Last week president himself declared 19th amendment is the root cause of the political chaos in the country. President further went on to say that both 18th and 19th amendments are politically incorrect as 18th amendment paved way for pacifism while 19th amendment paved way for anarchy in the country. If he is raising this point with the idea that he himself and others who were instrumental in bringing in this reforms made a mistake, then it can be accepted fact for all of us. However, in my point of view, the underlying idea in president’s statement demonstrates the fact of unskilled governance which has become the key issue in our political landscape.
Hence, my column today is focused
on the so called complications created through the 19th amendment.
The important point which we need to keep in mind is the fact that this so
called “failed” project of 19th amendment commenced targeting the
2015 presidential election. The idea of unifying under one platform was
presented to public with the concept of common candidate on one hand and with
the proposal of 19th amendment on the other hand. In that sense one
can argue fth amendment and current president are
two components of a single project. Another significant point here is that both
the above projects commenced as a result of serious foreign influence in
domestic politics. Though the election was held on 8th January 2015,
some foreign ambassadors and certain politicians have held “planning meetings”
long before that. There were rumors saying that such planning meetings were
mainly held in Singapore and even the first sketch of the 19th
amendment was designed during such meetings. The idea what I am trying to point
out here is that when we analyze all above facts we can come to the conclusion
that “yahapalana” politics of 2015 January and 19th amendment are
two sides of the same coin. Therefore, president’s claim that 19th
amendment is the root cause for the political chaos which country is currently
going through, is a half-truth. In my
understanding that statement needs to be amended as follows to make it a true
statement; the current political turmoil is a direct consequent of the chaotic
political change of 2015.