[One only hopes that the scheduled voting process is not disrupted by the dissenters and the voting takes place smoothly to give Nepal a long delayed republican democratic constitution to replace the interim constitution now in place. By far the three largest parties, viz. Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), appear to be broadly on the same page.
Of course, like any democratic constitution, this one will also have provision for subsequent amendments.] I/II. http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-09-13/ca-meet-underway.html CA meet underway - Post Report, Kathmandu Sep 13, 2015- The Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting that was put on hold for two days since Friday in order to hold talks with the disgruntled Madhes-based parties resumed on Sunday. Top leaders of major parties addressed the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting before initiating the voting process on the Constitution Bill. The CA secretariat is all set to start the voting process. Addressing the CA meet, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala remarked that the dialogue is the only way to resolve all kinds of problems. He said all the parties should come onboard at this historic moment. The CA meet that was scheduled to be held at 11 am today was delayed for three hours and began at 2 pm this afternoon. Published: 13-09-2015 14:29 II. http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/ A. Constitution drafting to go ahead Sunday, September 13th, 2015 .................................................................................................................. Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to move ahead with the constitution-drafting process after the agitating political parties did not show up for talks. The three major political parties postponed constitution-drafting for two days, keeping the doors open for talks with the agitating parties regarding delineation of federal states in the constitution. “The dialogues couldn’t move ahead even though we halted the process. So we have decided to move ahead while keeping the doors open for dialogue,” said NC Chief Whip Chin Kaji Shrestha. The CPN-UML has also urged all its lawmakers to continue with constitution-drafting. CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli urged all the lawmakers at a CPN-UML’s Parliametary meeting not to to walk away from the process. The meeting between the three political parties scheduled for today could not take place, however, after the meeting with the agitating parties failed to materialize. Meanwhile representatives of the Tharuwan-Tharuhat Joint Struggle Committee met with the Prime Minister this morning. According to one of the representatives, Raj Kumar Lekhi, although unofficial talks ended on a positive note, official talks are yet to be held. “We will not begin official talks unless our seven-point demands are met,” said Lekhi, adding, “the Prime Minister has said he will send us an official letter.” B. Voting on amendment proposals Sunday, September 13th, 2015 .................................................................................................................. Chairman of Constituent Assembly (CA) Subas Nembang has said that voting on amendment proposals for the constitution will be held today. He said that the voting, which was to start on Friday last week, was postponed for two days at the request of the major political parties. “The voting process will begin after discussions and speeches by senior leaders,” he said. According to Nembang, after senior leaders address the CA, the President of the Constitution Drafting Committee Krishna Prasad Sitaula will answer questions regarding the draft constitution. He said that any agreements made before the CA’s meeting at 11:30 AM can be incorporated into the amendment proposals. “If both the drafting process and the talks go forward simultaneously, amendments can be made even after the constitution is promulgated,” he said. He also said retracting from the constitution-drafting process would now be impossible. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
