Compare Nepal’s Prime Ministerial system to USA’s Presidential system. The one single most difference is term limit.
Why should we have term limit?
This provides a framework where a single person does not dictate for more than two terms. Thus allowing to bring fresh ideas and fresh energy into the political systems. This also prevents the dictatorship. Let’s take an example of USA. USA services from any type of presidents because it has term limit of two terms that is 8 years. The system guarantees a fresh new ideas and fresh new direction in 8 years. So, the president does not have incentive to dictate the system and people as he/she cannot stay more than two terms. As a matter of fact, the president becomes ‘lame dock’ in their second term because the forces of people who need to be elected are greater than the president who is not fighting for the election anymore.
Let’s talk about what happened in Nepal. Nepal does not have term limit in Prime Minister. What happened in last 15 years that we had election? We had a Prime Minister who with hooks or crooks stayed in the Prime Minister for many times and may years. What puzzles me is that he is still the Prime Minister. This Prime Minister and his group does not have vision, has not taken a single project to improve lives of Nepali people, has worked on deteriorating the system rather than building it. This is what produced a no limit Prime-minister-ship.
Let’s assume for that during those periods Nepal had term limit on Prime-minister for two terms. That would have limited the damage due to this single Prime Minister who was using hooks and crooks to be a PM. Lets say he had served two terms. Then, he would never be PM again and there is a fresh new idea and fresh new energy. We will have a person with vision to work on pushing the country forward. This will create an environment of competition of who can do better than who can stay in power and become dictator.
We have a chance that we can make this right and create a healthy competitive environment in moving the people forward. There are many unknown faces in Nepal waiting for opportunity to do well for the country. Let’s create this environment from the current situation while we have a chance to do so. Let make the two terms Prime Minister in Nepal in the new constitution.