President Issues Ordinance, Nepali Congress Comments on Political Appointments

Kathmandu. With the issuance of the 'Special Arrangement Ordinance on Dismissal from Public Office, 2083' by President Ram Chandra Paudel, political appointments made by the previous government will be revoked. The Nepali Congress has made its stance public on this matter.

Party spokesperson Devraj Chalise argued that all appointments made by a party's government are political, and therefore, future appointments will also be political. He stated, 'It is not unreasonable to seek individuals who are conducive to implementing the executive's policies. Therefore, let's not engage in transient politics by defaming old appointments as partisan and labeling new ones as reforms.'

He further said, 'Within Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) itself, there are many leaders and cadres from former Congress, UML, Maoist, RPP, and others. If appointments made during the tenure of other parties are collectively rejected on the grounds of partisanship, what will be the future of those within our own party who are partisan? One can support the policy brought by the government. Does this mean condemning others, and that everyone else is incompetent? No one here is non-partisan; RSP is also a party.'

Chalise added, 'Voting and being a cadre are different things. A person is one, but their relationships are many. Someone's son can be another's son-in-law, and the same person can be someone's nephew. They play their role in all places. There is no person in society without ideas and thoughts. What will this culture of declaring even the competent incompetent and expressing such hatred and condemnation based solely on having beliefs and ideologies lead this society to?'