Someone I know recently visited a village in Sindhupalchok, not far from the capital, with a team only to find that no one had arrived there before them with the relief materials the villagers annihilated by the April and May earthquakes desperately needed. Think of far-flung places where the victims have been fending for themselves.
However, our ministers were in a hurry not to help the victim but to secure sinecures for them and their colleagues. They do not care about the children who have lost their parents, sick who need treatment, hungry who need food and homeless who need a roof over their heads, faced with the quakes and the roaring monsoon.
The donors’ pledge of 4.4 billion dollars for reconstruction in the recent conference …show more content…
However, politicians of Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world, want it all, want it big and want it now. Although most politicians, all over the world, are deemed as shameless, selfish and greedy, Western leaders look like saints in front of Nepali leaders who our out to plunder the treasury with both hands.
For proof, you do not need to see beyond the bill in question. Both the timing and the content of the bill have been deeply inauspicious and …show more content…
They shelved it quickly on the eve of the donors’ conference on 25 June 2015 to control damage.
The content -- the facilities and coverage -- is "lavish" even in the words of Speaker Subash Nembang. The facilities -- pension, a vehicle, accommodation, fuel, personal assistants, maintenance costs, security, etc. for life -- are insanely lavish. The coverage is simply unjustifiable. Most outrageous, the government could provide these facilities to anyone it deems fit, which means all cronies of senior leaders.
Sure, the president and vice president will retire as soon as their replacements are elected under the new constitution. When they retire, they should be given the facilities and security the country can manage. However, such facilities should be available as long as these former officials do not engage in any gainful employment.
But why provide facilities for former prime ministers, speakers, ministers and judges? Former prime ministers, speakers, and ministers continue to engage in politics, which is gainful employment, until they die. Former judges get pension from their long employment