Critics on Nepalese Consumer Rights activists and CIAA

Madhab Raj Ghimire, LLM- Competition Law and Economics

Without bios or certain malafied intention, I am writing this article against those activists who are acting for consumers rights in Nepal. Despite having back ground of competition law, I’m writing some comments of immature consumers’ rights activities incompetence’s. Due to their lack of professionalism and reaction made me to think upon them that whether they really committed to the consumer rights or to cover with media with their buffoonery expression.

We can take example of constructing over head bridge in different junctions in Kathmandu valley. We all know that crossing these proposed junctions are real risk for pedestrians. One who does cross the roads always needs to think that they obtained their life for a day.  My prime concern here is- if Consumers Rights Activist want to make change then they supposed to keep an eye while KMC started to process for the bid. By that task Activists could have followed procurement procedure, T/A of building infrastructures. But in an opposite, they do start protest while so-called political leader, bureaucrats put foundation stone to the site and in some place even work has gone further, then  these activists gear up  against these construction.

Now, we learnt that these construction companies are demanding compensation from the KMC, what they had made expenses while they were on operation. I’m duly might have respected Activist if they have done much in the starting to make fair proceedings of construction. We all know KMC administration, one of the worst among our municipalities.  But, Activist has done nothing while their support needed to give them pressure while consumers wanted.  But these Activists want to appear like savoir after the expenses of our revenue gone into vein of corrupt practices.

Now, our typical CIAA which has renowned making the publicity but not been able to make even one benchmarking against corrupt organizations, individuals, bureaucrats and of course so-called politicians. I doubt, if anyone knows such a case apart from Dabur Nepal. In spite of having some doubts against the Procurement Procedure Act, NAC act to buy the planes, to meet the demand of ‘Nepal Tourism Year 2011’ cannot be rejected. Also, we cannot reject the idea the total loss due to lack of the planes to NAC and the fares goes abroad. Consumers and tax payers are not convinced who is responsible for this loss? PAC or CIAA. I’m trying to make point here; if any one does to fail the proceedings than one should have effective solution too to address that particular problem. Just stagnate act, does not give consolidation to the fair proceeding. Every year, we are keep reading these news of fair procurement proceedings, in the mean time for the economic prosperity, I felt that these provision of these institutions of CIAA, PAC or Activist positions are being misused respectively just to destabilize our economy and network sectors.

Therefore, I request these institutions to act for betterness for the country having feeling with that what steps can be taken of better steps for the country. We learnt that lobbyists has some vested interest whether to make over bridges or buying planes but we need aircrafts too revive our air industry or improve life in cities. Despite learning irregularities in those factors, we need to ignore legal constraints sake of national economic efficiencies. But also, we need to make responsible for those who are putting into our networks into heavy loss due to individuals’ legal lacunae fantasy.

mrghimire@hotmail.com