Cards up his sleeve
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. Th…
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विपिन अधिकारीद्वारा लिखित नेपालको नमुना संविधान सार्वजनिक
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Unfinished Business - Constituent Assmebly
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 …
Lessons from history
"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 Rus…
Constituent Assembly - March 2010
"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…
Identity politics
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 …
Divide and Rule
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 for…
Forms of government
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…
Picking their Brains
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 n…
Towards the New Constitution
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 workabl…
Towards Effective and Realistic Rights Enforcement Mechanisms
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 Assem…