Dr. Bhattarai bats for directly elected head

Kathmandu: Chairperson of the Nepal Samajbadi Party (Naya Shakti) and former Prime Minister, Dr Baburam Bhattarai, has said the country’s economy and politics were in a jitter.

At a programme organized in Ghorahi on Thursday, he mentioned that existing problems would be resolved if a directly elected presidential system was adopted by forging consensus among the political parties.

Chairperson Bhattarai pointed out the need for a directly elected presidential system because the present model of governance could not work as per the expectation despite adequate political rights enshrined in the constitution.

In his argument, economic development would be institutionalized in a country where there was a directly elected executive. ‘The constitution has guaranteed rights but failed to forward the issues of economic development. So people are disappointed,’ said Dr. Bhattarai.’

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