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584 23 - 29 December 2011 16+4 Pages Rs 30 #584 23 - 29 December 2011 16+4 pages Rs 30 banda terrorises the public A with the threat of violence, and has become the time-tested way Up in smoke for anyone to blackmail the state, and it doesn’t even have to be a t was tragic to see the one party in Nepal that we thought stood for political party anymore. Anyone can Idemocracy and non-violence stoop so low by calling an unnecessary and do it. Nepal has deeper structural self-destructive banda last week (left). Unlike the Maoists, this was one party problems eating away at the roots of that did not have the use of political violence as one of its guiding democracy. principles, and could point to a long tradition of not compromising on its core democratic values. BY THE WAY p3 by Anurag Acharya Editorial: Worst system, except for the others p2 Lumpen Gandhians BIKRAM RAI SOLAR SPECIAL For Nepal, solar is the next best thing to hydro. We have plenty of water and plenty of sunshine. And if hydro is lagging behind, why not harness the sun? Special Report pA-C Bring back peace The news of the return of the Peace Corps to Nepal has delighted many. p12-13 2 EDITORIAL 23 - 29 DECEMBER 2011 #584 WORST SYSTEM, EXCEPT FOR THE REST very time things are in disarray, there is a Both the ultra-left and ultra-right were by definition Basnet, earlier this year because he was such an hankering for strongman rule. This happens anti-democratic and needed violence to get to power important money bag. Both the UML and NC Enot just in Nepal. Next door, in the world’s and stay there. Democracy, with all its faults, is still nurtured militant youth wings to counter the most populous democracy, members of the upper a system that can cleanse itself over time because Maoist YCL. But both ended up becoming mirror crust often get tired of India’s functioning anarchy, its elected representatives are supposed to be images of the Maoists and proceeded to criminalize the lack of accountability of elected leaders, and answerable to the people who voted them to power. politics with money and violence. blurt out that they could do with a Lee Kwan Yew This is why it was so tragic to see the one party The Himalmedia nationwide public opinion or a Mahathir. in Nepal that we thought stood for democracy and poll in May (Nepali Times #553) showed the NC They forget that they tried authoritarian rule non-violence stoop so low by calling an unnecessary to be the party people most trusted to lead this under Indira Gandhi’s emergency in 1975-1977, and self-destructive banda last week. Unlike the country forward. It pipped the Maoists and both and it failed miserably. For India, an electoral Maoists, this was one party that did not have were way ahead of the UML, but one-third of the pluralistic democracy with all its kinks is still the the use of political violence as one of its guiding 4,000 respondents were undecided. That cohort is worst form of government except for all the others. principles, and could point to a long tradition of not up for grabs for whichever party can show that it is The same is true for Nepal. compromising on its core democratic values. clean, efficient and can deliver. That group will not However messy things get during this transition That one decision by the Central Committee vote for the party that can burn more tyres on the phase we just have to remember that we had a cost the party very dearly: it squandered all the streets, or vandalise more shops. century of Rana rule, three decades of a partyless social capital it had amassed since 2006. A weak The leaders of the Nepali Congress just showed absolute monarchy, and five years of a royal- leadership bowed down to pressure from street that the tail is wagging the dog in their party. military dictatorship. The democratic decade after gangsters on whom it depended for muscle and The goons are calling the shots. The party will 1990 wasn’t much better, but it was better. funding. Earlier, the UML also couldn’t get around have to pay a price for this for a long time to Party-based local elections ensured to sacking the head of its youth wing, Mahesh come. But for the sake of democracy and accountability for the first time and had started to development in this country, we hope the NC has deliver development by the mid-1990s. learnt its lesson. Communities were empowered even Which political party would you trust Democracy is a long and winding with limited political devolution. At the the most to lead the country towards road, but it will get us there. Any kind of centre feckless politicians were short- peace, prosperity and democracy? authoritarian