75 Districts Key To Power Devolution

Nepal is not home to five or 10 ethnic groups but over 100. That is why the key to power devolution in the country has to be about giving a lot of power to the 75 districts. Creating five or 15 states might not be enough power devolution. The solution might lie in creating really strong district governments with large budgets of their own.

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5 States, 75 Districts, 75 Parliamentary Constituencies

• 5 States, their names to be decided through majority vote by their respective parliaments.
• The 75 districts remain intact. 
• There are only two direct elections in the country, one for the national parliament, another at the local level for wada chiefs and mayors and deputy mayors. 
• The MPs elect the Prime Minister. 
• The wada chiefs, mayors, deputy mayors elect the district government. 
• Every elected leader in the country at all levels elect the country's president who is the constitutional head, and the Commander In Chief of the Nepal Army. 
• The two direct elections are held during alternate two years, the dates decided autonomously by the Election Commission. 
• The MPs are elected in each district at the district level. Districts that qualify for more than one MP are made multi member constituencies. Details on how multi member constituencies operate are in these blog posts from 2007.

Meeting Ground Between Congress And Maoists: 75 Multi Member Constituencies
Compromise Formula: 75 Multi Member Constituencies

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