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Forget 2022: Parties hope to do well in 2027

by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 14, 2023Nepal’s political parties have already begun their preparations for the next general and local polls. The ascendant Rastriya Swatantra Party has launched its ‘Mission Chaurasi’ campaign, with its eyes trained on the 2084 BS general election; the main opposition CPN-UML conducted its own two-month-long ‘Mission Grassroots’ in February; and the ruling Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) have their own ‘transformation’ and ‘invigoration’ campaigns, respectively. With…

Age, term limits in political parties contingent on top leaders’ whims

By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, June 10, 2023Only recently, the CPN-UML removed the age limit of 70 years for leaders to hold an executive post, making its 71-year-old chair KP Sharma Oli eligible to helm the party for another tenure. That, however, is contingent on the party removing its two-term rule as well. The UML had introduced a two-term limit for the holder of an executive post in the party’s eighth general convention…