The main political parties reached a written agreement to appoint Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi as the head of the Interim Election Council of Ministers. And on the same day, March 13, the Council of Ministers, as per Interim Constitution Article 158, submitted a 25-point Ordinance to remove constitutional hurdles and difficulties, under which Regmi…

Sharp differences over formation of new government and holding elections along with mutual distrust and suspicion remained among the main political parties. Ruling United Democratic Coalition demanded election by June and asked congress, UML and other parties to join prime minister Baburam Bhattarai’s government, but the parties maintained that it was not possible to form…

After UCPN (M) chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal proposed forming the government under the sitting Chief Justice, there was discussion in its favour and against throughout the month. Inaugurating the 7th party convention on February 2 in Hetauda, Dahal stated that it will bring a “new formula” for out of the current political impasse. Though he…

President Ram Baran Yadav encouraged the parties to find consensus and prepare atmosphere for CA election in April-May, yet the political parties could not agree among themselves. Mainly, the coalition parties were against an alternative to the prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, while the opposition parties were in favour of exit of coalition Bhattarai government and…

After the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly (CA) on May 27, the political parties were set on a collision course. Though they had announced new elections to the CA for November 22, 2012, it could not be held due to lack of consensus among the parties. Most of the time, they were focused on accusations…