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31/12/2014: 2014:
Constitution
hope ends in despair (kp), Suggest
ways
or follow rule: Nembang to parties (kp), Nembang
leaves
parties with three options, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
Let
CA
decide (ht), ‘Another
conflict
crime against country’ (ht), Parties
remain
poles apart: Shekhar Koirala (ht), CPN-Maoist
announces
protests: Struggle planned in consultation with UCPN-M,
says Gajurel (ht), CPN-Maoist:
Protest
in consultation with UCPN (Maoist) (rep), CPN-Maoist
demands
national unity government (kp), CPN-UML
chair’s
activities provocative: Dahal to Nepal (ht), Mahato
slams
ruling parties (ht), Hit
or
miss? With the same old style of leadership and
dysfunctional governance, leaders' speeches of
delivering the new constitution on the promised date
sound doubtful, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (rep)
30/12/2014: Nembang
urged
to initiate vote (kp), CA
to
proceed as per its rules: Nembang; Vote on disputed
issues unlikely for months, says Constituent Assembly
chair, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Top
four
leaders engage in tough negotiations Fail to break ice,
decide to buy time to consider the alternatives
suggested by the task force (ht), No
statute
on Jan 22, brace up for stir: Dahal tells cadres
(kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
instructs leaders to go to districts for protest
(rep), Six
on
roster to head transitional justice bodies (kp), CK
Raut
held in Jaleshwor again (kp), So
close
yet so far: Nepal's political parties still need to
strike a balance between their ideological and strategic
priorities to promulgate a constitution, by Jay
Nishaant (kp), The
Constitution: Blame Game Never Ends, by Prem Khatry
(rn)
29/12/2014: CA
members’
nay to delayed statute (kp), Taskforce
leaves
disputes for top leaders to settle, Govt
plans
security: Home Ministry assesses security scenarios
whether or not there is new constitution on January 22
(kp), Leaders
to
decide disputed issues (ht), UML
chief
rules out ‘absolute consensus’ (kp), Slim
chances
of consensus: UML, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Students
seek
public pressure for constitution (ht), CK
Raut
held, released (kp), War
victim’s
journey: From an influential person to a beggar, by
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp), Transitional
justice
panels yet to be filled (kp), Nepali
Congress
and CPN-UML are insisting on ‘and’ provision,
interview with Laxman Lal Karna (kp) [Citizenship
is obviously another issue where the conservative
parties of NC and UML show their true face!!], An
alternative
model: Ruling coalition’s seven-province model, in any
form, is not decentralisation as alleged by the
opposition, by K.L. Devkota (kp)
28/12/2014: January
22
‘too close’ even for statute draft: Leaders say draft
possible only with a deal in two days (kp), Taskforce
working
on alternatives: To send disputed issues of the
constitution to top leaders (ht) [i.e.
to the most incompetent persons of solving
constitutional hurdles!!], Dahal
bats
for inclusiveness (kp), Baidya
Maoists
announce stir (kp), Thapa-led
chariot
rally untimely: Lawoti (kp), Not
again:
We should not let CA members extend the deadline for
promulgating the constitution at any cost, by
Rajendra Senchurey, Telling
her
story: Nepali history must acknowledge women’s
contributions to the country’s seminal political changes,
by Darshan Karki (kp), Sleep
to
dream: The year 2014 remained nondescript with a sense
of neither going nor reaching anywhere, by Abhi
Subedi (kp), CA
Members Just Twiddling Their Thumbs!, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn)
27/12/2014: ‘Problem
is
power, not consensus’: Nembang hits out at parties,
saying vacillation deliberate (ht) [!!!!!!!],
Issue
statute
on time, Civil society urges leaders (kp), Civil
society
members urge leaders to deliver statute on time
(ht), Seek
common
ground for constitution: Wang (kp), Wang
hopes
early consensus through dialogue (ht)
[China must understand that the
so-called Nepali political leaders are only interested
in power and the preservation of their privileges!!!],
The
less
the number of pradeshes, the better: Koirala (ht), Five
Maoist
parties hit out at each other (ht), Peace
process,
parliamentary politics failed to address people's
aspiration: Chand (rep), Revolt
under
threat: Chand (kp), Commander
Asmita’s
many battles: Leela Sharma, an ex-Maoist guerilla,
fought for justice in the People’s War; But even after
the war, she has had to continue her battles—both on the
personal front, and on behalf of other women fighters,
by Deepak Adhikari (kp), Prince
of
darkness: Kamal Thapa should have posted a Christmas
greeting video on YouTube instead of wasting millions of
rupees with his ‘Chariot’ natak, by Guffadi (kp), RPP-Nepal’s
Rath
Yatra reaches Hetauda (ht), Old
state:
Women and citizenship (rep)
26/12/2014: New
taskforce
to seek consensus: Cross-party body to present a
proposal in 2 days; Parties ‘agree’ to adopt improved
parliamentary system (kp), Task
force
formed to forge consensus, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht),
Task
force
formed to settle disputed issues, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), Myriad
problems
if no consensus: Nembang (kp), Maoists
hint
at 6 states, with strings attached (kp), Maoists
now
float six-province model, by Ashok Dahal (rep), Constitution
on
Jan 22 is impossible : Bhim Rawal (kp), CPN
Maoist
mass assembly today (kp), Mixed
signals:
We have to make a constitution that is right for us, not
one that fits the rightist agenda of a governing party
in the neighbourhood (nt), More
of
the same: We Nepalis desperately need some positive
experiences to believe in ourselves and in our future,
by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp), Nepal’s
backwardness:
People’s apathy is to blame, by Mukul Sharma (ht), Forgotten
fighters:
Two women guerrillas who survived the war, struggle to
survive the peace, by Deepak Adhikari (nt), Playing
the
shame game: The same handful of ‘leaders’ are jockeying
in the back rooms for political, and personal, gain at
the expense of nearly 30 million people, by Marty
Logan (nt)
25/12/2014: History
repeats:
Wider range of parliamentarians, public must be included
in constitution drafting (kp), Forget
federalism:
Addressing the concerns of marginalized and ethnic
communities has nothing to do with such and such number
and names of federal states, by Mahabir Paudyal
(rep) [Federalism is a precondition for better inclusion
of ethnic and regional groups, Mr Paudyal! Ethnic
organisations had already demanded it in the mid-1990s,
long before the Maoists!!!], Widening
Discord May Stymie Constitution Promulgation, by
Uttam Maharjan (rn), Leaders
urged
