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‘Resignation of the Prime Minister’ – the much awaited demand of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-Maoist) was finally fulfilled on June 30, when Prime Minister Madhev Kumar Nepal submitted his resignation letter to the President, Ram Baran Yadav. The President in turn provided his consent to the resignation letter on the very same day, [...]
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Posts Tagged ‘Nepal’
Nepal Peace Process at a Standstill
An Extension for the Constituent Assembly in Nepal, but the Problems Remain
It is very hard to wait for news when you know that something really meaningful and important is about to happen; we in Nepal experienced this last Friday, May 28 – the last day of the two-year term for the Constituent Assembly (CA). From early morning, Constituent Members were seen on the premises; they had [...]
A Political Crisis in Nepal is Ahead!
The political dynamic is changing everyday in Nepal. It is difficult to predict the likely scenario of politics considering the day to day politics. In previous posts on this blog I have included some more postive possibilities, but unfortunately politics in Nepal seems to be developing a worse case scenario. The major political parties–UCPN-Maoist, Nepali [...]
Continuing Uncertainty in Nepal
The ‘indefinite general strike’ called by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) recently ended, after 6 days. The strike followed the mass rallies and meetings on the occasion of the Labor Day on May 1st. It is suspected that more than one hundred thousand people, especially youths, were brought to Kathmandu from the different [...]
No Hope for making the new Constitution!
With only 36 days left until the deadline for a the new constitution, all political parties opined that it looks impossible to complete it by 28 May 2010. The Constituent Assembly (CA) term extension is the dominating issue these days in the Nepalese politics, each of the three major political parties have different positions. Unified [...]
Conflict Victims’ Committee (CVC)
The Conflict Victims’ Committee (CVC) was established in 2006 with the aim of supporting the victims of conflict in Nepal. CVC has following special objectives: To make public of the disappearance people during the conflict To coordinate concerned national and international organizations for making public the disappearance of people To aware people of the legal [...]
Transformation Nepal
Transformation Nepal has the following objectives: To make people, especially young people, aware of Nepal’s peace process and political developments To engage youths in the peace and development works To form a network of youth organizations having similar objectives in the eastern region of Nepal. Transformation Nepal has been conducting workshops, trainings, researches and open [...]
The Hidden Story of the Disqualified Maoist Combatants
Reintegration of Maoist combatants is a key part of the Nepal Peace Process. A verification process undertaken by The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) in December 2007 concluded that there were over 20,000 Maoists staying in seven main cantonments (barracks) and the 21 sub-cantonments. Of these, 4,008 were ‘disqualified’- either for enrolling after the [...]
High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) Formed in Nepal
A ‘High Level Political Mechanism’ (HLPM) has been formed in Nepal, tasked with moving the country forward from the political impasse in the peace process and the writing of a new constitution. The HLPM is under the co-ordination of the President of the Nepali Congress, Girija Prasad Koirala, and the other two members are Prachad, [...]
All People Development Centre (APEC)
Siraha is one of the districts of Terai that has been greatly impacted by the ten-year long Maoist armed conflict, the Madheshi movement and the various armed groups operating in the region. Over the course of the conflict more than 100 armed groups have operated in the Terai demanding greater respect for Madhesh people. They [...]
