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No Confrontation Please
-Kamala Sarup
Will or won’t political parties agree to rebels’ demands? Had Nepalese politicians realized that they are taking the wrong path? Are corrupt elected politicians were doing little to serve the people at large? Will Nepal be able to face another Maoist confrontation if talks fail?
We Nepalese people do not want war and do not want another Maoist confrontation. Recently, there was new hope that Nepal’s eight years war was moving toward peace but with both the government and the Maoists accusing each other of violating the ceasefire agreement, peace seems a long shot. The Maoists have continued their intimidation and extortion even after the cease-fire. The villages are still under the control of Maoists. The maoists groups, pretending to be fighting for the people's social and economic claims, have provoked the cruel shedding of innocent blood, have initiated an ominous wave against the country's infrastructure, and have given climate of violence.
Nepal requires a political reform modifying the exercise of power. The current economic model has increased existing inequity. Now it's really a challenge on Nepal’s democracy. How to go about resolving it will clearly Nepal needs to continue to provide security throughout the country. We need a social and economic component; economic security is critical Nepal. The rights of the Nepalese should be protected.
Today, Nepal's political situation remains unstable and chaotic. Citizens of Nepal are confronting a painful past. Nepalese people know the problem of Nepalese politics is not constitutional. Every one knows the reason behind political crisis but nobody wants to reveal it. Nepalese leaders are creating more trouble in the internal politics. The overall political objectives need to be clear. Nepalese political leaders are choosing a confrontational course, inviting a more chaotic situation and paving the crisis in Nepalese politics.
Nepalese leaders should stand for unity and should promote unity of the party. They should stand for and with all the poor. They should know peace is required for a faster economic growth because most of the poor live in rural areas- many more live off the land. They should stand for a political, economic, and social institutions solidarity, promote equity, maximize participation, and encourage full democracy. On the other way, we should hold general elections and local elections soon. We cannot remember when there was so much sorrow in Nepal.
It is important that a process be set up quickly to resolve political problem. Nepalese people cannot remember villages burned, the children made fatherless and motherless, the villagers forced from their homes, the millions of rupees squandered by weapons and destruction. We should not forget reconciliation does provide structures and mechanisms that can eliminate the basis for war.
In an article published in the Kathmandu Post Dr. Shreedhar Gautam states that the present crisis cannot be managed just by an agreement between the Maoist and the government without showing genuine political honesty. The Maoists have, therefore, fair reason to think that the government might be seeking international support to encircle them. Whatever the existential problem of the Maoists, it must be pointed out that it is not merely the governments over the years that have been guilty of acts of omission and commission.
The Maoists too must bear some share of the cumulative blame. They too have resorted to inhumane killing of their rivals. They have been responsible for the exodus of many ordinary people, including some schoolteachers working in remote areas. In the past, they restricted the movement of young people from the area of their control to other parts of the country".
All the political parties must play a stronger role in maintaining peace by addressing issues left over the years. They should know conflict usually results from multiple causal factors economic, political, religious, and sociological factors, among other. Nepalese people can not forge how Kathmandu is becoming a refugee camp and how constant political infighting led to 13 governments in just 12 years.
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Journalist and Story Writer Kamala Sarup is specializing in in-depth reporting and writing on Peace, Anti War, Women, Terrorism, Democracy, and Development. Some of her publications are: Women's Empowerment in(South Asia, Nepal)Booklet). Prevention of trafficking in women through media,(Book) Efforts to Prevent Trafficking in for Media Activism (Media research). Two Stories collections. Her interests include international conflict resolution, cross-cultural communication, philosophy, feminism, political, socio-economic and literature. Her current plans are to move on to humanitarian work in conflict areas in the near future. She also is experienced in organizational and community development. A meeting of jury members held on 21 March in Geneva has decided to attribute Kamala Sarup, The Conservative Voice, writer, with a Honorable Mention of International Award for Women Issue.
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