Category: Democracy Wall 2

For the record: Ladies and gentlemen, mark these faces and names By Ujir Magar in Kantipur (via eKantipur) The Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M) has announced the names of the party’s 73 members for the Interim Legislature to be formed on January 15. Under the leadership of Maoist spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara, nine central…

Supreme Court judges have no right to question the validity of the Parliamentary declaration. They must face reappointment By Prakash Bom in New York Many of us who are watching the democratic process in Nepal from abroad are skeptical about the way political leaders, legislators, Supreme Court judges, and government officials think, respond and act…

Proposal to establish Electoral Institutions for Federal System of Government in New Democratic Nepal By Prakash Bom in Queens, New York (UWB received this article, around 6 thousand words, in email) Manifestation: It is time for Nepal to transform itself into a ‘New Democratic Nepal’ from its corrupt feudal oligarchic government practice that are imminent…

Nepali Congress General Secretary Ram Chandra Poudel covers the body of Chhaya Devi Parajuli by chartare of Nepali Congress. Pic by Bikash Karki Obituary The tireless participation of Chhayadevi Parajuli in pro-democracy movements made her one of the most prominent faces of freedom fighting in Nepal. She was old but her enthusiasm was amazingly young.…

By Govinda Neupane Rejoinder to the previous article. [UWB published an article by Neupane on May 30 (Spring Thunder in Nepal: Glorious but Inconclusive) which was equally appreciated and thrashed by fellow bloggers. Here in this esay, Neupane defends his article and responds to criticism. Govinda Neupane is one of the founding members of the…

Learning from the past experience: Implementing democracy in Nepali society. By Nepali Bai (UWB received this article in email) The difference between pre- and post- 1990 is not the level of corruption, gentlemen, and corruption has actually gone down. Get used to it! Democracies all over the world have the same low opinion of their…

UWB received this statement from Maheswor Shrestha of NESOCA Nepal. Newar Solidarity Campaign Nepal Statement With conspiracies and stratagems, the feudal and regressive elements crushed in October 2002 the limited democracy brought about in Nepal with the sacrifice of hundreds of people in the 1990 United People’s Movement. Nepal is now entailing the dictatorial and…