to overlook their personal interest in CA (ht), Dahal
threatens
protest if statute is brought through majority
(rep), Constitution,
not
govt, is oppn priority: Dahal (kp), NC,
UML
ask Maoists to register differing views (kp), Changes
in
statute possible later: NC, UML tell Maoists (rep) [But your non-inclusive proposal is
fundamentally wrong!! It may lead to greater social
unrest!!], Leaders
promise
to remove trust deficit: The four major forces need to
clear the situation by stopping the tendency of
exchanging barbs (ht), Parties
need
to make effort to forge consensus (ht), SSP
withdraws
support to govt (kp), FSP
withdraws
support to govt (ht), UDMF
to
take inlike-minded parties (ht), RPP-N
chariot
rally begins (kp) [Targeting
national
harmony within the multiethnic, multireligious and
multilingual state of Nepal!!], Thapa
warns
of jihad (ht) [?????],
Complexity
of
faith: Religion is a complex dynamic force of human
civilisation with potential for both good and evil,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), March
for
citizenship through mother, by Weena Pun (kp), Youth
activists
for citizenship also through mother's name (rep)
24/12/2014: Secularism
and
the state: Secularism provides legal, psychological
protection to religious minorities against majoritarian
hegemony, by Dipendra Jha (kp), EC
for
3 pc threshold, MMPR system (ht), MPs
turn
up heat on senior leaders (kp), Leaders
urge
statute draft by January 22: Launching a movement now
will divert focus from the real task,say members of
ruling parties (ht), Sit-in
to
press for timely statute (kp), Slumber
rally
in city to wake lawmakers up (ht), Drive
for
identity-based federalism (kp), We
won’t
compromise on deadline for consensus: Oli (kp), RPP-N
chief
rules out timely constitution (ht), Nembang,
lawmakers
urge Dahal not to launch protest, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), Not
the
time for stir, Shrestha tells Dahal (kp), Call
it
off: Opposition protest plans (rep), The
billion-rupee
gap: Inability to spend money earmarked for
infrastructure is a loss for the country (kp), The
divine
comedy: For the British envoy to suggest the right to
conversion be guaranteed in constitution can only mean
one thing: he wants coercive conversion legalized,
by Biswas Baral (rep) [??? What
nonsense by a person I thought to be intellectual!!],
Political
corruption
in Nepal: Strong action is necessary, by Pranav
Bhattarai (ht)
23/12/2014: Parties’
row
stops House business (kp), Leaders
urged
not to hold CA hostage to indecision (ht), 'CA
can't
be held hostage to past accords' (rep) [??],
Major
parties
differ over wait for consensus (rep), To
NC,
UML, oppn wields protest plan (kp), ‘Oppn
alliance
a ploy to disrupt statute writing’ (kp) [Proposal
of the male Bahun elites another ploy to disrupt
legitimate demands and interests of the traditionally
exluded majority of society!!], Koirala:
Agitation
will complicate matters (kp), Man
of
the hour: Sushil Koirala needs to emerge out of KP Oli’s
shadow and take the lead on negotiations with the
opposition on the constitution, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), FNCCI
puts
pressure on major parties (ht),
Hurry
Makes Bad Curry, by Shyam K.C. (rn),
ICC
staff
protest affects House meet for 2 hrs (kp), Low
capital
expenditure: House panels grill PM, ministers in one
voice (kp), Govt
told
to accomplish development projects’ bids (ht), NHRC
urges
govt to perform Nanda Prasad’s final rites (ht), NHRC
asks
govt to plan funeral (kp), Citizenship
issue:
Wordings add to woes of children of single mothers,
by Weena Pun (kp), Name
of
the mother: A broadbased coalition could help in the
fight against discriminatory citizenship provisions
(kp), If
Madhesis
ruled: 'But son, army isn't for you; You must be
Madheshi to qualify for army job, unless you want to
work as a barber or a cook', by Sukhdev Shah (rep)
22/12/2014: A
stitch in time: A major backlash is possible if a
broadbased, inclusive constitution is not drafted soon
(kp), CA
hears
party stances echoed yet again (ht), If
there’s
a push for conservative constitution, there’ll be strong
resistance, interview with Baburam Bhattarai (kp), Interparty
relations
sour badly (rep), Dahal-led
front
set to hit streets: 19 parties decided on Sunday to
launch street agitation in order to press the ruling
coalition for a compromise (kp), 19
parties
decide to launch agitation, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht),
Oppn
parties
plan street protests (rep), Dahal
lashes
out at UML chief Oli (kp), Dahal
lashes
out at PM Koirala, Oli (ht), National
integrity
holds key to federalism: Khanal (kp) [National
integrity means that the male Bahuns have to step down
from their all-pervasive power control and privileges,
once and for all!!], Constitution
only through consensus, says Nembang (kp), Consensus
must
for constitution by deadline: Nembang (ht), Statute
by
two-thirds majority, Mahat claims (kp) [There
will be no two-thirds majority for the proposal of the
ruling parties in CA, Mr Mahat! Besides, you should be
aware that the two ruling parties have been electedby
less than 50 percent of the voters, i.e. the majority of
the people have different ideas!!! ], 33-party
alliance
falls apart (kp), Are
We Heading For Confrontation?, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn), The
shivering
subalterns: There seems to be some hesitation among a
section of Muslims and Tharus in making common cause
with mainstream Maoists and resolute Madheshis, by
C.K. Lal (rep), Federalism
on
ethnic basis is a reversal of republicanism,
interview with Hussaini Abdu (rep)
21/12/2014: Content
important
not deadline: BRB (ht) [!!!], ‘Decisive’
talks
fall through: Maoist leaders walk out of PM-chaired
meeting (kp) [The demand that the opposition has to accept the
ruling parties' proposal without changes has nothing to
do with consensus offer!!], UCPN-Maoist
walks
out (ht), NC,
UML,
Madhesi parties to intensify talks (ht), CA
vote
not an easy option (kp), PAPAD
submits
memo to President Yadav (ht), RPP-N
chief
Thapa demands referendum for Hindu state (kp) [Such demand is anti-national and
anti-constitutional! The question remains: Why does the
state not treat him in the same way as CK Raut or better
vice versa??], RPP-N’s
10-day
Rath Yatra: To cover 30 districts calling for Hindu
state (ht), 13
citizenships
in mum’s name in Banke last FY: No person in the
district has been able to obtain citizenships through
their mother’s name in the running fiscal year (kp),
Elites
without
etiquette: Nepal’s elites need to teach their children
the value of time, significance of discipline, and
importance of environment, by Khagendra N. Sharma
(kp)
20/12/2014: NC,
UML
for ‘decisive talks’ with opposition (kp), NC,
UML
to opt for voting if no consensus (rep), Toe
‘progressive’
