Kathmandu, April 6
The 10-party ruling alliance today unveiled its common minimum programme, pledging to defend the constitution, revise it as per the need, strengthen the democratic republican order, and implement federalism.
The ruling alliance, in the CMP, also pledged to end all kinds of discrimination and to build a society on the basis of equity, liberty and justice.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma unveiled the 13- page CMP at Singha Durbar in front of the alliance's top leaders.
The ruling alliance pledged to end the remaining task of the peace process in the next two years and provide compensation, reparation and rehabilitation to conflict victims.
The government will review cases filed against political cadres and withdraw false cases filed against them. The ruling alliance also pledged to provide appropriate treatment to those injured during the movements and employment opportunity to one member of each family of those who were injured during movements/agitations.
The alliance pledged to pass the federal civil service bill, citizenship bill, education service bill, and health service bill as soon as possible.
The government will amend federal laws that conflict with provincial laws and help provinces make laws on their exclusive rights list. A powerful commission will be formed to streamline the federal bureaucracy to transform it so as to make the federal structure effective and economical.
What it promises
• Citizenship bill to be passed within six months from the date the government gets full shape Gender discrimination in citizenship issues to end
• Provincial police to be adjusted within six months
• Remaining work of the comprehensive peace accords to be completed soon
• Agreements reached with agitating forces during Tarai-Madhes agitation to be implemented
• Special economic packages to be provided to Karnali and Madhes provinces
• Government to seek resolution of border issues, including Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani through diplomatic means
• Number of BOPs to be increased for effective monitoring of borders
• Consensus to be forged on foreign policies
• CMP to be enforced through line ministries
• Laws to be made to ensure voting rights of migrant workers in foreign countries
• Budgetary process to be restructured.
• Focus on development of agriculture, hydel energy, and tourism
• Anti-Money Laundering Act (Amendment) Bill to be passed in the current session of Parliament.
• Activities entailing involvement of two local levels to be handled by the province
• Activities involving two provinces to be handled by the federal government
• Special economic zones to be set up in all provinces
• Provisions to ensure damaged physical infrastructure are repaired by the builder in the first five years after completion of projects
• Media companies to get facilities on par with other industries
• Austerity measures to be enforced in public offices
• Umbrella university law to keep educational institutions away from political influence
• Bylaws and procedures to ensure reproductive health rights, rights of gender and sexual minorities
• Foreign employment aspirants can initiate the process of obtaining labour permit from their own localities through employment service centres
• Online service, time card or token system to be introduced in government offices
• Institutional reforms to be introduced in the judiciary and constitutional bodies to ensure speedy delivery of services
• Government to regulate all kinds of commodity and service prices
• Market monitoring to be made effective
• Laws to be made to ban usury
• Report submitted by committee to study problem of usury to be implemented
• Balanced foreign policy to be pursued
• Nepal's land won't be used by any foreign country
• Nepal to follow principles of non-intervention
• Nepal to take initiative to make SAARC, BIMSTEC and BBIN dynamic
A version of this article appears in the print on April 7, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
