Remove Absurd Membership Age Limit from NEA Bylaws!

Remove Absurd Membership Age Limit from NEA Bylaws!

The intellectual and innocent voters of NEA (fellow engineers and architects) elected an executive team NEA 2073 election but they made a very regressive and disgusting decision in 2075. They unnecessarily amended NEA bylaws, and imposed membership age bar for leadership in NEA election. For example to be a NEA Presidential candidate, he or she has to be NEA member for 15 years, meaning should generally cross 40 years of age. Similar is the case with other positions. This absurd decision, that discriminates youth overall, and understates the capability of thoughtful youth to lead NEA, is illogical and is also a total betrayal to the voters who enthusiastically participated in the 2073 election. The amendment seemingly done for some personal or political vested interest is totally against youth leadership, constitutional democracy of Nepal and progressive transformation of NEA.  Even the mayors and parliamentarians of Nepal can participate in the election to lead metropolis and the whole nation in their early twenties and thirties. Democratically elected representatives of engineers and architects are not going to function like the employees and CEOs of engineering companies but rather they would do the networking and engagement activities. All in all, the amendment is against the basic human rights of aspiring and capable youth leaders. This reflects a very poor mindset of the so-called democratic engineers (CDEN)-led executive committee who wrongly amended the bylaws, and it was proudly continued by the recently elected so-called progressive engineers (PEAN)-led committee. Some engineers, in the name of ESN group, protested against the amendment then but it was suppressed by the CDEN leaders who were in power. Recently independent engineers united by such networks as NEAN, IEAN also appealed for this reinstatement of the bylaws of NEA where there was originally no membership age limit; however, it has not been addressed by the PEAN leaders who are in power. This petition is, therefore, launched to receive justice by gaining broader support from fellow engineers and architects and other general people, and pressure the NEA exec committee to remove the foolish amendment made in 2075 regarding the membership age limit. We sincerely appeal all fellow engineers and and architects, esp. youth members, irrespective of your political inclinations to vote against the SYNDICATE of CDEN and PEAN to SCRAP these provisions from NEA bylaws and election regulations. Speak up and vote for your future, youth when enough is enough.

Dr. Eng. Shanker Dhakal 

9844116753 

shankeronlypart2@gmail.com

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