line: BRB to ruling parties, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Oppn
front
warns of protest: Protests if NC, UML are inflexible:
FDRA (kp), FRA
gearing
up to launch agitation: NC says resolution should
besought on negotiating table, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), Janajati
alliance
stages protest for identity-based federalism (kp), No
alternative
to agitation, say Madhesi forces (kp), Nembang
urged
to take initiative for consensus (ht), ‘Govt
change
after Jan 22’ (kp) [UML is already part of the current weak
government! Power and privileges, that's all
politicians are interested in!!], Cong
should
step down after Jan 22, says Khanal (kp), War-era
cases:
Clarify crime, punishment: NBA (kp), UN
asks
govt to ensure rights (kp), Citizens
sans
a state, by Weena Pun (kp), Transitional
justice:
Rights groups ask PM for transparency in appts (kp),
Rights
groups
call on Nepal tomake TRC, CID independent (ht)
19/12/2014: CA
continues
debate on its next step (ht), “The
clock
is ticking”, interview with CA Chair Subhas Nembang
(nt), One
month
to go: Politicians agree to agree, sending a sense of
cautious optimism about the constitution, but they need
to settle their power struggle first (nt), Contentious
consensus:
There is much more to the constitution debate than the
constitution, by Anurag Acharya (nt), Directly-elected
Prez
call renewed (kp), NEFIN
to
member bodies: Don’t join Tuladhar-led move (kp) [Janajati (and Madheshi) will never
get their just demands fulfilled as long as they are
unable to cooperate!!], Forge
consensus
or be ready for vote, says PM (ht) [A
two-thirds majority for the non-inclusive proposal of
the ruling parties can hardly be imagined!], NC,
UML
for giving top leaders 5 days to settle disputes
(rep), MJF-Nepal
pledges
single Madhes (ht), Model
of
judiciary: A Thorny Issue on Constitution Drafting,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), Citizenship
from
mother: DPM Gautam wavering on his promise, by Weena
Pun (kp) [Citizenship from
mother is a fundamental right and does not depend on the
favour of any minister!!], Not
over
yet: Government must implement its plan to rehabilitate
children affected by conflict (kp), A
great coming storm: Complex social conflicts loom,
unless Nepal creates jobs for returning migrants from
India and overseas, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), A
failed mission: Unless a single entity is given the
mandate to act freely and take action against people at
the top, controlling corruption will remain impossible,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Only
half
free: Freedom of expression can’t be selective, it
includes the freedom to speak about changing one’s
religion, by Damakant Jayshi (nt)
18/12/2014: Leaders
claim
progress on judiciary, electoral system: Differences
persist on federalism, forms of government, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai and Pranab Kharel (kp), CA
members
voice their party stances: Discussions show that
deadlock nowhere near resolution (ht), UML
reiterates
two-third majority if no consensus (rep), Oppn
warns
against bringing statute through majority (rep), UML:
Extremist
forces threat to statute writing (kp), Demand
to
reinstate Prithvi Jayanti (kp), A
matter of choice: British envoy may have overreached,
but Hindu right is perhaps missing the point (kp), Politicians
‘try
to influence CIAA’: Oli, Deuba ‘ask investigators to
release those arrested’ (kp) [The
close connection between high level politicians and
crime is all-pervasive!!], Dalit
panel
without members for a year (kp), Truth
and
consequences: For true reconciliation, human rights
violations during the conflict must be confronted head
on, by Ram Kumar Bhandari and Erik B. Wilson (kp), Kin
of
conflict victim deprived of relief (ht), Transcending
Leadership Vital To Democratic Constitution Writing,
by Mukti Rijal (rn)
17/12/2014: MPs
divided
over statute procedure: Ruling parties question PDCC’s
relevance; Propose settling disputed issues at the
Constituent Assembly (kp) [Only
the CA has to decide on the new constitution, not the
parties and their male Bahuin leaders!!], CA
prolongs
meeting to await consensus among parties (ht), CA
chair
urged to remove deadlock (rep), FSPN
warns
ruling parties (ht), Chands’s
party
working on ‘revolutionary doctrine’ (kp), Dahal's
stratagem:
Dahal is championing 10 ethnic states, most of them
ethnic, not as a principled issue, but as bargaining
chip to realize personal ambition, by Neelam
Adhikari (rep)
16/12/2014: Flexibility
a
far cry as CA deliberations begin (kp), PDCC
must
settle disputes: Maoists (kp), UCPN-M
for
returning disputes to CPDCC (ht), Ruling,
oppn
leaders sharply divided on returning to CPDCC (rep),
Diplomat
summoned
over envoy’s conversion note, by Anil Giri (kp), Govt
summons
UK official over 'rights to change religion', by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Breach
of
protocol: Andy Sparkes plea for right to conversion is
condemnable; it goes against basic diplomatic norms and
values, by Bimal Gautam (rep) [The
freedom to choose one's own religion is a fundamental
right of every human being that is so far not respected
in Nepal!!!], ‘Low
women
representation in political parties’, by Thakur
Singh Tharu (kp), Unproductive
peace:
Eight years since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement in 2006, political leaders have little to show,
by Subindra Bogati (kp), 21st
century
constitution: Whatever happens on January 22, 2015, it
is certain that it will end up drafting a constitution
that could just as well have been crafted on January 22,
1815, by Bishal Thapa (rep)
15/122014: PM
gets
NC nod to forge consensus with oppn parties‘:
Flexibility on disputed issues but only around joint
proposal’ (kp), NC
for
consensus from margins of joint proposal: Congress to
make all out effort to draft new constitution by the
January 22 deadline (ht), Chances
of
statute through consensus high: Dahal, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), EC
plans
to be independent poll governing body, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), MoFA
to
ask for UK envoy’s take: Sparkes, in a newspaper opinion
piece, had called on lawmakers to protect right to
change religion in new constitution (kp) [The
British ambassador's statement was necessary and
reasonable! Only communal forces see this different! The
fundamental right of every citizen to choose her/his
religion must be guaranteed by the constitution!],
Sparkes’
advocacy
of conversion sparks row (ht), UK
envoy
under flak for advocacy of conversion: Govt prepares to
seek clarification, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), RPP-N:
Honour
Prithvi Narayan Shah (kp) [Those
conquered, subjected and excluded inferior citizens by
the Shah state are also integral parts of the nation!
