Bind Leadership To Constitutional Ideals

Nepal’s better future can be shaped by orienting all actors of society to value-frame and creating shared stake in nation building. This entails national leadership to set a balance between the sensible values of the nation's independent past and daily life of Nepalis consumed by survival imperative and between their sovereignty and a common identity that democracy offers for both. One critical challenge is how Nepali constitution emerged as a compromise document of NC, CPN-UML and CPM- Maoist Centre can imbibe the spirit of constitutionalism. The other is how the leadership can democratise decision centres to solve national problems by flair, know-how and policy. The sub-optimal progress in this area conditions the nation’s vexed future.