English - Support to Participatory Constitution Building in Nepal ...

Post-conflict state buildingThe development policy of Nepal has always turned deaf ear to thecontribution that migrants have made and can make in the bettermentof the nation. Anita Ghimire, with Bishnu Raj Upreti, talks on the roleof migrants with a neat comparison and contrast with internationalinstances in Chapter 9. She further reiterates that the state needs to bringengagement strategies for diaspora to invest in post-conflict economy.Anjana Luitel, with Bishnu Raj Upreti and Ashok Rai, has discussed aboutthe growing trend of militarisation of youths in post-conflict Nepal. With anutter indifference to the previously signed commitments and agreements,the formation of military outfits by political parties and interest groupshas put the society in an abyss of criminalisation and impunity, Chapter10 says.Crime in post-conflict Nepal has become a daily nuisance and serious threatto state building. Safal Ghimire and Bishnu Raj Upreti discuss about thecauses and remedies of urban crime as post-conflict challenge in Chapter11. Similarly, the same troubles generated by the massive and wide-spreaduse of small arms and light weapons (SALW) is discussed in Chapter 12 byBishnu Raj Upreti. Strengthening of the security mechanism and strictlyaddressing the problems of impunity can only minimise this ubiquitousproblem, Upreti asserts in his chapter. Upreti's next write up, Chapter 13,puts forth that not only the physical reconstruction, but also the social andpolitical reconciliation and reintegration (R&R) is essential for a successfulhandling of post-conflict situation. He complains that this issue has notyet been a priority of the government. The culture of contradiction andduality has become the overall challenge for state building in Nepal, onwhich Prabin Manandhar and Ramji Neupane have discussed in Chapter14. They argue that party politics over the overarching issues of nationalimportance and the gap between rhetoric and reality have constitutedan unwanted state, the address to which is a must for the success ofongoing peace process and post-conflict state building. Finally, Sagar RajSharma, in Chapter 15, concludes the points raised in this volume. Herightly synthesises the key message that, with the complexity and contextspecificity, the post-conflict state building in Nepal has become like aterrain that requires sustained and serious efforts to succeed.6. Concluding remarksWhen we are talking about state building, the complaints on statelessnessare also in rise in this transition period. With the fragile provision of state12