205 will be directly elected. Almost that many will be indirectly elected through proportional representation. The Nepali politicians have called it the mixed system. It is a cocktail. The idea is interesting. But there are two flaws.
Those 205 constituencies are not being marked based on equal population. And those have been marked as perpendicular rectangles in the Terai in a concerted effort to marginalize the Madhesi.
The second mistake has been that there is no provision for reserved constituencies.
What is a reserved constituency? Say if 33% of those 205 seats are reserved for women, 68 of the 205 constituencies would be such that, although direct elections would be held in each of them, all candidates in those 68 constituencies must be women.
We need reserved seats for the DaMaJaMa, Dalit, Madhesi, Janajati, Mahila. Among the 33% for women, we need seats for Dalit, Madhesi, Janajati women.
The Home Minister can get creative, and get all those eligible for citizenship papers to get them. An honest, patriotic zeal would suffice there. How will you know the work got done? If only 33 lakh got the papers, that is half the requisite number. If 55-60 lakh got the papers, we will know the work got done. Because the figure 10 years back was 42 lakh.
But the 205 constituencies based on equal population is a call for a constitutional amendment. The issue of reserved seats for the DaMaJaMa is a call for a constitutional amendment. And these Bahun men in powe will not listen otherwise. We need a decisive movement on the part of the DaMaJaMa.
The Bahuns in power, be it Koirala or Sitaula, and even a Janajati Maobadi, Dev Gurung, have come out alleging regressive elements have been behind the Madhesi Movement. They are so detached from the Madhesi reality, it is not even funny.
If the 205 seats will not be marked based on equal population, the constituent assembly elections can not be allowed to take place. That has to be the bottom line of the Madhesi Movement.
In The News
PM calls 8-party meet to discuss Terai situation Monday; MPs from Terai urge restraint NepalNews 38 members of the interim parliament representing the Terai districts a joint appeal today urged all sides to maintain restraint and resolve the problems peacefully.
Siraha tense; over a dozen govt. offices set ablaze
Arbour meets with families of disappeared people in Bardiya
Nationwide transport strike affects normal life across the country
Gurung sees monarchists' hand in Lahan incident
Government will not allow law and order to deteriorate, says Dr. Mahat
Curfew imposed in Lahan Municipality
Teams authorised to distribute naturalised citizenship, too The team was earlier authorised only to distribute citizenship based on descent. However, in many Terai villages, the teams faced difficulties as people were demanding naturalised citizenship as well. ...... Till now, only the Chief District Officer (CDO) was authorised to award such naturalised citizenship. The Citizenship Rules will now be amended to allow the teams to award such citizenship. ...... On the question that many marginalised communities were still not getting citizenship from the team as they could not produce adequate proof or evidence or witnesses,Sitaula urged political parties and organisations to help those people. "This is the good opportunity to provide citizenship to all eligible persons. Let us not waste this opportunity," he said. .... over 500 teams across the country
11 hurt in Nepal Maoists attacks Daily Times, Pakistan
Eleven wounded in fresh Nepal violence
Nepal's Lahan still under curfew on Sunday
Nepal: Role Of Human Rights In Peace Process
Thousands stranded as Nepal transporters strike
Nepal paralysed by indefinite strike, again
LAHAN TENSION: PM calls for all-party meeting Monday Kantipur
MPRF to continue protests
Traffic strike brings vehicular movement to standstill across country
35 containers to be brought to capital for storage of NA weapons
Maoists storm police post
All party meet to resolve situation in Lahan
टँेलीले अंगीकृत नागरिकता दिने
लहान घटना
दोषीमाथि कारबाही र पीडितलाई क्षतिपर्ूर्ति माग
सांसद सुब्बालाई भारतीय भएको प्रमाणित गर्न ६ साता म्याद
साझाका पर्ूवकर्मचारी आन्दोलनमा
ँसंविधानसभा चुनाव रोकिन्न’
माओवादीले चौकीबाट प्रहरी लखेटे
ँसरकारमा एमाले टिम फर्ेर्नुपर्छ’
मधेसमा मिलाप
अब लोकतन्त्रको खबरदारी
मानव अधिकार र शान्ति प्रक्रिया
वैदेशिक रोजगारप्रति महिला आकर्षा बढ्दो
मुक्त कमैयाको सहकारी
राजधानीमा ल्होछार
'Address Terai Issue for Peaceful CA Polls' "The CA polls will not be successful if the communal revolt in Terai is not addressed on time." .... "How can there be a guarantee of security of the public when security personnel are themselves feeling insecure," Gurung said.
Nepal rules out Left unity Pradip Nepal today said unification of leftists “is impossible due to the Maoists”. .... Though the Maoists have joined the government, they have not stopped the acts of killing and beating .. the Maoists and the Nepali Congress would not win more than 83 seats in the CA polls.
Maoists Padlock Nine Hotels in Dhulikhel
Chakkajam cripples life in Valley
Nepal's Lahan still under curfew on Sunday People's Daily Online, China
South Nepal's Lahan locals torch gov't offices, vehicles People's Daily Online, China
CPN denies its cadres open fire at Lahan crowd in Nepal People's Daily Online, China
Violence in Nepal Intensifies OhmyNews International, South Korea
Nepal:MPRF to continue protests PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal Addressing a press conference at the Reporters’ Club in Kathmandu, vice-chairman of the MPRF, Kishor Kumar Bishwas said that the agitation staged in several parts of southeast Nepal including Lahan, would not stop unless the government meets the forum’s demands. ..... “Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala should apologize before the people of the Terai regions,” said Bishwas, adding, “The home minister should resign for failing to maintain law and order in the country.” .... The MPRF has been protesting against the recently promulgated Interim Constitution saying that the statute had not addressed their demands which include, among others, a proportional electoral system at the constituent assembly elections.
Nepal paralysed by indefinite strike, again Daily News & Analysis, India
Interview with Jwala Singh Madhesi - United We Stand Our demands are that Terai should be declared an independent state; there should be proportionate participation by determining constituencies on the basis of population; all the police, army and administration in the Terai should be evacuated and Madheshi people should be posted there; Population census should be conducted in Terai in the coordination of Madheshi; all the revenue collected from Terai should be spent for the development of Terai; all the Madheshi killed by state and Maoists should be declared martyrs and rupees 1.5 million should be provided as compensation; citizenship should be issued from the central to district level in coordination of Madheshi; the land of Madheshi captured by Maoists should be given back and Maoists should stop their donation drive and tax collection in Terai.
1 comment:
Your blog's contribution is appreciable for democratic movement. But I should not hesitate to comment that recent cynical Madhesi movement is something else. It is by-product of the Maoists who planted seeds of ehnic, communal and racial unrest. Madhdesis demand for proportional representation and federal structure of the sstate can be taken as genuine but wwhat wwill left for the constituent assembly to decide if the form of state is already determined and the a republic is declared. It is a demand of authoritarian groups. It is a move to deny the people from participating during decidding country's futture. Some of the Madhesis who are too ambitious are tryying to fish in the troubled water. You all should be sure that ultra mandales like Badrimandal and Gore Bahaur Khapanggi have started raising their ddirty heads.
Look at another demand, which is also genuine. But look at who will represent from Manang if Maddhesis are to follow. So at least one should be elected on the geographical ground. Even if you redelimitate the constituencies on the bassis of fresh census, there will be five o six seats changed. Jhapa, Kailali, Ilam, Palpa and Udaypur may have their onstituencies changed. So it is not a bg issue. It is just a pretext.
You should be clear that everal riminals have acively participated in the movement. The geenuine ones will be back wwithin short time because of influeence of the criminals.
So I support the demands of the Madhesis and thee parliament should take up the issue but I am against the criminal mode of the violent protests. It is totally against our culure moving graddually ttowards a democratic one.
If the Maddhesis' move wins, tthere will be massive ethnic unrest in hills and leads to a civil war. We should be ready for facing that.
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