News, Views From Nepal

Yuba Nath Lamsal The federal structure of the state has been touted as one of the key political achievements of the Jana Andolan II of 2006 in Nepal, which was formally codified in the constitution in 2015. Under this system, there are three tiers of governments comprising central, provincial and local structures including central government, seven provincial governments and 753 local units (municipalities and village councils). This constitutional provision was already exercised and experimented over the last five years which have mixed experiences. Now the local elections are again going to be held and the date of which is just over a month away. On May 13, 2022, the elections in all 753 local unites will be held to choose representatives for manning and running the local bodies. Political parties are on the field rolling their sleeves to muster popular support so that they can have their grip in local governments. Foundation of democracy This is the second time the

  Yuba Nath Lamsal After the collapse of Soviet Union, Samuel P Huntington came with the thesis that the future wars will not be between countries but between cultures or civilisations. In his book ‘The Clash of Civilization and The Remaking of World Order,’ Huntington basically points out some key civilisations -- Western civilisation, Orthodox civilisation, Chinese civilisation, Japanese civilisation, Hindu civilisation, Islamic civilisation, African civilisation and Latin American civilisation -- around which the conflict will revolve. Huntington’s thesis comes after Francs Fukuyama prophesised in his book ‘The End of History and the Last Man’ that ideological conflict came to an end with Western liberal ideas reigning supreme over all other ideologies. Neither Fukuyama’s prophesy nor Huntington’s claim has come to be a reality. With Russia and Ukraine locked in bloody war, contrary to Fukuyama’s thesis, history has repeated. Unlike Huntington’s treatise, the war is