| Biswo |
Posted
on 19-Nov-01 11:28 PM
As the "War On Terror" is concluding in Afganistan, the risk of power being
monopolized by one particular group is increasing,and the world body is forcing
the fighting factions to agree to a formation of broad based coalition government
that is inclusive of all Afgans.
May be this works. They will join the meeting.
But as depicted in the book , "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" later adapted to the great
epic movie "Lawrence of Arabia", Arabs/Moslems feel very uneasy with each other
more than with foreigners. When Lawrence helps the Arab tribes to fight against
Turk (aligned with Germany) in world war I, they capture Damascus. But when they
sit for discussion on government formation, a nasty quarrelling begins. They
couldn't share the power harmoniously.Everybody asks for almost everything that
is to be shared among multitude of groups.
Something similar could be seen among communists of Nepal also. During election
time, there is often this charade of 'left brotherhood', and the dozens of leaders
from different left parties sit together(Never mind, out in the public, they would
be labeling the person sitting next to him as Indian agent etc). Then the smallest
party also asks for 20 seat, and there are 12 or more left parties. The biggest
party UML wants to give them 1-2 seats, and wants to keep 190 seat for itself.
Then they never succeed in this seat-sharing thing. Basically, they make such
arrangement later in district when the specter of being routed by NC looms as
election day approaches.But lefts, despite their collective strength being more
than that of NC, never win more seat than NC. After election, they give some
pre-prepared speech about how election was rigged in every place they contested
and lost, and ensconce in the role of opposition party , which they used to
interpret as the role to block parliament every when they think it is necessary, and
organize some damn bandhs in the street of Kathmandu.
Let's hope Afgans will find one good solution, though.
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