UCPN (M), Nepali Congress, UML, and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) reached an agreement to establish a constitutional court for five years and provide citizenship to children of parents if either father or mother is a Nepali national. There was an agreement to a directly elected president and executive prime minister elected from the parliament,…

After reaching consensus on disputed issues of the peace process, political parties become focused on also seeking consensus on constitution-drafting issues. For this purpose, UCPN (M), Nepali Congress, UML, and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) reached Hattiban Resort at Pharping. For two days, they held group and separate discussions on form of government, election system,…

The meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) decided on April 10 to bring the Maoist combatants, weapons and containers used to store them, cantonments and properties therein under the Nepal Army. Before handing over the cantonments to the Nepal Army and beginning the regrouping process for integration, AISC decided to retain its earlier…

Even after amending the Constituent Assembly (CA) calendar of events three times and five extensions of the deadlines prepared by the Business Advisory Committee, the political parties could not come to a consensus on disputed issues of the constitution. After no agreement was forthcoming in the repeated meetings of the Constitutional Committee and the dispute…

The Supreme Court upheld its earlier decision that the Constituent Assembly (CA) will cease to exist after May 27 if the constitution is not promulgated. The government and parliament had filed a petition to review the earlier refusal by joint-registrar of the Supreme Court Nahakul Subedi against the Court ruling on the deadline of the…