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| Mabi |
Posted
on 25-Nov-00 10:30 AM
Hi all,
Though I feel the Embassy's of Nepal function no more than a Post office, issuing visa to tourists and reissuing the expired passports of Nepalese abroad, I sympathize for the forceful removal of the current Ambassador.
I don't know the exact reason for the recall of this ambassador, but who ever is the other one will be no better than this one.
The report I read in the Kantipur said, the drift between Girija who deputed him rose and ultimately kicked out to recruit another political nominee. The image left by Girija on the CNN interview has nothing to do with this Ambassador.
This recall clearly indicates the Govt's lack of policy and heavy economic burden on a small country of Nepal. (The Ambassadors receive all the facilities to transport their belonging and etc.)
The travel arrangements including "TA and DA" for the family (including a "Bhanche" and a "Noker", who generally stay back) of the new ambassador and returning of the whole contingent of the existing one is expensive.
Is the removal of this Ambassador like the previous one (Mr. Yog Prasad Upadhya) justifable and in accordance with the constitution of Nepal?
The role of Nepalese Embassy can not be overemphasized in terms of the foreign policy of the US. The amount of Aids given by the Govt. of US to Nepal will not change with the change of the ambassador of Nepal.
I (may be unaware) have not heard or seen anything done from the Embassy to promote Nepal. Yet, I felt this is not right for a economically lilliput and politically immature country like Nepal.
This type of practice should be stopped.
regards,
Mabi
(Corrections welcome)
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| ashu |
Posted
on 25-Nov-00 02:28 PM
Girija, as PM, has the power to
recall any ambassador he chooses.
Gautam had long enjoyed a reputation
in Nepal as an excellent, competent,
incorruptible civil servant.
By all accounts, he was and is a
decent, sincere man.
But even decent men and women do not
get along with their boss(es) at times,
and they get fired, and that's life.
If Gautam is replaced by a more capable
diplomat, then the cause of Nepal continues
to be served. If not, then, Girija, the
boss, should shoulder all the blame.
oohi
ashu
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| mabi |
Posted
on 25-Nov-00 07:32 PM
Hi Ashu,
>Girija, as PM, has the power to
>recall any ambassador he chooses.
>Gautam had long enjoyed a reputation
>in Nepal as an excellent, competent,
>incorruptible civil servant.
I personally do not know him.
He had ben a victim of Girija before when Girija first became the PM and retired lots of "experienced" beurocrats. The Ambassador was one of them who was serving as the "pramukh Sachib".
But successful in becoming an ambassador with the decision from the cabinet of Ministers.
>By all accounts, he was and is a
>decent, sincere man.
I think he was the one who suggested Girija not to retire those officers as it would create a void in the beurocratic machinery.
>But even decent men and women do not
>get along with their boss(es) at times,
>and they get fired, and that's life.
Not getting along is fine. Even husband and wives of couple of decades do not go along and get devorce.
This is politics.
The US abassadorship is most coveted one so there is always somebody after, may be with some foul play.
>If Gautam is replaced by a more capable
>diplomat, then the cause of Nepal continues
>to be served. If not, then, Girija, the
>boss, should shoulder all the blame.
With the Game Plan, already designed and the next Ambassador to be, must be having "BHOJ", impatiently waiting for the announcement and to book the first class flight to US, with the tax payers money.
Mabi
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 25-Nov-00 07:35 PM
Hi Mabi:
I believe that Girija retains right to fire any of his
plenipotentiaries anywhere in the world if he thinks they are not
fulfilling his expecatation:remember that Girija commands a valid
mandate from the sovereign citizens of Nepal ,and is a prime
minister of the country.
But if he is responsible office holder, he should reply some of
the questions that we can ask :
1.Why the hell he is choosing those persons with whom he can't
ride in tandem?He surely is a major league bonehead who can't
choose his army correctly.If my perception is correct,ambassador-
ship is being reduced to a position where party-myrmidion
proffesors,retired army generals,police-chiefs,beaurocrats
politically useless party veterans are relegated.These incorrect
appointments are never predicated on the ability of the designed
individuals.No wonder these appointments hit snag frequently.
2.Now as popular perceptions strongly see,he is firing those
persons who he thinks are not sufficiently genuflecting to him.
Girija has problem brooking dissence,this is well-known,but he
should recognize his chamchas before he appoints somebody in
public expense.
Now,as long as I can see, he is retaining those European
officers who are accused not to have kept the visa-logs correctly,
(I have heard that Nepal's ministry of Foreign affairs doesn't
have list of those people who received Nepalese visa especially
in Europe),he is extending terms of some people who can circumvent
the mandatory 3 years tenure in Shital Niwas after serving 3 yrs
in foreign embassies, but he has no problem firing somebody in
caprice,just because he became laughingstock in one TV interview,
I mean this guy who has so much desire to speak whatever he knows
or doesn't know in international forums(If you remember his
impromptu speech in Dhaka SAARC summit in his first attendance),he
is bound to be laughingstock somewhere sometime..
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| sparsha |
Posted
on 26-Nov-00 12:52 PM
Does anyone know the reason(s) for recall? Or who is about to get appointed as the Ambassador to U.S.?
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 26-Nov-00 10:21 PM
>Does anyone know the reason(s) for recall?
>Or who is about to get appointed as the
>Ambassador to U.S.?
Who knows! Even if you want to know, you will be furnished with
the usual boilerplates: non-compliance with the authority of KTM,
unsatisfied work-progress etc..or even "because of some
unspecified reasons.."
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