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Exactly 28 minutes before midnight on May 28, the first session of the constituent assembly announced abolition of monarchy and declared the country a Federal Democratic Republican. The resolution that was put to vote without any debate was adopted with 560…
Read More: Republic rush »Penning this before yesterday's scheduled opening of the Constituent Assembly (CA) when the 'declaration of a republic' was to be a done deed, the thought that arose in this commentator's mind was whether in so doing we as a nation have not acted in reckless…
Read More: Have we acted in haste only to repent at leisure? »The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nepal) has become the only party that voted against the proposal of implementing the declaration of republic. When the proposal was put forth for voting, of the 564 members of CA present at the meeting, 560 voted in its…
Read More: RPP-Nepal becomes the only party against republic; some lawyers question procedures adopted by CA »Kathmandu, May 28: Half an hour before the stroke of midnight today, Nepal became a Republic. The transition to "a secular, federal, democratic, republic nation" was formalised with a resolution moved by Home Minister K P Sitaula and right away passed by 560…
Read More: Secular Republic of Nepal is born »With less than a week left for the apparent end of monarchy, the CPN (Maoist) leaders have intensified their demand that King Gyanendra leave the palace well before May 28. This is the fateful date set by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for the first…
Read More: Issues surrounding abolition of monarchy »Although the peace process is yet to complete, some political leaders have already started talking about ending the presence of UNMIN The tenure of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) will not be further extended," said Maoist leader and chief of…
Read More: Mission incomplete »"As the session of the Constituent Assembly has been summoned for May 28, the issue of the fate of monarchy appears as the crucial agenda for its first meeting. Although many individual Kings have faced trials in Nepal, this is for the first time the…
Read More: Monarchy On Trial »The Interim Constitution of Nepal 2007, which pledged a Constituent Assembly (CA) to the people, has done so without enumerating its constituent powers whatsoever. All that this constitution provides for is a guarantee of the basic rights of the Nepali people…
Read More: Implications of a hung CA »With the election to the Constituent Assembly accomplished, the focus of political debate in Nepal has at once shifted from the electoral issues to the issues involving formation of a new government according to the fresh mandate. But in the absence of a…
Read More: Unlocking some constitutional issues »"Wining majority from out of 240 seats allotted for first-past -post system, the CPN-Maoist, which is yet to receive global recognition as a mainstream party, has turned Nepal, a back water of world's largest democratic country, into a red field. Although the…
Read More: Inexplicable Results - Constituent Assembly Elections »Governance and political economy analysis has a crucial part to play in enhancing the effectiveness of development. Across the World Bank, there is a widely shared perception that we need to gain a better understanding of the environments in which Bank…
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