How can they celebrate this day??], Declare
Prithvi
memorial daya holiday, says RPP-Nepal (ht), Return
to
the fold: Baidya’s reentry must not deviate the Maoist
party from peace, constitution (kp), Longer
the
transition, the less attention govt pays to human rights,
interview with Anup Raj Sharma (kp), Issue
Of Disappearances, Politics Ignoring Justice, by
Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
14/12/2014: Chances
of
new statute by Jan 22 slim: Bhattarai (kp), Major
parties
getting serious: Bhattarai; Says it’ll be an achievement
if first draft of constitution is ready by January 22
(ht), Consensus
possible,
say parties (ht), MJF-Nepal
chairfinds
fault withUDMF constituents (ht), HR
meet
calls for youths’ representation (kp), Researching
peace:
Without explicit educational and empowerment functions,
the state-building process cannot succeed, by
Yogendra P. Paneru (kp)
13/12/2014: NC
leadership
asked to pull out all stops for statute, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), NC
leaders
against sending disputed issues back to CPDCC, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Koirala
tasked
with forging consensus (ht), Taskforce
of
second rung leaders on anvil (kp) [Janajati,
Madheshi and women in general are minorities among
second rung leaders as well!!], Major
forces
to disscus issues ‘more systematically’ (ht), Parties’
new
option: Statute draft by Jan 22 (kp), Dahal-led
19-party
alliance announced (kp), FDA
to
press for inclusive statute (ht), ANNFSU
launches
SMS campaign for constitution (ht), Call
for
reopening debate on citizenship; Agreed provisions can
render many stateless: Experts (ht), Walking
the
tightrope: We have to be honest, cultivate confidence
and trust, and tackle the issues without sticking
adamantly to identity positions, by Shyam Sharma
(rep)
12/12/2014: CPN-Maoist
warns
of ‘people’s constitution’ (kp), Baidya's
CPN-Maoist
unveils concept paper for new statute (rep), Shekhar
Koirala
differs with NC mainstream (ht), Oli
unhappy
with PM Koirala (rep), Miles
to
go: Clear separation of powers would help the Commission
for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority tackle
corruption, by Shyam K.C. (kp), Instilling
Leadership
Qualities, by Reagan Bhandari (rn), Decentralised
plunder:
The rent from Nepal’s rent-seeking state just went up
(nt), Dichotomy
in
development: A successful politician in Nepal is almost
necessarily corrupt, by Bihari K. Shrestha (nt)
11/12/2014: CA
takes
up disputed issues: PDCC Chair Bhattarai insists
consensus still possible (kp), Bhattarai
tables
CPDCC report: Says mandate of people’s movements takes
precedence over that of elections (ht), Choice
is
between disastrous and unpalatable: Bhattarai (rep),
Parties
in
‘positive discussions’ to settle contentious subjects
(kp), Parties
to
seek consensus through series of talks (rep), Ruling,
opposition
parties trying to woo each other (ht),
Fear Of
Missing The January 22 Deadline Looms Large, by
Uttam Maharjan (rn), Weapons
of
choice: What would be the long- and short-term
consequences if the two-thirds majority should get its
way?, by Pramod Mishra (kp),
Regressive
statute
will be torn: CPN-M (ht), ‘Nepal’s
human
rights condition deteriorates’ (kp) [see report
of AHRC], Time
to
deliver: NHRC should book politicians and senior
government officials who condoned torture and human
rights violations, by Bhagirath Basnet (rep), And
justice
for all: Conflict wounds cannot be healed without
recognising victims’ demands (kp), Youths
of
Taplejung rue decade-long insurgency: Youngsters quit
their studies to work as porters (ht), TRC
secretary
tasked to begin logistical, administrative works
(kp)
10/12/2014: Conflict
victims
seek end to politics over commissions, by Weena Pun
(kp), War
victims
welcome court’s verdict on journo murder case, by
Prakash Adhikari (kp), Four
forces
in bid to forge consensus: Second-rung leaders absent as
top guns meet (ht), UML
PP
against re-sending issues to PDCC (kp), Oli
against
giving consensus forging task to CPDCC again (ht), Ex-Nefin
members
to join Janajati stir with Tuladhar (kp), Thapa
seeks
revocation of CA (ht), Appointments
in
TRC: Panel to give names for two commissions (ht), Rights
all
year round: Promotion and protection of the rights of
vulnerable groups can strengthen national integrity,
peace and democracy, by Madhab Regmi (kp), Empowering
the
other half: All out against VAW, by Gail Marzetti
(ht), Latest
Buzz: National Government, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
09/12/2014: Talks
on
statute contents, not process: Big 3 (kp), Parties
in
‘final bid’ to forge consensus: Big Three include
Madhesi front in talks on contentious matters for the
first time, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Updated
version
of interim statute can be issued as new constitution:
Oli (rep) [???], Updating
interim
statute anoption: Oli: Says disputed issues won’t be
returned to CPDCC, by Tikas R. Pradhan (ht), ‘Promulgate
statute
evenby amending CA calendar’ (ht), Two
roads
diverge: By now, all parties know the limitations and
possible points of compromise on contentious issues of
the new constitution, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), The
right
move: To build a strong economic future for Nepal, we
cannot ignore the rights of half of the population,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp), Keep
your
promises: Any attempt to pursue decentralisation instead
of federating the country would be manipulative politics,
by Prakash Bom (kp), National
conference
of Dalit rights activists kicks off (ht), Madheshi
separatism:
There is no evidence of mass discontent among Madheshi
people that they are being deprived of civil and
citizenship rights under the exclusionist rule, by
Sukhdev Shah (rep)
08/12/2014: No
light
at end of statute tunnel: Parties clueless what follows
CA talk on PDCC report (kp), Nembang
asks
leaders to forge consensus in five days (ht), UCPN-M-led
new
opposition front in offing (ht), Morcha
presses
identity-based federalism (kp), UML
looks
to consider every possible alternative (kp), CPN-M
memo
to PM Koirala warning of another movement (ht), Restraint
in
response: Longer the constitution drafting, more
opportunity for spoilers to create havoc (kp), Journo
murder:
Dailekh court delivers verdict: Jail terms for 5
convicts; TRC Act, Civil Code cited, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp), Verdict
issued
in Dekendra murder case (ht), Families
of
conflict-missing hoping against hope, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep), Silence
of
foxes: For the Pink Pretenders of supposedly
Marxist-Leninist variety, KP Oli, the presumptive power
behind throne of Premier Koirala, is the rock of
stability, by C.K. Lal (rep), Groundless
Optimism, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
07/12/2014: NC-UML
bid
for nat’l consensus govt loses steam (kp), NEFIN
does
volte-face on Tuladhar deal: Decisison as per the
mandate given by representatives at nat’l gathering in
Butwal: Leaders (kp), Ex-NEFIN
chair
Lekhi against joining ethnic movement (kp), Two-third
majority
in CA won’t workin constitution making: Dahal (ht),
Search
for
self: A Nepali identity is the whole—the sum total of
the country’s more than a hundred ethnic identities,
by Khagendra N. Shakya (kp) [Yes,
reality is the opposite of the single ethnic identity
thinking of the so-called leaders!!]
06/12/2014: CPDCC
report
submitted to CA chair, by Prakash Acharya and Tika
R. Pradhan (ht), PDCC
report
lands in CA: Constituent Assembly to meet on Tuesday:
Bhattarai hopeful of end to polarisation (kp), CPDCC
submits
report to CA: Says it's 'neither vor voting nor for
deliberation' (rep), ‘New
statute
possible by April 15’ (ht), Seven
Madhesi
forces one on disputed issues (ht), Madhesi
leaders
refuse to rise to govt, federal commission baits
(ht), Madhesi
parties
reject UML bid to decide fed set-up later (kp), 20
parties
form task force (ht), Crime-politics
nexus
promoting impunity: NHRC (kp)
05/12/2014: Constitution
writing
to be fast-tracked: CA secretariat prepares to amend
calendar to meet Jan 22 deadline (kp), Oppn
worried
what CA may do to CPDCC report (ht), Fight
over
what happens after disputed issues are sent to CA
persists, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Tarai
parties
may go for ‘improved parliament’ model (kp), Gachhadar
against
statute sans federalism (ht), ‘Flexible
on
number of states’ (kp), CPN-Maoist
leader
warns of protest (ht) [Didn't you say that you are against the
promulgation of the constitution by CA??], Nepal
against
unity govt idea (kp), Almost
there,
but...: Predicament of Pushpa Kamal Dahal and fears of
‘Madhesbadi’ leaders stand between us and constitution,
by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), ‘C’
for
constitution: Nepal may finally get its new constitution
but it may not be in January, by Anurag Acharya
(nt), Dalit
women
urge govt to ensure citizenship thru mother's name
(rep), Making
peace
with the past: For the women widowed by war, personal
happiness comes last, by Trishna Rana (nt), What
Constitution?
From promulgation of the new constitution by January 22,
major political parties have shifted their focus to
forming a national consensus government (sp), Human
rights
and Good governance have many faces, by Kirsten
Geelan (sp)
04/12/2014: Eyes
on
the prize: Parties must focus more on constitution and
less on government formation (kp), People
launch
sms campaign to press for timely statute, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep), PDCC
to
submit report ‘today’: 22-party alliance okays major
parties’ decision; BRB asked to use his conscience
(kp), CPDCC
chair
to submit report: Bhattarai entrusted with preparing its
contents ‘using his wisdom’, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), RPP-N
to
hold Rath Yatra for Hindu state (kp), Hindu
state? by Prakash A. Raj (rep) [Nepal
is the best example that the identification of state and
religion does not work, especially not in
multi-religious and multi-ethnic states! Besides, the
state of Nepal in its current form only came into
existence through the military conquests of the Shah
rulers between 1742 and 1791, as you know well, Mr Raj!],
An
index
for inclusion: Multidimensional Social Inclusion Index
provides an illuminating picture of inclusion’s
non-linear nature, by Deepak Thapa (kp)
03/12/2014: A
modest proposal: Any design for federalism must ensure
rightful shares for deprived groups in the power
structure, by Amar Kant Jha (kp), Proposals
stranded
at CPDCC (ht), Parties
not
serious about consensus, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Leaders
need
to do soul searching, by Prakash Rimal (ht), Big
3
parties say agreement around corner (kp), Political
polarisation
to affect January 22 deadline: Bhattarai (ht), Oli
steps
up unity govt talksHolds one-on-one meeting with UCPN
(Maoist) leader Bhattarai for three hours (kp), Citizenship
through
single parent, says BRB (kp), UNHRC
prods
Nepal for justice in 3 war-era cases, by Weena Pun
(kp)
02/12/2014: CPDCC’s
filibustering
holding statute hostage: Crisis of confidence between
ruling and opposition parties has deadlocked
constitution drafting, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Madhes
parties
turn down UML offer to join govt (kp), Chand
announces
CPN Maoist, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), Conflict
victims
demand equal state treatment: Victims claim that govt
officials, former rebels and security personnel injured
during insurgency have however received facilities
(kp)
01/12/2014: As
meetings
fail, parties to engage in informal talks (kp), Starting
again:
Political leaders must still explore all avenues of
negotiation for consensus (kp), Nine-state
model
with autonomous Madhes: MJF-N; MJF-N also proposes a
provision of changing the name and capital of state
through two-thirds majority of a provincial assembly
(kp), Not
in
our name: A Truth Commission cannot impose
reconciliation upon victims of conflict under any
circumstance, by Suman Adhikari (kp), Illusive
consensus:
There must be pressure from all sides to come up with a
constitution by the scheduled date, by consensus, and if
not, by two-third majority, by Bhagirath Basnet
(rep)
30/11/2014: After
a
lull, parties to renew consensus effort (kp), Parties
stress
consensus, but continue to differ (kp), FRA
decides
to wait and watchruling parties (ht), Dissolve
CA,
govt, demands CPN-M (ht)
29/11/2014: CPDCC
meet
calledfor tomorrow: Ruling, opposition parties
fine-tuning strategies, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Oli
bats
for commission to settle federalism dispute (kp) [Such commission is of no meaning as
along as the disadvantaged sections sof society are
adeaquately participated! These sections (Janajatis,
Madheshis, Dalits, Muslims and women in general)
constitute 85 percent of the population!!!], In
search
of a common stance: 22-party alliance to take to streets
after finalising its agenda, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
29/11/2014)
28/11/2014: PM:
No
pressure from Modi on constitution (kp), Koirala
says
no external pressure (ht 28/11/2014), Transgression
of
authority: Nepal needs a strong and independent
anti-corruption agency outside the realm of the
executive, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Half-widows
of
war: Hand-in-hand, wives of those disappeared in the war
help each other cope with life, by Trishna Rana (nt)
26/11/2014: Modi
bats
for consensus; Advice: Preliminary constitution draft in
agreement, amendments may be made later, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp) [The problem is that the proposal of NC and UML is
not inclusive and cannot be a basis for future
amendments!!], Modi
stresses
on consensus for statute (ht), Modi
for
constitution through consensus: UCPN (Maoists) feels
encouraged (rep), Ruling
parties
to Modi: Consensus best but voting if inevitable
(kp) [Consensus here means that
the opposition has to support the proposal of the
government parties!]
