosperity in these 7 years of time period (7 YEARS !). I am sure Maoist would have definitely joined then political system after some changes (by transforming 5 region or 14 zones into federal states, implementing decentralization principle, etc. ) in then constitution. The country would have not faced today's social/ethnic problem. The biggest blunder of then parliament and the government was to scrap the same constition under which it was formed. It was a suicidal act. It was an immoral act. In democratic principle, the government and the parliament should be the protector of the constitution. But they did illegal act. People and the nation got a bad education from then leaders. Another major blunder was nation did not follow the country's fundamental norms. All the political changes were made without the signature and approval of then head of the state. Actually, then PM had taken oath from the king who was the head of the state. King was not removed. People did not want it. He was still the head of the state. All the things should have been done through the king to make the changes legal, official and stable. In history, the British government had taken a signature from then king to sentence him death penalty. It was done officially to make the process legal. However, our government did not follow the country's norms. Our leaders follow the path of "All animals are equal but some are more equal". All major decisions were taken by about 15 leaders in a room. Nothing was debated in the parliament or assembly. It was completely undemocratic practice. Country saw a group of highly previliged citizens. In place of a constitutional king, a group of autocratic kings eveolved. The nation, indeed, has never seen democracy. It is LEADERCRACY. Pity for the nation. Therefore, I request all to return to the same point from where we departed and took a wrong path. Reinstate the 1990's democratic constitution and go for election and make necessary ammendment of this constitution. Is today Republic Day in Nepal ? CA is dissolved without promulgating constitution. No head of state signed a paper declaring Nepal a Republic. Therefore, legally, the declaration of Republic Nepal is just an interim arrangement so far.To make sustainable national day it should come up with a legal process. A paper must be signed by the head of the state. It is not done until now. It can not be done now because all the arrangement including the position of the president so far now is interim. Moreover, Today's republic day was not come through legal process. Thus its importance has been fading out year by year. Only a few people notices it ! Sagar Samsher, Leuven Belgium