KIRAN PANDAY

The political parties should be drafting the constitution instead of holding inconclusive meetings. The never-ending prime ministerial election has been rescheduled for 19 November. They have come up with a new date but without concrete decisions as to what should be done on that day. NC has been claiming the lone candidate Ram Chandra Poudel should be declared winner unopposed while UCPN (Maoist) and UML have been insisting on a fresh start to the election.

The country needs a new constitution within the deadline. The economy is in dire straits as the government failed to present a budget on time. The nation should be run according to standard norms, not the whims of the parties. The deadline of constitution writing is drawing near but the political parties have different priorities. They should come up with a concrete understanding or the deadline will be missed again.