Nepal has been in a state of political crisis for many decades, but that crisis reached a new level of intensity not for long. It seemed to many that with the ending of the People’s War in 2006 that the resolution of the long-running crisis might come peacefully.Lawmakers in Nepal have missed a midnight deadline for a new national constitution, with several disputed points remaining unresolved. Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subas Nembang has said the CA meeting could not be postponed for long as there was now short time to draft a new constitution.
The parliament speaker, Subash Nembang, adjourned a rancorous session late Thursday as Maoist-led opposition members blocked the ruling coalition’s effort to vote on the issues of contention. The speaker said he would allow the ruling parties to present their proposals in the coming days. The postponement of CA meeting has already reached 30 days, but the efforts did not yield any result, he said while addressing the Third National Congress of the Lions Club International here today. The Chairman Nembang further said CA meeting would not be postponed again until it prepared a draft of the new constitution. People waited silently for a long time for the constitution but they would not wait more for the same, he added. Parties have intensified dialogues for constitution drafting process and it should not be discontinued, Chair Nembang added. “The political leaders are capable to resolve the disputed issues, but why they are not willing for it”, he wondered. He urged all to create positive pressure to the leaders for timely constitution otherwise country witnesses crisis.
