Political Updates
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Friday, January 16, 2015
A and the opposition parties were growing apart, ruling coalition Constituent Assembly members started a signature campaign to pressure for promulgating the constitution on January 22. The campaign stressed on following the procedures if there was no consensus; it garnered signatures from 414 Constituent Assembly members. These Constituent Assembly members focused on the campaign to…
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
After the possibility of sending the report of the Dialogue and Consensus Committee on the disputed issues of the constitution to the Constituent Assembly back to the Dialogue Committee for new attempts at consensus, Congress and UML held separate discussions on whether to form a new committee or to move forward directly. As the Constituent…
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
A l-Political Dialogue and Consensus Committee of the Constituent Assembly sent back the disputed issues to the Constituent Assembly, Congress and UML stressed on finalising those issues by following the procedures. The meeting of Congress and UML decided to finalise those issues through voting. UML chairperson Oli stated that the constitution-drafting process cannot be stopped…
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
A mbly chairperson Subash Chandra Nemwang asked the parties to give him the responsibility of drafting the constitution if they cannot find consensus, this created a new wave in the political circles. Though the chairperson’s proposal created additional pressure on the finding agreement on disputed issues of the constitution, political parties were unsuccessful. There was…
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Monday, January 5, 2015
Attempts to form a national government to prepare proper environment for promulgating the constitution failed. Though the leaders kept saying the constitution would be promulgated on January 22, there was no sign of it. After a protracted debate, the report of the Constitutional Political Dialogue and Consensus committee was submitted to the Constituent Assembly. There…
