The outcome of the recently conlcuded first ever Constituent Assembly election in Nepal has indicated to some extent the coming of age of Nepalese democracy.
The people of Nepal, especially the people who have always been marginalised, but much talked and supposedly advocated about by more than fifty years of development efforts, media, civil society, development agencies, donors, politics, politicians, so called elites and rulers and the like in Nepal, have finally decided for themselves by excercising their adult franchise in favour of the Community Party of Nepal (Maoist).
Not only the landslide victory of the Maoists, but also the terai parties being able to garner relatively signifcant number of votes indicates that democarcy has come of age in Nepal. More than fifty percent of Maoists women candidates getting elected also shows the maturity of plural democracy in Nepal. It goes the same for the relativelvy, rather traditionally and historically, marginalised ethnic and caste groups also.
Though it rarely happens and is accepted by the global political and economic systems. In this age of political, social and economic globalisation, the extreme left parties like the Maoist in Nepal gets to power through ballot rather than the bullet. Since that’s what the people in Nepal want, it would be sane and good will of true friends of Nepal to support the people’s verdict and wish…
More to come…