President Ram Baran Yadav has announced promulgation of new constitution amidst a special ceremony at Constituent Assembly (CA) hall on Saturday evening. Before announcing the enactment of the much-awaited constitution, the head of the state signed five copies of the constitution. Addressing on the historic occasion, President Yadav remarked that he concept of 'people as the sovereign' has been established through this constitution, adding that republicanism has been institutionalized. He further called for unity and cooperation of all at this historic moment. The new constitution has taken drastic departures in comparison to the Constitution of Nepal-1990 that adopted multiparty democratic system with monarchy as head of the state. The new charter institutionalized republic in place of monarchy, federalism in place of unitary system and added proportional representative electoral model to advance the policy of inclusion in the decision making level.
