Vol - I, No - 5, March 1-15, 2008

Main News

Overwhelming Support for Maoist Proposal

Red Star Reporter
The election of the Constituent Assembly (CA), to decide the fate and future of Nepal, is quite different from a traditional parliamentary election. The election is an answer to the question of a new Nepal. The election is to defeat the monarchy through a united front of revolutionaries, progressives and republicans. There are many things to accomplish, and the times will not wait.
The hectic environment of the election is increasing day by day. But the political parties are faced with the question: why have they failed to stand candidates in common with the progressive and republican forces? The Nepalese people want to abolish the monarchy and institute a federal republic in the country.
For the objective solution, the CPN-Maoist had proposed an agenda of common candidates before filing the candidacy. But the parliamentary parties were not sympathetic to this proposal. In spite of this last effort at working together, the CPN-Maoist publicized it’s manifesto as a commitment paper to build New Nepal, through the election of the Constituent Assembly.
The CPN Maoist presents a clear vision of New Nepal; a federal structure with new leadership. Clear and firm alternatives are given in the manifesto to replace the old ruling system. A federal structure will replace the feudal unitary form of the state. The presidential system will replace the monarchial system. It is the scientific solution for the new Nepal.
The election manifesto states that the new constitution will be an Independent and People’s Federal Democratic Republic. The aim of the CPN-Maoist is to establish a prosperous new Republican Nepal. There will be a Presidential system where the President will be elected through the first- past- the- post system, and the Prime Minister through the legislature. Eleven autonomous republic state powers and the three other sub-states will be federal. It proposes a clear policy and plan for restructuring the state and integrating the armies.
People from all walks of life express their optimism and support for the Maoist proposals in creating a New Nepal. Many Nepalese believe that only the CPN Maoist is capable of leading the country in the future. The status-quo tendency of the CPN-UML, which poses as a Communist Party, has once again distressed and upset the people who had a little trust in the party. After publicizing their manifesto, many of their supporters believe that the UML is little different to the Nepali Congress. This has caused a nationwide dissatisfaction with the UML, and many traditional UML supporters are now for the Maoist.
Moreover, Maoist have raised the agenda of making a better Nepal. The UML and NC are crawling behind the Maoist agenda. So their unwillingness to go forward cannot hide in their programmes. The UML is playing with words to confuse and trick the people, but their shortcomings are evident in their manifesto. People do not have any trust in the NC, and it is acting in the same way it used to in the past.
The objective policies and plans of social and economic transformation of the country are explained briefly. The question of land reform, development of the infra-structure, foreign policy based on Panchsheel, the phase-wise economic plan are concretized. For economic progress, the resources available in Nepal; water, land, jungle, herbs, bio-diversity and man power will be fully utilized. The manifesto has stated firmly on human rights, civil liberty, fundamental rights on education, health, employment, freedom of speech and others. The People’s Front, Nepal has proposed a manifesto similar to CPN-Maoist.
The other parties have publicised their manifestos later on. They have emphasised the system of a Prime Minister with state power and a Ceremonial President. In this way, CPN-UML and Nepali Congress are aimed at protecting the monarchy. In this sense, they are against the mandate of the People’s War, the People’s Movement and the wishes of the Nepalese people. They have shown their unwilling to have a real change in the future.
Due to the clarity of the manifesto, the masses are behind the CPN-Maoist. The leaders of the parliamentary parties and foreign forces are terrified by the increasing support to the Maoist. The political parties must understand that the support of the people for the CPN-Maoist is for a republic. Therefore, they should make an alliance with the Maoist on time. The constitution and the implementation towards a Federal Democratic Republic will be under the leadership of the CPN-Maoist.