25/11/2014: A
slippery slope: Unless drastic amendments are made to
the CA Rules of Procedure, a new constitution by January
22 is no longer possible, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), On
the
brink: Constitutional process (rep), 22
parties
say they favour consensus: Claim ruling parties want a
vote on disputed issues (ht), NC,
UML
blasted for ‘pushing nation towards confrontation:
’Dahal says statute cannot be drafted through majority
in Constituent Assembly (ht), Opposition
briefs
int’l community on statute stance (kp), Chand
faction
splits from CPN-Maoist: Plans to announce own party
after necessary homework, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), Six
Madhes-based
parties join forces to revive SLMM (kp), Madhesi
parties
revive UDMF: Say they will not be joining government
till the constitution is promulgated (ht), Internal
divide:
Splits in the indigenous movement in Nepal could
jeopardise the achievements of Janajati politics, by
Tashi Tewa Dolpo (kp)
24/11/2014: Dahal
reneges
on deal after allies rebuke: Cannot convince oppn
parties to let ruling parties’ proposal to CA (kp),
Past
agreements
principles of new statute: Dahal (ht), Political
deadlock
that refuses to end, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Daughters
to
get equal share of parental property, by Weena Pun
(kp), Hybrid
delusions:
Democracy is a fine mantra but what really matters to
international community is regime stability in
chronically conflict-afflicted countries, by C.K.
Lal (rep)
23/11/2014: Parties
agree
to send all PDCC issues to Constituent Assembly
(kp), Leaders
agree
to end deadlock (ht), Consultations
for
breaking stalemate positive: Acharya (ht), If
no
statute, we need adraft by Jan 22: Sharma (ht), Carter
Center
calls for consensus among parties (kp), Referendum
on
Hindu state: Rana (kp) [???], Looming
deadline:
The only real option for political parties is a
constitution by January 22, by Siddhartha Thapa
(kp), The
beautification
charade: Unless the public demands development that is
more than cosmetic fixes, superficial work, like that
for the Saarc Summit, will continue, by Manish
Gyawali (kp)
22/11/2014: Eager
to
step down, but after statute: PM (ht), Eight
years
of peace agreement: Leaders discuss way forward, gains
so far (ht), 8
yrs after CPA, key tasks of peace process still pending:
Dispute resolution body remains unable to meet
(rep), Dahal
urges
prez to help end deadlock: Tells Head of State
Congress-UML’s joint proposal creating distrust among
parties (ht), Welcome
to
Nepal: What stings is that as they talk about meaningful
regional cooperation, these politicians have absolutely
no vision of how to shape the Nepal they inherites from
the 2006 revolution, by Biswas Baral (rep)
21/11/2014: Parties
adamant
as deadlock continues (kp), Leaders
still
clamor for consensus (rep), Joint
proposal
on statute can be modified: UML (ht), Constituent
Assembly
will deliver constitution sooner or later, says Dev,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Electoral
model
becomes more vital, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), The
foreign
handlers: Federalism is just decentralised feudalism in
which warlords will rule states, by Bihari K.
Shrestha (nt), Deadlines
To
Miss (sp), Deconstructing
Hagiography:
Rescuing History: In that Nietzscheian sense, politics
is about power which is best exercised invisibly, by
Dipak Gyawali (sp)
20/11/2014: 20
CA
parties reject NC, UML statute proposal (kp), 22-party
alliance
to brief envoys on Sunday: Claims what NC, UML told them
is not true (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)-led
camp says ruling parties vitiating consensus (rep),
Oppn
calls
off protest for SAARC Summit (kp), US,
British
envoys call on Dahal (ht), ‘UCPN-Maoist
on
course to commit another blunder’: Sitaula says the
ruling coalition will get stronger even if statute is
not drafted on time, by Prakash Acharya (ht) [A non-inclusive constitution is far
worse than a delayed but inclusive one, Mr Sitaula!!],
Key
leaders
abroad as political impasse deepens (rep), RPP-N
to
seek full CA House meeting (ht), Judges
call
for binning House hearing, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Appointment
of
judges: Parliamentary hearing not needed: Judges
(ht), Cabinet
can
overrule CIAA order on hydros: Gyawali (kp) [An
anti-corruption commission that is subordinate to
politicians, i.e. one of the most corrupt sections of
Nepali society, makes absolutely no sense, Ms. Gyawali!!],
Papers
please:
Denial of citizenship to legitimate citizens is a
travesty of all achievements of all popular Nepali
movements, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Inter-party
Contretemps, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
19/11/2014: A
year after election, CA still lacks full shape, by
Ashok Dahal (rep), Janajatis
may
work with 22-party alliance, by Roshan Sedhai (kp),
‘Mass
movement
essential for Indigenous People’s rights’ (ht), Parties
unwilling
to change stance (kp), Bhattarai
says
he will not act under pressure (ht), Bhattarai
raps
PM for joining signature campaign, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), Taking
regressive
decisions will be suicidal: Dahal (rep), Call
of
revolution: It is important to bring about national
transformation through small political processes, not
big revolutions, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp), Dawning
red:
While Biplab has reached a point of no return with his
"people's revolt", politics in Kathmandu is slowly
shifting in his favor, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep), Federating
Nepal
right, by Anil Karki (Setopati), Common
Proposal Ignites New Feud, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
18/11/2014: Game
of
thrones: Constitutional process (rep), Statute-writing
suffers
serious setback: Majority CPDCC members demand joint
proposal be sent to CA, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Rift
widens
in statute debate: PDCC meet put off as majority rally
for NC-UML proposal (kp), 43
members
press for forwarding NC-UML proposals, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Tharu
MPs
against 7-state model (kp), NEFIN,
AJRA
to launch joint Janajati protest (kp), Oppn
to
brief int’l community on their position (kp), Maoist-led
oppn
alliance also to brief diplomats (rep), CJ:
Don’t
experiment with judiciary (kp), A
half-hearted effort: The NC-UML proposal on the judicial
system and form of government does not reflect the
spirit of federalism, by Prakash Bom (kp), Federal
Nepal
in the making: A number of constraints, by Birendra
P. Mishra (ht)
17/11/2014: CA
misses
onemore deadline: Parties still hope to draft
constitution by January 22 (ht), Not
much
to hope from PDCC meet: Ruling parties are busy
collecting signatures to press Bhattarai to forward
their joint proposal (kp), UML-Maoist
talks
to find common ground fruitless; Mistrust has deepened:
Baburam Bhattarai (rep), Limbuwan
bandh
hits life in East (ht)
16/11/2014: BRB,
NKS
coax parties as Dahal spits venom (kp), Bhattarai
hopping
around town hoping against hope (ht), CPDCC
chairman
scrambles to get consensus forged: Holds hectic meetings
with PM Koirala, Oli and Thapa (ht), Confrontation
if
past pacts violated, Dahal warns (kp), Signatories
of
joint NC-UML proposal to push document (ht), Slow
road
