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The President of Nepal: Constitutional Role and Responsibilities
(Excerpts of a paper presented at a forum jointly organized by the Consortium of Constitutional Experts (CONCOE) and Tribhuvan University Faculty of Law, Kathmandu, August 25, 2008) The President of Nepal is the head of the newly established republic. In this…
Read More: The President of Nepal: Constitutional Role and Responsibilities »- Space for Language: Constitutional engineering for national consent in Nepal (Paper presented at South South Regional Symposium on Constitution Building, Jakarta, Indonesia on October 12-15 2009)
Read More: - Space for Language: Constitutional engineering for national consent in Nepal (Paper presented at South South Regional Symposium on Constitution Building, Jakarta, Indonesia on October 12-15 2009) »The nature of Presidency
What once a courtier of King Charles II (1630 – 1685) of England wrote on the door of the Royal Bed Chamber remains more or less a fair description of the British constitutional monarchy even after centuries: "Here lies a great and mighty King; whose promise…
Read More: The nature of Presidency »Details on fifth amendment
Under a compromise brokered between the major parties and the CPN (Maoist), the Constituent Assembly has finally passed the Interim Constitution Fifth Amendment Bill 2008. The present amendment to the interim constitution tries to revert to some basic notions…
Read More: Details on fifth amendment »Repeating classic constitutional blunders
President Dr Ram Baran Yadav, who is the first elected head of the state, and bears principal responsibility to uphold the Constitution and abide by it, has asked the Constituent Assembly (acting as the legislature) to elect a new prime minister for the…
Read More: Repeating classic constitutional blunders »Restructuring of State: Slogan of Decentralization Under Centralized Leadership
"Economic, geographic and political feasibility notwithstanding, political leaders with centralized mindset in each party including Madhesis are negotiating to resolve the issue of dispensing power to federal states, which they are temperamentally not…
Read More: Restructuring of State: Slogan of Decentralization Under Centralized Leadership »New Crown
Nepal turned the palace of the besieged king Gyanendra into a museum after ending the Shah dynasty and declaring a republic last month. As one can guess in any democratic society, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) which has established itself as the…
Read More: New Crown »Bookworm Babble
Interviewed by: Avash Karmacharya Source: The Kathmandu Post Born in Bastipur village of Siraha District, Bipin Adhikari is a prominent lawyer. A graduate from Tribhuvan University's Institute of Law, he joined the University of Delhi in 1989 to do his…
Read More: Bookworm Babble »The May 28 proceedings
A constituent assembly is not a degradation ceremony. It has to treat itself as worthy of honor, dignity and self-respect which a body worth this name unconditionally needs to maintain its sanctity in the eyes of the common people. At a minimum, this means…
Read More: The May 28 proceedings »Who cares Constituent Assembly?
There seems to be no end to the political gridlock in Nepal even after the formation of the Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution for the country. For many, the Constituent Assembly does not matter. What matters to this group is a guarantee against…
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