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PARBAT, July 21:Parbat residents have demanded that suitable qualification for country's top officials - lawmakers to president- should be defined in the new constitution. Arguing that effective education has direct link with persons' overall capability, they claimed people leading the country cannot be less educated or illiterate.
"Why don't we have academic qualification requirement for these people, who lead the nation?" he asked.
The new constitution should clearly mention the provision to have academic qualification to hold any public position, he said. Bashyal further argued that the reason behind the country's backwardness is due to the lower level education of the politicians. "The anarchy is not going to end until and
unless we have educated leaders," he claimed.
Tilak Prasad Shrestha, another local of the same village said that many politicians are not well educated academically as they were engaged in criminal activities. "But we must end this system of appointing such people as our
representatives. Only well educated persons should be allowed lead the nation," he said.
Shovakanta Rijal, principal of Jana Sewa Higher Secondary School, seconded the opinions and called on to incorporate the suggestion in the new constitution. Residents of Huwas, Saraukhola, Bhorle, Triveni, Beulibas, Uram, Shaligram, among other dozens of villages demanded the same. Another demand that the speakers put forward was reinstating Nepal as a Hindu nation instead of making it secular.
Similarly, women speakers have demanded for making the new constitution gender friendly. "Gender equality should be ensured. At least 40 percent of women's representation in all state mechanisms should be guaranteed," Asmita Sharma, a local said stating the present provisions are not sufficient to ensure gender equity.
