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…
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 of…
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…
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 prepared to do. Amidst the Madhesi Andolan…
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…
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…
The Last Statement by King Gyanendra
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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…
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…
Republic rush
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…