system, whether it is headed sighted and exhibited elastic morals, by a Rajapaksa-style executive president but they would have been forced to give or the military, will take us off the edge. way to younger, dynamic leaders more Nepalis haven’t lost faith in democracy responsive to the electorate. yet, and Nepal’s friends abroad shouldn’t But, as we all know, that was not to either. If it is long-term stability they happen because the Maoists started their want, a democratic and inclusive war. To battle extreme left rebels, the constitution that throws up accountable Nepali state swung to the extreme right. HIMALMEDIA PUBLIC OPINION POLL NEPALI TIMES #553 leaders, is the only way to go. ON THE WEB www.nepalitimes.com WHEN WEN Commission (TRC) is not successful, we When we have less than six months citizen of the country. However since he has This is a well-argued editorial which should take Nepali war criminals to the remaining to write the constitution, the infl uential connections both in Nepal and merges Nepal’s geopolitical reality with International Criminal Court. Dahal and his Maoists, NC, UML and Madhesi parties India, I doubt he will be ever punished. the pressures from regional and global cronies need to be prosecuted according to fi nally struck a deal on the TRC. However, Tapan Das powers (‘When Wen’, Editorial, #583). international standards just like politicians it is no secret that both the Maoists Actually, Nepal has been balancing all involved in the post-election violence in Kenya and the security forces do not want to MOUNTAIN the forces surprisingly well for a weak, and Ivory Coast. honestly deal with war crimes. Under such Thank you for a timely analysis of the unstable country bordering China. No Poudyal circumstances, it is likely that the TRC trekking circuits across Mount Manaslu. It doubt, it was the embarrassment of will be used to cover injustices by cash or is indeed a soul mountain (‘Soul mountain’, having a monk immolate himself live on Nepal would do well if it learnt from some ad-hoc political measures and both Rabi Thapa, #583). Next time, I would CNN that was the main reason for the the experiences of other countries which the security forces and Maoists will come like to read an article about the impact of cancellation of the visit; the Chinese have undergone the process of post-war out relatively unscathed. Therefore it is climate change on landscapes and local ambassador’s offi cial statement was just reconciliation. Post-confl ict societies like imperative for competent authorities like communities across the Manaslu area. As a PR tactic. Peru, East Timor and Morocco dealt with the the judiciary, to be involved in the TRC. a journalist and a trekker, what did you Peter S aftermaths of war by creating independent Nirmal fi nd were the immediate challenges the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions locals faced as a result of changing climatic The mouse-cat-dog image conveys and went through the harrowing process FOURTH FORCE conditions and increase in touristic activities the message of the editorial perfectly. of revisiting past crimes. The commissions Across online forums it has become a in the area? In an ideal world, regardless of size organised public hearings and allowed trend to post xenophobic comments K Hill and shape each country would have societies to know what happened, forgive against fellow Nepalis whenever there its rightful place and status, and and come to terms with the present. The is a discussion on Madhesi leaders or Sadly, on the day this article was sovereignty would matter the most. documentary is a good watch and its Madhesi politics (‘The Fourth Force’, published, the tea-house before the pass However, in the real world, Nepal is producers have agreed to make the Nepali Anurag Acharya, #583). Do we want to was shut down permanently, because it was indeed a small mouse, wedged between version freely available on the internet. turn into a second Bhutan and expel built on ‘unauthorised government land’ in a India and China. Both the dog and Search for ‘Confronting the Truth – Nepali’ on Nepalis because they don’t dress a certain wildlife habitat. cat have large geopolitical interests in youtube. way or don’t speak the language and Koji the mouse. They will be watching the ‘Usshaft’ practice the traditions of the majority? mouse’s activities very closely and will Yes, the Madhesi Front is problematic, not hesitate to play political games. The Bravo Rubeena. The last thing we want is but so are the NC, UML and Maoists. It mouse would do well if it cooperated violence to be institutionalised in our society.
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