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Recently, references in the media as to what the president needs to do if the Constituent Assembly (CA) is not able to deliver a new constitution by Friday, May 28, have become quite frequent. There is clear indication that a new democratic constitution by…
Read More: Cards up his sleeve »GP. Koirala became history on March 20. A four-time prime minister, giving leadership to the country for almost eight years in that capacity, Koirala had been active in politics for the last six decades. From January 2007 to July 2008, he also had the honour…
Read More: Unfinished Business - Constituent Assmebly »"The Bolsheviks had only won a quarter of the seats in the elections to the Constituent Assembly (CA) in November 1917. They were shocked to see that the October Revolution they had forced on Russia one month before by overthrowing the provisional government…
Read More: Lessons from history »"The hundred-day deadline has just passed for the promulgation of Nepal’s long-awaited new constitution. But there is little optimism that this date will be met." Shortly after Madhav Kumar Nepal was elected chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the…
Read More: Constituent Assembly - March 2010 »Identities may be defined in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, language, culture, gender, sexual orientation and similar other variables. Politics aimed at establishing these identities, among other things, involves empowering the oppressed segments among…
Read More: Identity politics »A country can certainly go for federalism if this is the decision of its Constituent Assembly. But, as a visiting British scholar pointed out recently, federalism is not inherently a superior form of democracy. It cannot guarantee democracy or good governance…
Read More: Divide and Rule »Many opinions of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), one of the enlightened American constitution builders, are credited as being foundational to the roots of American values and character. At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Franklin was asked by…
Read More: Forms of government »Nepal is on the last leg of the timeframe of writing a new constitution. The unfinished work of the Constituent Assembly needs to be completed very soon. It is also a time for self-analysis and national introspection of what has been achieved to this day.…
Read More: Picking their Brains »The days ahead, however, are not that rosy. The Constituent Assembly is still without any compromise scheme about the form of government that will suit this country. It is still without a workable scheme on how the concept of devolution of power has to be…
Read More: Towards the New Constitution »INFORMAL, INSEC's Quarterly Publication on Human Rights & Social Justice, (Vol 29, No. 1, January-March, 2010 at 10-13) (The concept paper and preliminary draft submitted by the Constituent Assembly (CA) Committee on Fundamental Rights and Directive…
Read More: Towards Effective and Realistic Rights Enforcement Mechanisms »