Nedan ser ni ett mail från
Assistant for Honourable Mr Mahendra Yadav(President of Tarun Dal - youth wing of Nepali Congress),
Dr Aalok Sharma
Program Co-ordinator,
MJFN Party
,Kathmandu,Nepal
Så förslaget vi har just nu är att vi har ett möte i Göteborg den 9de eller 10de februari.
Jag hoppas så många som möjligt av Aktivdemokratis medlemmar har möjlighet att ställa upp, meddela mig så vi vet hur många som kommer!
Har ni svårt att komma de aktuella dagarna så kom med bättre förslag så fort som möjligt så kan datumen justeras.
Som ni ser frågar han också om det finns möjlighet att samtidigt träffa representanter ifrån DemoEx och Direktdemokraterna.
Jag kontaktar nu även DemoEx och Direktdemokraterna parallellt.
Kan ju bli ett verkligt intressant möte om även de ställer upp!
Dear Magnus Gustavsson,
Greetings from Himalayan Country Nepal.
Nepali Congress is credited for successfully carrying out all three political revolutions of Nepal. This party is currently the second largest party and a part of coalition parties running the government of Nepal. It is led by Girija Prasad Koirala.
The Nepali Congress is a reform-oriented centrist party and has been in continuous operation since it was founded under a slightly different name in 1947. Elected to office in the first election of Nepal in 1959 with a landslide victory, the Nepali Congress Party government sought to liberalize society through a democratic process. In 1960, King Mahendra carried out a royal coup imprisoning the powerful Nepali Congress Party leader and the Prime Minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, and other party stalwarts and leaders. Many members sought sanctuary in exile in India.
Although political parties were prohibited from 1960 to 1989 and continued to be outlawed during the panchayat system under the aegis of the Associations and Organizations (Control) Act of 1963, the Nepali Congress Party persisted. The party placed great emphasis on eliminating the feudal economy and building a basis for socioeconomic development. It proposed nationalizing basic industries and instituting progressive taxes on land, urban housing, salaries, profits, and foreign investments. While in exile, the Nepali Congress Party served as the nucleus around which other opposition groups clustered and even instigated popular uprisings in the Hill and Terai regions. During this time, the Nepali Congress refused the overtures of a radical faction of the Communist Party of Nepal for a tactical alliance.
Although the Nepali Congress demonstrated its ability to endure, it was weakened over time by defection, factionalism, and external pressures. Nevertheless, it continued to be the only organized party to press for democratization. In the 1980 referendum, it supported the multiparty option in opposition to the panchayat system. In 1981 the party boycotted the Rashtriya Panchayat elections and rejected the new government. The death in 1982 of B.P. Koirala, who had consistently advocated constitutional reforms and a broad-based policy of national reconciliation, further weakened the party.
In the 1980s, the Nepali Congress abandoned its socialistic economic program in favor of a mixed economy, and a market economy in certain sectors. Its foreign policy orientation was to nonalignment and good relations with India. Although the party also boycotted the 1986 elections to the Rashtriya Panchayat, its members were allowed to run in the 1987 local elections. In defiance of the ban on demonstrations, the Nepali Congress organized mass rallies together with the different communist factions in January 1990 that ultimately triggered the prodemocracy movement.
Following the defeat of party leader K.P. Bhattarai by the communist factions in the 1991 parliamentary election, Girija Prasad (G.P.) Koirala was chosen by the Nepali Congress Party as leader of its Parliamentary Board. As Prime Minister, he formed the first elected democratic government in Nepal in thirty-two years. G. P. Koirala was the third of the Koirala brothers to become Prime Minister. Along with his elder brother, B.P. Koirala, he was arrested in 1960 and was not released until 1967. After a period of exile that began in 1971, he returned to Nepal in 1979 under a general amnesty. He was elected general secretary of the party in 1976 in a convention at Patna and played a key role in the prodemocracy movement. G.P. Koirala was known for favoring reconciliation with the left, but he also wanted to pursue national unity and Western-style democracy.
In the late 1990s a severe factional conflict emerged in the party. It led to the formation of a splinter-group, Nepali Congress (Democratic).
On 25 September 2007, Nepali Congress (Democratic) and Nepali Congress unified as a single party. The name of the party remained Nepali Congress, and Tree remained the election symbol of the unified party. In the unified party, Girija Prasad Koirala, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Sher Bahadur Deuba remained three senior most leaders. Koirala remained president of the party.
The party placed second—with 110 out of 575 elected seats—in the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election, winning only half as many seats as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist); this was generally considered a surprising outcome. Following the election, the party held extended discussions on power-sharing with the Maoists and proposed that Koirala become the first President of Nepal, but ultimately the Nepali Congress decided to go into opposition and Koirala resigned in late June 2008, clearing the way for the Maoists to form a government.
The Nepali Congress is a full member of the Socialist International.
Nepali Congress held its Mahasamiti meeting from 1-3 November, 2009 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Dhyan Govinda Ranjit, co-ordinator of the Mahasamiti meeting preparatory committee mentioned that party Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel presented a political report and Bimalendra Nidhi the general secretary’s proposal at the meeting. Likewise, party Vice President Gopal Man Shrestha, Chakra Bastola and Krishna Sitaula presented reports on the party’s financial situation, the new constitution and state restructuring and the party’s amended draft for the statute, respectively.
Ideology
* Democracy * Socialism* Nationalism* Federalism * Republic
Affiliations
* NSU * NTD* NWA* NPSS* NKS * NDS* NBSS* NAJS
Nepali Congress, the following are its sister organizations -
* Nepal Student Union
* Nepal Tarun Dal
* Nepal Woman Association
* Nepal Prajatrantra Senani Sangh
* Nepal Kisan Sangh
* Nepal Dalit Sangh
* Nepal Bhutpurba Sainik Sangh
* Nepal Adibashi Janajati Sangh
The 2006 Democracy Movement is a name given to the political agitations against the rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. We did some revolutions to get this "democracy".
Yes It is true that democracy needs to be re-invented.
According to the previous talk,We would like to meet with the Aktivdemokrati to discuss political issues of mutual interest.
We are happy to hear if you could manage a private meeting with Aktivdemokrati Team there in Gothenburg .
We respect the Direct Democracy of Direct Democracy Party (USA),The party of Internet DEmocracy(Hungary),Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand as well as swidish direct democracy parties
Could you invite some of the members/supporters of Demoex - Democracy Experiment and Direktdemokraterna in our same meeting .
The date Feb 9,2010 or Feb 10,2010 is ok for us.
We will know about your party’s
- cross-political organization
- open voting in a PHPbb-forum.
- board of Aktivdemokrati.
- direct Democracy
Please send us a signed meeting conformation with date and time, place and some of the invitees from Aktivdemokrati.
We trust that our meeting will be informative and productive and assist us all to achieving our mutual objectives.
Dr Aalok Sharma,Ph.D.
Kathmandu,Nepal.