Kathmandu, June 25 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), during its first general convention, has reignited a debate within political circles after chairman Rabi Lamichhane proposed moving to a directly elected executive governance model. This formal proposal comes at a time when the government is already engaged in discussions with various stakeholders regarding constitutional amendments.

Historically, this issue was one of the points of contention during the Constituent Assembly deliberations, with the then-Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum fiercely debating whether the head of state should be directly elected or selected via Parliament. When the constitution was promulgated in 2015, the agreement to s...