GNP Election Menifesto of 2063-2064 B.S(2007-2008 A.D)

Party issued the EM for Constituent Assembly Election of 2063-2064 B.S. It is based on party policies and programmes plus the current issues. Latter party decided to boycott the election as the situtation became voilent, use of 3M's Money, Muscle Power and Govt. Machinary became monopoly of large parties.


Partys' emphasis is an upliftment fo opressed class, women empowerment, penalisation of corrupt politicians, officials and others. Partys' main slogan is "Clean politics and clean environment". This year party has lauched a extensive programe " Plant a Tree" through out the country.

Some of the few policies of Green Nepal Party are mentioned below:

1. Political Policies:

 

This party is committed to soverngienty of people, multi party democracy, constitutional monarchy and welfare state and upholds freedom, peace, unity, and prosperity Nepal. We are committed to serve the
country and people. Our policies diligently approves the principle of good governmence that ensures public
accountability of elected representatives and government oflicials, transparent working system, inexpensive fair electoral system, regional balanced growth, avoidance of caste and religious clash efficient and effective administration, austerity measures and prevention of corruption. We prioritize and encourage human rights and freedom of press to strengthen democracy.

2. Economic Policies:

 

This party follows liberal policies in pursuit of economics globalization to transform from feudal and primitive
economy into modern society through utilization of local resources and encouraging foreign investment and
technology.

a. Modernize agriculture sector to be self reliant. This will help to generate employment opportunities and alleviate overall poverty.

b. Develop forest and forest based products as one of the primary source of national revenue. This creates employment and can still maintain ecological balance as well.

c. Execute water resources from rivers to generate hydropower for domestic consumption/ export and also channel irrigation.

d. Preference will be given to national capital and local industrialist to develop small and medium industries based on local raw materials, technical know how and market. Liberalized and fair global competition will be introduced to develop large scale industries and technologies.

e. Tourism is one of our most reliable source of revenue, and preference will be given to develop this sector.

f. To meet the challenges created by globalization, direct the efforts to develop human resources.

g. Special environmental policies to protect environment will be developed for ecological balance and industrial growth.

h. There is an incredible growth in global trade and commerce. Developing nations contribute 50% of global trade. Liberal trade and commerce policies that benefits the country will be followed. We will formulate various incentive schemes to produce quality products to compete international market.

3. Programs:

 


With reference to above policies, we mention here in a short some of the programmes to be launched for Green Nepal Party.

3.1 Agriculture:

 


a. Consolidation of fragemented and segmented land will be encouraged.

b. Opportunity will be given to investor to invest large capital to modern farming.

c. Absentee owner of agricultural farmland have not been able to profit it. Policies will be developed to encourage such land owners to sell the land owners to sell the land to the tenants and arrange loans to actual tillers to purchase the those lands.

d. Farmers will be encouraged to wild annual farming i.e. deer, musks, wild boars, pheasents, peacocks, crocodiles, snakes etc.

3.2 Forests:


a. Forests are one of the most reliable source of national revenue and employment opponunities. To develop and protect green forests of Nepal, a master plan will be designed to illustrate forest conditions in Nepal. The master plan will detail out to phase out unproductive forests supported by new plantations to increase the forest areas, forest products and the growth of animal inhabitants.

b. National policies will be developed to provide grants to move isolated inhabitants from the middle of the forests and mountains to nearby villages and cities to stop mass deforestation. This policy protects not only the forest area and its animal, whereas, it makes less expensive methods to extend basic services to such inhabitants, for example - water, electricity, schools, roads, and other essentials services.

c To prevent soil erosion emphasis will be given to plantation and discourage farming in stiff mountain slopes.

3.3 Water Resources & Irrigation:




a. Preferences will be given to build dams in small rivers for irrigation and electricity generation for local use Capital to fund these types of projects will be attracted from within the country.

b. To expedite big hydro-electric projects and irrigation infrastructures foreign capital and technologies will be attracted.

3.4 Industries:


a. To increase participation of Nepalese in rapid industrilization Entreprenuership Training will be conducted. Easy loans will be advanced to trained personnel to create self employment.His Majesty's
Govenunent of Nepal will guarantee advanced to villagers' family involved small cottage industries based
on locally available raw materials and skills. New governmental unit will be established to coordinate sales,
advertising and marketing of their products. Presently Nepal exports raw materials in abundance We favour
exporting only processed / finished products bv encouraging the establishment of related industries in the country.

b. Industries based on local raw materials will be encouraged for appropriate and rapid development in
agriculture, forestry, mining and other relevant sector wll be given incentives. Service industries will be
promoted and emphasis will be given to enhance quality of service.

c .Foreign investment and investors will be attracted for joint ventures and /or full participation in areas where high technology and huge capital are required.

d. HMG of Nepal interferes the works of public enterprises (PE) and that have caused mismanagement and failure of such oraginzations. Corporations should be given full autotomy to take their own decisions. Such interference's should be treated as abuse of authority and shoul be open for lawsuit. Professional Managers will be appointed to run the enterprises and the leadership company. Corporations that do not meet the minimum criteria's of self sufficiency will be privatized. Preference will be gicen to the handover such enterprises to Nepalese Nationals and float the share of such enterprises in Nepalese Share Market.

e. Simplify the process of promoting industrial growth through one window policy.

f. To make business community respectable high ethics standard will be promoted.

g. To protect the interests of consumers, all Nepalese products will carry the local selling prices of the product where the industries located.

3.5 Tourism:

 

a. Explore and develop new tourist sites for additional attractions.

b. Promote tourism related service industries to improve and deliver excellent service to our guests.

c Special efforts will be made to attract large number of tourist neighboring countries.

d. Develop in-country tourism.

e. Protect and preserve ancient historically and religious significant architectures, temples, natural beauties, forests, animals, flora and fauna etc. Protect national and ethnic cuhures, heritage monuments and
environment from negetive influence of tourism.

4. Transport:

 


4.1 Devise a long term transportation policy to link all districts and villages. Priortize roads important to national integration and regional balance. Implement a plan to link east-west Nepal in mid-hilly region.

4.2 Develop mass electric transit systems to link all parts of the coiuitry and within the city limits (Railways, Ropeways. Underground railways etc).

5. Education:


5.1 Coordinate and run programs to eradicate illiteracy from the country. Preference will be given to vocational education and trainings in both sectors private or public.

5.2 Improve the standard of education through proper research and planning; encourage private sector to open universties and technical education institutions.

5.3 Encourage and attract all children to their educational capabilities. Special incentives will be provided to remote district students and those who come from families below poverty line.

6. Health:


6.1 Extend primary health care services to poor communities at villages' level.

6.2 Attract investment from local parties and foreign investment to develop hospitals and
health care centers.

6.3 Encourage and attract medical professional services at village level.

6.4 Provide maximum incentives to establish new pharmaceutical undertaking to meet country's medicine demands.

6.5 Establish safe drinking water projects alll over the country.

6.6 Raise awareness of planned parenthood at village development committee level.

6.7 Introduce free health check-up service and proper nutritional arrangements till high school level.

7. Human resources:

 

7.1 Provide vocational education training to produce skilled workers for modernization of rural industries, trade, commerce and agriculture.

7.2 Determine and prepare skilled manpower to meet foreign employment needs.

7.3 Encourage and faciliate return of foreign based Nepalese intellectuals and provide environment for them to participate in antion building.

8. Poverty alleviation:

 

Today 80% of Nepalese population is living under the poverty line. This statistical representation of 60% under poverty line is due to the failed startegy of past government of last 46 years. Millions of population have basic hand to mouth problems and are primarily homeless.

8.1 Grant small plotes lo landless to construct houses in villages

8.2 Arrange to provide basic necessities like sail to all remote districts resident at even pricing policy to that of the nearest motorable point.

8.3 Grant snacks to attract children to school belonging to below poverty line families, and this provision attracts students from poor families to schools and contributes needed nutrition as well. Additionally, provide one set of clothes to all students who attends 75% of regular class at their school.

8.4 Arrange vocational trainings in animal husbandry and cottage industries and advance loans to start self employments.

 

9. Unemployment:

 

We need to bring changes in the attitude towards dignity of labour. Farmers children shy away from working in their land. Similarly, youngster do not follow their family skill and vocation. They move to cities for a job that can hardly support their village lifestyles.

9.1 Develop the concept of self employment and income generation activities.

9.2 Distribute green card to landless people and provide waste land at the riverside and steep edges of the mountains to plant fruit trees and others vegetation.

9.3 Train and educate on modern technical know how to make them skilled workers. Eiicourage private
enterprises to provide traning and education that are in demand in foreign market.

10. Women Welfare:

 

Women carry maximum burden and resposibilities of the family, whereas they have least say in decision
making process.

10.1 Abolish all laws that discriminate between men and women.

10.2 Encourage women education.

10.3 Increase women participation in employment opportunities and politics.

10.4 Women will be empowered to take their personal decisions by themselves and laws will be enacted
to facilitate this process.

11. Constitutional Amendment:



11.1 At least Fifty percent representation in Rastriya Shabha (Upper house) will be restricted to minority and disadvantaged groups of Nepal.

11.2 The Prime Minister must notify the parliament and Rastriya Sabha when there is an urgency to
dissolve parliament before the expiry of elected tenn. The King, Chairperson of Raistriya Sabha and the Prime Minister must consent unanimously to dissolve parliament and declare next general election date.

11.3 The present parliament is unwantedly large, electoral constituenties are relatively small and the number of voters are uneven. Therefore, the number of seats in lower house should be reduced.

11.4 The number of Council of Ministers of the country should be restricted to 15% of the parliament members, to curb excessive misuse of previleges. These measures ensure parliamentary discipline and enhance diginity of the house.

11.5 Attention should be paid to moral character and the capability while appointing ministers and Prime
Minister.

12. Administrative Reform:

 

Our experience have proved that most elected officials, admmJslrators, constitutional beads, our diplomats, generally stand themselves against reform and fail to be accountable and responsible in favour of good
government. The selfish attitudes of the officials cannot provide leadership to society.Our policy is to motivate intellectual and leaders of the society to spearhead selfless reform campaign. To cope with the changing technology we will mordemize our administration to be efficient and effective.

