report in Daily Mirror online, 1 May 2023Civil rights groups, Trade Unions and members of political parties gathering under one banner yesterday warned the government to face a massive people’s struggle in the future if the punitive Prevention of Terrorism Act is not abolished and the Anti-Terrorism Act is not torn up. A large group of civil rights activists, trade unions, student movements and representatives of the opposition political parties gathering along with the Inter-University…
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by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 30, 2023The newly-emerged Rastriya Swatantra Party stunned the old parties in the recent by-elections, securing landslide victories in two of the three constituencies. Another new force, the Madhesh-based Janamat Party, gave a tough fight to the provincial veteran Upendra Yadav, who was the common candidate of the ruling coalition, in Bara-2. The bypoll results, according to observers, give a clear message to the traditional political parties that…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, April 27, 2023Top leaders of the political parties represented in parliament had on Monday agreed to constitute a Parliamentary Hearing Committee, as well as a special committee to finalise the amendment bill on the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act. They also agreed on the panels’ composition in terms of the number of lawmakers from each party. Based on the agreement, the Parliament Secretariat on Tuesday…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, April 25, 2023As the counting of votes of Sunday’s by-elections continued with candidates of new parties leading those from more established ones, a meeting of three major parties on Monday agreed to share among them the leaderships of various thematic committees of Parliament. They also agreed to work together to pass major bills including on transitional justice. The main opposition CPN-UML agreed to discuss the long-awaited bill…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, April 25, 2-23With the final results of by-elections in Tanahun-1 and the initial vote count in Chitwan-2 and Bara-2, the message is clear to the traditional forces and parties—either you change your work approach or suffer further losses in coming elections. The largest party Nepali Congress, whose candidate Ramchandra Poudel, was elected from Tanahun-1 with a good margin last November, lost the seat to the new Rastriya Swatantra…
report in Daily FT, Apr 25, 2023A hartal protest campaign organised by seven Tamil political parties led by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will be launched in the North and Eastern provinces today. According to TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, the hartal will demand solutions to several issues faced by the people of the two districts and also protest against the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act. The political parties have announced that the Government sector will also join…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023The House of Representatives on Sunday endorsed its regulations through majority votes after the ruling parties agreed to withdraw some of the provisions aimed at curtailing the powers of the Speaker, a UML nominee. The ruling party lawmakers including those from the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre) had earlier registered proposals to amend the draft regulations to require the Speaker to seek consent of the parliamentary…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 26,2023As more results of the Free Students Union election come from Tribhuvan University constituent and affiliated campuses across the country, the wings of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have emerged as the two largest student organisations. The rival groups have differing claims of the March 9 vote’s outcome as the university administration is yet to compile all the results and make them public. Polls have yet to be held on…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, March 22, 2023With Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal securing the parliament’s confidence on Monday, for a second time in 70 days, a political course has been completed. Since all major constitutional positions have already been filled, now the government is expected to expedite its functioning in a full swing by expanding the Cabinet. On Tuesday morning, the prime minister met some of his coalition partners and discussed…
by Priyan De Silva in The Island, Mar 17, 2023Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies Manjula Gajanayake says political parties are bent on preventing the election of women local councils.Gajanayake said the sitting female councillors were not allowed to contest their wards and they were placed on the additional list or made to contest other wards or simply denied nominations. Executive Director of the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections…