Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Politics

Politics CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY Constitutional Conundrum As May 28 draws closer, concerns over whether the new constitution will be promulgated by that deadline are naturally growing. The activities going on inside and outside the Constituent Assembly indicate that the new constitution, even if it is promulgated, will not give a long term solution to the long running political instability. Nepal’s hard geostrategic realities are its two giant neighbours. Within home, the many voices of differences and dissents coming from a range of political and ethnic organisations compound the problems. Disagreements pervade from the top to the bottom of the constitution making process. Even at the best scenario at the moment, the new constitution looks likely to face a similar fate as the six constitutions that Nepal experimented with before: http://spotlightnepal.com/sln/Politics.aspx?ArticleID=883