to ruin: The UCPN (Maoist) leadership should either
reach consensus on the mode of federalism or agree to go
for a vote in the CA, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp) [Consensus means that both sides have
to move, not only one!!], Youth
groups
launch campaign for citizenship in mother’s name
(kp), Campaign
for
citizenship rights (ht), Poll
talks:
Election laws should undergo periodic changes to keep
pace with time and socio-political developments in the
country, by Motikala Subba Dewan (kp)
15/11/2014: CPDCC
meeting
put off until Monday (ht), Maoists
denied
5 days’ accord time (kp), Ruling
parties,
oppn still at loggerheads (ht), Dahal
dares
NC, UML to remove Bhattarai from CPDCC chair, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Crisis
Of
Our Making, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
14/11/2014: No
ill-intent:
Dahal’s deputies: Shrestha, Bhattarai say UCPN (M) is on
statute course (kp), UCPN-M
keen
on talks: Bhattarai, Shrestha Say pressing for consensus
does not mean they are against drafting the new
constitution (ht), Bhattarai
ready
to prepare questionnaire of disputes (rep), NC,
UML
to ask Bhattarai to forward joint agenda (kp), Madhes
parties
revive Morcha (kp), UDMF
expanded
to give message of unity (ht), The
revolutionary
myth: Maoist insurgency, like many revolutions, provided
fertile ground for epic constructions and mythologies,
by Gérard Toffin (kp)
13/11/2014: A
history of neglect: The challenge is to make the Nepali
state genuinely plural, where there is equality of
opportunity for all, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Major
parties
refuse to budge on cardinal points (rep), Signatories
of
joint proposal to adopt two-pronged strategy: To urge
Nembang to move their proposition to CA if consensus bid
fails, by Prakash Acharya (ht), NC,
UML
proposal not final, claims PM (ht), Ruling
parties
‘not to wait for long’: Tell diplomatic corps that they
will follow the procedure if consensus eludes, by
Anil Giri and Bhadra Sharma (kp) [Hopefully,
the diplomats will not accept the misleading statements
of the ruling party leaders! But one must be afraid that
Western politicians are not able to understand the
current dangerous procedures in Nepal! Nepal`s crisis
solution should be viewed neither through Western nor
through Bahun eyes!], Vexing
issues
to be put to vote, envoys told, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht), New
statute
by Jan 22 at any cost: Ruling parties to int'l community
(rep), ‘Unfortunate,
if
nation plunges into conflict’ (kp) [A
non-inclusive constitution as planned by NC and UML,
that disregards the justified demands of the excluded
sections of society, will definitely lead to social
conflict!!], Let
CA
decide future course of action: PM (kp), Madhesis
seek
separate space in nat’l politics (kp), Fringe
Madhesi
parties pitch for reviving UDMF (ht), NEFIN
decides
to focus on its own campaign (kp), Better
none?
I would prefer a no written constitution, as in Britain,
to an anti-people, anti-democratic constitution, as in
the Soviet Union, by Neelam Adhikari (rep)
12/11/2014: Russian
roulette:
Nepal’s constitution process (rep), BRB
for
dispute resolution panel within PDCC (kp), Bhattarai
proposes
forming mechanism within CPDCC to settle disputes
(rep), CPDCC
fails
to find a way out (ht), Transitional
justice
panels to begin work on ‘Dec 10’: Diplomatic committee
grills recommendation panel on Act provisions (kp),
TRC
Act
will eventually tend to amnesty: Experts (rep), TRC
may
take up journo murder case, by Prakash Adhikari
(kp), NC,
UML
angling for 1990 constitution: Dahal, by Hira
Bahadur Ghartimagar (rep), NC,
UML
to brief international community on joint proposal
(rep) [This only makes sense if
representatives of Janajatis, Madheshis, Dalits, Muslims
and women have a say in this event!!], Power
issue
delaying statute: Thapa (ht) [The
demands for religious freedom and Hindu state are
contradicting, Mr Thapa!! Religious freedom can only be
guaranteed in a secular state!!!], The
great
amalgamation: In the debate over state restructuring,
substantial discussions on the territorial and
structural reform of local bodies have been missing,
by K.L. Devkota (kp), House
of
cards: In an effort to please our visitors, we are
fooling ourselves; We are trying to present something
that we are not, by Subhash Ghimire (rep)
11/11/2014: So
far,
not so good: Almost a year since elections to a second
CA, constitution-drafting is still marked by a lack of
faith, mistrust, and inflexibility, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Don’t
change
track: UML Janajati leaders (ht), Speak
up:
NC and secularism (rep), CPDCC
to
dwell on NC-UML joint proposal, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Bhattarai
calls
CPDCC meet today; Dahal leaves for four-day Rolpa tour
(rep), Dahal
on
weeklong Rolpa ‘revenge’ tour: Maoist chairman felt
‘insulted’ by ruling parties’ snub of PC meet (kp) [??], Ruling
parties
in bid to win over Madhesi parties, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), Fight
for
equal rights: Clarion calls for gender-inclusive civil
code, by Weena Pun (kp), Citizenship
by
descent issued in mother’s name (ht) [Nepal
will only be an inclusive state when such news are not
sensational but normal routine!!], 10
cadres
of armed outfit arrested, by Ajit Tiwari (rep), Judges'
Conference
to discuss judiciary model in new statute (rep), KMC
flayed
for not doing enough to promote Newari art, culture
(rep)
10/11/2014: Time
running
out for timely constitution, Nembang tells leaders of
political parties, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Ruling
parties
‘register’ joint proposal at PDCC (kp), ‘Limited
time
to forge deal’ (kp), NC,
UML
to oppn: Prepare for vote; Constitution writing process
cannot stagnate when consensus efforts fail, says
Prime Minister Koirala (kp), Opposition
offered
olive branch with caveat (ht), Don't
use
language of threat: PM to Dahal (rep), Wisdom
of
experience: Parties must reflect on past experience and
seek to prevent the mistakes made (kp), 22
NC
CA members meet PM Koirala: Urge him to stick to
Mahasamiti decision on federal units (ht), Row
over
secularism, federal model festers within NC, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep), Jay
P
Gupta warns of stern agitation (ht), One
or
two provinces in the Tarai is unacceptable,
interview with Raj Kumar Lekhi, NEFIN (kp), Nearing
Deadline
And Changed Tone Of Leaders, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
09/11/2014: Indigenous
issues:
Indentity-based federalism is the only way to reclaim
the rights of marginalised peoples, by Lhamo
Yangchen Sherpa (kp) Parties
in
informal dialogue to build trust (kp), No
‘majority’
statute: Oppn, by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp), NC,
UML
accused ofobstructing statute (ht), Tarai-based
NC
leaders make pitch for equality (kp), 22
CA
members for change (ht), UK
Bar
urges govt to release CK Raut: Requests Nepal to ensure
the internationally protected right to freedom of
expression (kp), Bodde,
Hachhethu
& Ethnic Federalism, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn) [An article in favour of the NC/UML
proposal for federal structure, but this proposal means
the transfer of the current single ethnic identity based
central state on the future federal provinces and will
not lead to inclusion!]
08/11/2014: NC
lawmakers
oppose joint federal model (ht), Maoist-led
alliance
ready to send NC-UML proposal to CA (rep), NC,
UML
snub meet of Dahal-led panel (kp), Nepali
Congress,
CPN-UML boycott Dahal-led Political Committee meet,
by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), NC,
UML
chiefs skip Political Committee meeting (rep), UCPN-Maoist
discusses
ways to deal with NC, UML (ht), Healing
The
Past Wounds?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), Conflict-hit
children
appeal for support to help them move on, by Arjun
Oli (rep), Insurgency
burdened
many children with grown up responsibilities, by
Benup Raj Bhattarai (rep)
07/11/2014: Janajatis
oppose
NC, UML position on federalism (kp), Main
forces
to toe agreed statute line (kp), Big
3
reiterate consensus constitution by Jan 22 (rep), Major
parties
continue consensus bid (kp), Constitution
through
voting, if no consensus: Oli (rep), We
remain
a vital part of statute writing: Dahal (kp), Maoists
deny
PDCC talks, seek ‘higher-level’ deliberation (kp), 'Mega
campaign'
for Hindu state launched (ht), Hindu
state
campaign gets NC cold shoulder (kp), Regressive
aims:
The demand to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu state has the
potential to invite new problems in constitution writing,
by Jagannath Adhikari (kp), Inter-caste
couple
refused marriage registration (ht) [This
is a true face of the single ethnic identity based Hindu
state!!!"], Keep
talking:
The foundations of a New Nepal cannot be laid on
faultlines of the past, by Anurag Acharya (nt), Changing
Facade:
Despite changing facets, the objective of the current
political alliances is to put the country into a
prolonged run of political instability (sp), Whither
New
Constitution? Instead of bridging their differences
major parties are drifting apart thus putting the
constitution-deadline in a real jeopardy, by Abijit
Sharma (sp)
06/11/2014: NC,
UML
leave door open for consensus (kp) [Consensus
means that the others have to adopt the own position,
according to Nepali politicians' thinking!!], Towards
compromise:
NC-UML’s proposal should be seen as a starting point
towards consensus dialogue (kp), Elusive
Consensus
And Power Sharing, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Three
parties
seek to clear suspicion (ht), PM
not
for bypassing opposition parties in statute-drafting,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep), CA
Secretariat
says CPDCC report delay against rules (ht), NC
unfazed
by campaign for Hindu state: NC Spokesman Dilendra Badu
says that the party leaders and cadres are free to
advocate for any religious ideology, by Binod
Ghimire (kp) [The problem is not
the religious ideology but its identification with state
ideology, Mr Badu!!!], CIAA
tables
graft law amendment proposal: Private sector, judiciary,
army may fall under the ambit of anti-graft body, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Swept
along:
Women were attracted to the Maoist party because of its
focus on gender equality, not available to them in their
former life, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep), Koirala
government
has failed to deliver, interview with Ishwar
Pokharel, CPN-UML General Secretary (rep)
05/11/2014: NC,
UML
common proposal: Oppn spars with ruling parties
(kp), Seven-pradesh
model
shuts out consensus: Dahal (ht), Dahal
threatens
govt, by Lawadev Dhungana (kp), Dahal:
NC,
UML have lost standing to govern: 'It's now up to 22
parties ro run country', by Giriraj Baskota (rep), Rift
between
ruling, oppn parties widens: Chairman postpones CPDCC
meet without consulting others, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), CPN-ML
opposes
Congress-UML proposal on disputed issues (ht), Oppositon
to
expose NC, CPN-UML (ht), Major
parties
buying time: NSP Chair Giri (ht), Futile
rounds (ht), NEFIN
pulls
out of Janajati movement (kp), Parties’
Rigidity
Takes Its Toll On Consensus, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn), Clearing
the
air: Form of government (rep), The
ignored
half: How can we as a nation move forward when roughly
half of our population is denied access to proper
education, nutrition, health and economy, by Khusbhu
Mishra (rep)
04/11/2014: A
middle way: Retention of current administrative
territory in designing federal units could mean the
preservation and extension of the domination of the high
hill castes, by Krishna Hachhethu (kp) [The
most outstanding article on federal issues in recent
time!!!], Out
with
the old: The Westminster model is not appropriate for
Nepal; it needs a new governance system, by Mukunda
Prasad Neupane (kp), Oppn
rejects
NC, UML proposal; Maoist leader Dahal: Proposal fails to
address aspirations for change and reeks of Mahendra-era
structure (kp), Opposition
lambastes
NC-UML 7-province model, by Thira L. Bhusal and
Ashok Dahal (rep), NC-UML
proposal
polarises ruling, oppn parties, by Prakash Acharya
and Tika R. Pradhan (ht), CPDCC
still
undecided about way forward (ht), Madhes
parties
turn down fed idea (kp), Eliminate
all
forms of discrimination: NHRC (ht), Madheshis
have
failed: The trick for national prosperity is development
in Madhesh; Only a Pahade leadership can accomplish this,
by Sukhdev Shah (rep)
03/11/2014: IPNMN
unveils
manifesto: Pledges to secure single identity-based
federal units (ht), Janajatis
kick
off nationwide stir: The movement plans to fight for
ethnic, gender and linguistic equality of marginalised
communities in the new constitution, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), Madhesi
parties
sidelined: Gupta (ht), PM
against
protests until statute is out (kp) [Wow,
a really democratic stand! The excluded masses shall
once again accept what the male Bahun leaders decide!!],
PDCC
fails
to chart way for constitution writing (kp), CPDCC
fails
to submit report: Meeting to continue until contents are
finalised (ht), CPDCC
meeting
to continue today also; Existential crisis for leaders
id consensus fails: Bhattarai (rep), NC,
UML
float seven-Pradesh model, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
NC,
UML
agree on 7-province model: Koshi, Janakpur, Rajdhani,
Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, Seti-Mahakali proposed as
names, by Ashok Dahal (rep), NC,
UML
bid to register proposals opposed (ht), UCPN
(M)
reiterates statute in consensus (kp), Parliament
resumes
after HM’s apology (kp), House
proceedings
resume after Gautam's apology (rep), RPP-N’s
Houseobstruction
ends (ht), Hindu
activists
resume strike (kp), Nepal’s
moment:
US envoy’s unsolicited advice to political actors: find
common ground, stick to January deadline for new
constitution, by Peter W. Bodde (kp), