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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 ‘Peace-building’
Nepal Peace Process at a Standstill
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 [...]
Nepal Political Deadlock Continues
The High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) has recently been addressing some major issues in the Nepali peace process. The mechanism has decided to deal with the critical issues in a package. They are: Review of past agreements Building the environment of trust and confidence The move of the President for restoration of the Chief of [...]
Hope Diminished for Writing a New Constitution
Nepal is currently in political stalemate, over three issues: civilian supremacy, as the President moves to reinstate the army chief; the formation of the new government under leadership of the Maoist party; and the reintegration of the Maoist combatants. This stalemate is a major setback for the peace process and the writing of the new constitution. The High Level [...]
