Doubts galore on Nov 19 CA poll

KATHMANDU, July 27: Lack of election-friendly environment despite enforcement of the election code of conduct and marathon parleys among the political parties have added woes to the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) election, raising serious question to the second CA election.



The leaders of political parties and commoners are not well assured whether or not the CA election would be conducted on November 19 though the High-Level Political Committee (HLPC) and political parties have expedited talks focusing on the election.[break]



However, no political party has stood against the CA election though the environment for election has not been prepared.



The agitating political parties have said that going for CA election under the current circumstances is irrelevant without addressing the issues that were raised in the past and figuring out problems.



The agitation carried out by the CPN-Maoist and other agitating parties demanding scrapping of the 25 point-order promulgated by the President to remove the constitutional difficulties and others has further clouded the environment for polls.



Prof. Dr Shyam Kant Silwal observes that environment for election was not created as people have lost their faith on politicians due to lack of politicians´ farsightedness.



Silwal also said that politicians are to blame for the current situation due to lack of their commitment to the institutionalization of the achievements obtained through people´s massive participation.



He further added that a common meeting point should be found among the political parties with diverse philosophical background for the CA election.



Likewise, former chief election commissioner Surya Prasad Shrestha said environment for election was not prepared as some political parties interfered in the standards of election related laws to win more seats while other parties challenged the same procedures and announced not to contest the losing battle.



He, however, reasoned that all could not be assured in the election and political parties are required to accept the democratic process to test their popularity among the people.

Likewise, former lawmaker of the Nepali Congress Suprava Ghimire said it´s high time to work for election as doubts still exist regarding the CA election though the people were eager to cast their votes.



She suggested that the political parties should organize assemblies, rallies, trainings and door-to-door campaign to make the voters aware targeting the upcoming CA election.

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