{"id":5939,"date":"2021-02-19T13:48:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T08:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2021-02-19T13:48:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T08:03:05","slug":"development-and-strengthening-of-democracy-is-a-long-process-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=5939","title":{"rendered":"Development and strengthening of democracy is a long process: Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KATHMANDU &#8211;<\/strong> Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has said the development, expansion and consolidation of democracy is a long and continuous process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Speaker stated this in a message of best wishes he gave on the occasion of the National Democracy Day today.&#8221;The topic of shouldering the responsibility of abidance by, protection, preservation and promotion of democracy has emerged as the challenge at a time when this system achieved through sacrifice of the Nepali people, struggles in different periods had to be exercised in a lively and people-oriented manner,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Speaker also stated that a situation has come wherein a serious assessment has to be made regarding the systematic and institutionalized practice of democracy on this occasion. 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