- Prakash Regmi (22.08.2016)
Nepal
is small but beautiful country both by nature and people. Moreover, it is more
beautiful by the resources which Nepal has. It is located in South East Asia
with border with China from north and India from East, West and South. Nepal
was ruled by King/Monarch (Shah), Ranas and lately by general public via
democratic model. Nepal faced lots of political reforms and finally by the Maoist
movement (Civil war- around 12000 people died and few hundred thousand
displaced) which was ended with peace settlement and in 2008, by passing a bill
from cabinet Nepal was made a federal republic country by abolishing the
monarchy.
Nepal
was never colonized or ruled by any outer bodies, a bit of influences were
always there from the neighboring counties as well as from the development
partners. The competition for the power always exists within the internal
political parties which results lots of economical as well as political
hindrance. Weak diplomatic relation within the rulers also with cheap mentality
of self interest have made the country poor and more dependent on others. Today
Nepal is on 145th rank in HDI (data of 2015). This shows Nepal is
one of the poorest countries in the world.
Now
it’s a time to raise a question that,
Is
the multiparty democracy a hindrance for its growth and development? Or
Nepal’s
model of governance system has lots of inefficiencies? Or why
are politicians not under the law (Jurisdiction)? Or why
the supreme court of the country fails to give brutal punishment to the leaders
who have done numerous crimes and doing illegal business?
Let’s
see how these developed Asian countries ruled?
Form of ruling
|
Countries
|
HDI (2015)
|
Ruled by only one
party after independence
|
China
|
90
|
Singapore
|
11
|
|
Malaysia
|
62
|
|
From 1970 to mid of
1990s ruled by military
|
Taiwan
|
21
|
Indonesia
|
110
|
|
Thailand
|
93
|
|
South Korea
|
17
|
|
Democracy from
begining
|
Japan
|
20
|
Good
governance is only one way to march the state or nation towards the
development. Importing the best and succeeding policies from other developed
counties like Sweden, United States, Denmark, Germany, France, China, Finland,
Japan, Singapore, South Korea and many others may not work in our nation. Nepal
is unique in itself with 123 languages and more than 84 ethnic groups. So, the
religion, culture, lifestyle, geography, technology, education, health etc
factors will be equally responsible for the succession or failure of the
implementation of imported policies or
governance system/model.
Max
Weber, Rousseau, Stuart Mill, Nicolo Machiavelli, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes,
Karl Max are the political scientists who have focused in various approaches of
governance models which fits in European as well as American countries of the
world. Rather than arguing regarding the governance system and models or the form
of government to be imported and implemented, Nepal rather should develop its
own model which best fits its social, economical, political rights of general
public as well as for the sustainable development of overall country.
