What should be done to end the current political deadlock?
I think we should go to the root cause of the problem instead of beating about the bush. We should have worked out the modality of taking decisions through consensus and making the government through consensus. But when the Maoists emerged as the largest party, some of the old parliamentary parties went against that principle of consensus and opted for a majority system. Such a system invites the dirty game of pulling down and making new governments. The writing of the constitution will be overshadowed. We had warned about this before, and look at the results. Only after the new constitution was written should we have competed with each other and opted for a majority system. This is not a normal time, it’s a transitional period. We can only enter competitive politics after writing the constitution. What is preventing a consensus? It is the mentality of political parties. In the 12-point understanding we had committed to go for peaceful politics and they had committed to create a new po
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