The beautiful country of Nepal has been under political turmoil for more than four years now, preceded by a decade-long civil war. However, no one was prepared for the comedy of 2010. In June, Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (seriously, who is better equipped to run the country than Mr. Nepal himself!) resigned in a dramatic televised speech after one-year tenure. Under constant pressure from Maoists and tired of internal squabbling of a 22-party coalition, PM Nepal simply called it a day. But little did he know that he won’t get off that easy. Now head of the caretaker government, he had to hand over reins to the new Prime Minister elected by the parliament, who never showed up.
Over the next six months from July to December, Nepalese Parliament called for a vote 16 times but ran into deadlock every time. The parliament has called for another vote in the end of January but something tells me that we might not be seeing a replacement PM anytime soon. Meanwhile, the security situation in the country is worsening everyday and everyone is out to play the kingmaker including India.
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| We would totally elect a PM this time |
While Nepal has no government, another country has too many…
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