Risk of centralised power

RSP’s dominance reduces the chaos of coalition politics, but risks replacing it with unchecked power.

For years, Nepal’s greatest political weakness was instability. Today, its greatest risk may be the exact opposite. The Rastriya Swatantra Party holds approximately 66 percent of the parliament with 182 seats held out of the total 275 seats. This dominance is just short of a ‘constitutional supermajority’. A strong majority, which is above 60 percent of the seats in the Parliament, is set to control the legislation by nature. This eminence can essentially override institutional resistance and amend constitutional provisions.