Kathmandu – Nepali Congress Vice President Bishwo Prakash Sharma has said that political parties contesting elections without forming alliances is a positive development.
Speaking during an interaction with party leaders and cadres in Rupandehi, Sharma said that parties have largely moved toward elections without electoral coalitions, describing the trend as encouraging. He stated that the Nepali Congress is advancing with the goal of securing a majority.
“At its own level, that objective remains. However, we want to introduce a constitutional provision to ensure that the prime minister serves a full five-year term,” he said.
Sharma proposed that the prime minister from the party securing the highest number of direct seats and the largest share of the popular vote should be allowed to govern for the entire five-year term. If the party does not secure an outright majority, he suggested adopting a “winner takes all” policy to ensure the required numbers for government formation.
Under his proposed concept, second- and third-largest parties would not join the government but would instead remain in the opposition for the full five-year term. He said such a national consensus could be reached before the elections.
Sharma further proposed that the agreement be formally incorporated into the Constitution through the first meeting of Parliament following the election of the Speaker.
He also called for a broad national conference before the elections, involving the government, political parties, the intellectual community, and Generation Z, to agree on more than a dozen reforms to the Constitution and the overall governance system.
