People's movement in 2006 April

Kathmandu, 29 May: The nation is observing republic day today nationwide. It has already been 15 years since the absence of the institution of monarchy and 16 years of the introduction of “loktantra” but we are unable to see the enthusiasm among the people despite frustration against the political parties ruling the nation by developing a syndicate. Unfortunately, the supreme leaders of the political parties, instead of all-sided development of the nation, are aimed at looting the nation’s treasury through the politics of “bhagbanda” (sharing the government treasury among the leaders and political parties by developing political syndicate). All economic indicators have gone negative. The present government alone is not responsible for the present state of the economy, but all the past governments formed since 1989 political change are responsible. The loan burden of the country is continuously increasing and the government is taking loans from foreign countries and international institutions mainly to run the federal structure and to function the government. If such loans were taken for infrastructural development projects only, and used transparently, in the 15 years, we could have already transformed the nation into an economically vibrant nation. Unfortunately, foreign debts have also been exploited in a rampant manner. In other words, in the name of “loktantra”, we have introduced “loottantra”. In fact, the present system based on federalism, secularism and republicanism has already failed and if we fail to review the backdrops of the present system, surely, Nepal is going to be declared a failed state sooner or later. People’s News Monitoring Service