12.1 Substitute employee oriented administrative machinery by people oriented rules and systems.

12.2 Work process and procedures will be modernized and made easy after research and system analysis.

12.3 Increase the use of computer and other electronic gadgets to improve office works. Proper care and attention will be provided to maintain the government offices clean and improve working atmosphere.

12.4 Increase pay and facilities governmental employees. Reduce over staffing in government offices through proper research and planning.

12.5 Proper evahiation of governmental employee by developing; 1. Job descriptions 2, Proper training, 3. Performance evaluation for job placement and promotion.

12.6 To provide people oriented service through one window policy, revenue counters will be opened at different locations. These units will be privatized if necessary.

12.7 Governmental employee must give in writing stating the reason why the applicant cannot be served on same day. The concerned officials are liable to pay for the damages incurred by the applicant if the occurred due to employees negligence.

12.8 There should be one trade organisation of professionals like teachers, lecture, employees and others. These organisations must work for the interest and welfare of its members and their insitutionss. We strongly oppose their divisions on party line.

13. Government Employee:


Encourage participation from communities and regions under represented in all branches of government. HMG will facilitate training to those who are handicapped in Nepali language. Trainees would be recruited and trained for six months to compete in Public Service Examination. Successful candidates in the
examination would be absorbed by the government and test can be better employed elsewhere because of the training received by them.

14. Elecion Expenses and Fair Election Environment:


14.1 Election Commission is responsible to hold all elections in time. All parties must consent unanimously to postpone election dates, if necessary.

14.2 Empower the election officer to jail the miscreants during the election period. Election officer should disqualified the candidate, postpone the election or cancil the election, if the election is rigged by criminals, destructive acts and excessive use of funds in favour of any candidate that have interfered the process affair
election.

14.3 Restrict persons holding government offices indulging in election campaign after election symbols are awarded to candidates. If such officials are candidates themselves, they will be restricted to use government previlleges and facilities. Government controlled media must not discriminate over the news of small parties and big parties. They must provide equal time and space to all parties and candidates. Party must be
forbidden to use funds to reserve costly means of trasport (airplanes, helicopters and privileged transport vehicles) for political election campaigns.

14.4 Provisions must be made to sue the elected officials by voters when they do not deliver what they have promised in their public pronouncements during elections. Voters should be granted the right to file lawsuit against abuse of power for personal gain or for the benefit of other party members or others.

14.5 All candidates for election must have tax clearance and make public the details of their networth.

15.Corruption Control & Eradication:

 

We intend to eradicate proverty at the bottom and corruption at the top.

15.1 Prepare public sentiments against corruption and bad conduct of governmental and servants start campaigns with slogans "Dismiss Scoundrels from Public Office and Imprison the Corrupts" etc...

15.2 Corrupt officials do not pay tax on their income. Assess the source of income, their assets and life styles and collect tax, penalty as by law.

15.3 Encourage coordination between Public Accounts Committee of Legislature, Auditors' General, Special Police Department, Commission for Investigations of Abuse of Authority, Departmental Head to bring proper actions against corrupt officials. Make it transparient to general public when corruption charges are filed against the governmental and elected servants.

16. Foreign Policy & Regional Cooperation:


16.1 Promote Nepal's no-aligned foreign policy in accordance with Pancha Sheel & UN Charter. Support and contribute to organizations established to develop regional cooperation and mutual understandings between member countries.

16.2 China and India, our neighbors are expected to grow tremendously in 21st century. Their growth will have impact on Nepalese economy. Devise policies to attract our neighbors for investment and bilateral investment in Nepalese industry, commerce trade, tourism and other sectors.

16.3 Now, the world is focused on central Asia and new silk road is opening up. Coordinate the efforts of regional cooperation by linking Nepal to Asian highway, Asian railway, Asian oil and gas pipeline, Asian electricity transmission line etc. To foster mutual understanding and regional economic growth and to harness regional resources.


17. Foreign Loans and Grants:


17.1 Foreign loans and grants have increased our dependence over them and have given rise to corruption. This has been instrumental to paralyze local initiatives and skills. Refoms will be introduced to improve the situations.

17.2 Will discourage the tendencies to accept loans to low priority / low quality projects and hiring of expensive consultants and technicians for such projects.

18. Citizenship Issue:


18.1 Citizenship will be granted to all residing in Nepal within a specified time and who qualify to be Nepalese nationals as provided in constitution of the kingdom 1990.

18.2 Naturilization of foreigners in Nepal citizenship will be stopped. This does not apply to individuals married to Nepalese citizens.

18.3 Provide lifetime visa to visit or stay in Nepal to all Nepalese citizens naturalized in foreign countries against proper fees.

18.4 Distribute Nepalese citizenship certificate and identity card to all eligible Nepalese. Proper record will be maintained at every exit or entry border point of Nepal.

Green Nepal Party has presented in above writings its policies and the programs in a summarized form. We will update whenever such changes are desired and issues not addressed here will be published in future.