Political instability as usual

The best among the worst choices is to seek a fresh mandate by holding an election.

Five years after the promulgation of the constitution, which Nepalis believed would put Nepal on the way to political stability, the country has again encountered instability. Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli’s abrupt dissolution of the House of Representatives has pushed the country into chaos even before there was a proper settlement of the long-drawn transition from a monarchy-led unitary state to a federal republic. In a culmination of the series of salvos that Oli fired at the constitution, he shoved four hard-earned achievements—federalism, republicanism, secularism and proportional representation—into a serious crisis before they were institutionalised.