Lawmakers call republican forces to unite to safeguard constitution

Kathmandu: Lawmakers have called on the republican forces to unite to safeguard the constitution amidst recent activities of regressive forces.

Opposition lawmakers claimed that weak performance and working style of the government was responsible for the voices raised against the federal democratic republic system in the recent days. However, the lawmakers from the ruling parties have refuted the claim.

Speaking in today’s House of Representatives (HoR) meeting, the lawmakers from the opposition parties argued that the government’s ineffectiveness on key issues was to blame for the pro-monarchy voices.

Lawmaker Rajendra Prasad Pandey of CPN (Unified Socialist) Rajendra Prasad Pandey said the federal democratic republic was established from the struggle of the citizens and added that republican system is not a gift of a certain individual.

Pandey, however, said that people’s frustration was on the rise due to lack of good governance, institutional corruption and red-tapism.

Lawmaker of Janata Samajwadi Party Ranju Kumari Jha said all democratic forces should unite to safeguard the constitution, adding that the republican constitution was promulgated through the people’s mandate.

Likewise, lawmaker of Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan of Rastriya Prajatantra Party claimed that the current situation has exposed the government’s poor performance.

Also speaking in the HoR meeting, CPN (UML) lawmaker Gokarna Bista argued that people’s freedom could not be strengthened without democracy and added that the ongoing efforts taken to reinstate dethroned monarchy have no relevance.

“The efforts (to reinstate monarchy) are never acceptable for the democratic forces,” Bista said.

He said that the current activities were aimed at inviting anarchy and instability.

Similarly, lawmaker Raj Kishor Yadav suggested that we should shift our working style to implement democracy in the grassroots.

Yadav appealed to the parties to move ahead by correcting their weaknesses.