Accountability, credibility and reliability of Nepali politicians have
... as the unhappiest nation in the world with very corrupt
politics.Credibility crisis towards the government and political parties
has surfaced with the national grief and emergency created by
earthquake.
Mainstream as well as social media is full of criticism and distrust
against the political leaders and government. An extreme example of how
badly Nepali citizenry is hating these political creatures, ‘My God,
save my nation from our political leaders,’ Prem Sunuwar tweeted when he
learned of Constituent Assembly (CA) members given out tents donated by
foreign friends in the name of disaster victims.
Videos and photos of lawmakers receiving tents inside the CA hall were
widely circulated as viral in online media. ‘CA members, who earn nearly
one hundred thousand rupees a month, can buy tents and other ‘relief’
materials in Kathmandu market,’ fumed Rakesh Chhetri in Facebook.
Accountability, credibility and reliability of Nepali politicians have
gone further down with the reports coming in from disaster-hit districts
and villages. Village/district level leaders of political parties, are
forcing, using physical force and threat in some instances, relief
agencies to handover materials to them, so that politician themselves
gobble down. Media is full of reports of irregularities in relief
operations.Deepak Gajurel
