Nepal has a very unique political situation, as they have a liberal electoral system with opposition parties, but the elections are highly dominated by multiple communist and socialist parties. At one point there were fewer parties but there was a three-way split in the communist party in 2021; I honestly don't know why. IIRC the furthest right party in the legislature is socdem. Currently Nepal is the only liberal democracy governed by a communist party.
Nepal before the success of the Maoist movement in 2006 was a monarchy, so it's quite a new system born out of harsh compromises with the old state and the reality of the international situation in 2006 for a prospective DOTP.
Will the current makeup of political power in the country result in a nation-wide direction towards socialism, or are they just kind of spinning their wheels?
Nepal has a very unique political situation, as they have a liberal electoral system with opposition parties, but the elections are highly dominated by multiple communist and socialist parties. At one point there were fewer parties but there was a three-way split in the communist party in 2021; I honestly don't know why. IIRC the furthest right party in the legislature is socdem. Currently Nepal is the only liberal democracy governed by a communist party.
Nepal before the success of the Maoist movement in 2006 was a monarchy, so it's quite a new system born out of harsh compromises with the old state and the reality of the international situation in 2006 for a prospective DOTP.
Will the current makeup of political power in the country result in a nation-wide direction towards socialism, or are they just kind of spinning their wheels?
Well, give them time. 2006 was only like 5 years ago, right?
:oh-shit:
I'm not very read on the direction things are taking, I couldn't make a prediction.
There are a few positive signs, like the modest but consistent decline in absolute poverty over the past decade
Currently the Socdem party is in power supported by a tiny Maoist party.
It’s the only majority-communist parliament to be governed by a socdem. :agony-shivering: