What good is Nepali democracy?
We all need to ask, what s so good about having the vote in societies with weak institutions? The answer is, nothing published on 2021-04-07 16:04:00
“Democracies do not always make societies more civil but they do always mercilessly expose the health of the societies in which they operate.” Robert Kaplan
The self-proclaimed democrats in the country never tire of defending our dysfunctional democracy with the oft-repeated lame argument that it’s not the system but the present set of leaders who are to blame for the mess we are in. The reality, however, is that democracy as a system has failed miserably in Nepal. One has to be high on something to be optimistic about Nepal’s future if the current system is to continue.