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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…
Read More: Who cares Constituent Assembly? »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 »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 »Betrayal , as a form of deception or dismissal of prior political commitment, is not uncommon in politics anywhere. However, the fact that Prime Minister G. P. Koirala, with 65 years of active politics, is capable to do it is something that comes not just as…
Read More: Nepali Congress under Koirala: The Great Betrayal »An amendment bill on the Citizenship Act 1964 enabling all immigrants and their offspring to claim Nepali citizenship is awaiting legislative process of the House of Representatives for its passage into law. According to the bill, citizenship certificates…
Read More: Again on citizenship issues »"Intended to heal the wounds of the past, and reconcile all political forces in new Liberia, the TRC of Liberia is mandated to conduct a thorough investigation and publish a report documenting gross human rights violations, violations of international…
Read More: The TRC of Liberia is constituted »It is not clear who said it, but the claim that every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper, has a heavy dose of truth. Whether this claim applies to Prachanda, the most successful among the practicing Maoists around the world, is the…
Read More: Haggling over the price of peace »The issue of management of small arms, which were used to ruthlessly slaughtering more than 13,000 Nepalis, is unfortunately still the most intractable part of the story of a revolution that has already gone sour. There are indigestible misrepresentation by…
Read More: Under the shadow of arms »For a long time the people of Nepal have known deep down that the future of this country will be different from the past. The million dollor question is - "is the future that they are talking about going to be better than what had been their immediate past at…
Read More: Peace in the animal farm »Harka Gurung, a senior scholar, once emphasized political boundary and citizenship as two bases of national identity. On both counts, he said, the situation of Nepal seemed precarious. This precariousness owes to several factors. The porous international…
Read More: Granting citizenship en masse? »Turning conflict into peace is challenging even if those attempting to do it are highly trained and well-equipped. Several of the most violent and tragic episodes of the 1990s occurred after the negotiation of peace agreements. This is the reason that every…
Read More: United Nations, sidelined »