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"None of the parties in the CA seems to be interested in getting things rolling" Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) is in its eighth month of existence. Even after this long period of inactivity, it appears none of the major political parties in the CA is much…
Read More: Working in slow motion »"When the country is passing through difficult times, the rulers should be sincere" Can Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who spearheaded the republican movement, dethroned the king and established himself as prime minister keep the new republic intact? If…
Read More: The Silent Cry »Populism in constitution making is not a new phenomenon. Hardly any systematic study exists in this area. But this phenomenon exists, and exists in the most powerful sense. Nepal is definitely going through this process. The latest case in point is Ecuador. A…
Read More: Constitutions galore »It is already about five months that the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA), on 28 May 2008, to abolish monarchy and declare the country a republic, was held. The Assembly is functionally without job since then. There does not seem to be any hurry…
Read More: Opposition in the Constituent Assembly »The recent assertion of Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal that Nepal will neither adopt a complete communist system of governance nor will it accept the system of parliamentary democracy within its traditional parameters has surprised many critiques about his…
Read More: Constituent Assembly threatened? »Disagreements over two major issues are said to be obstructing the passage of the draft Constituent Assembly Rules of Procedure. The first relates with the appropriate size of the proposed Constitution Drafting Committee and the second with the issues that…
Read More: Controversies at Constituent Assembly »Nepal has been declared a federal state by the Interim Constitution. Although this does not establish ethnicity as the fundamental principle of the federal system of government that Nepal is going to adopt, there is a strong possibility that ethnicity will be…
Read More: Does Khasan deserve recognition? »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »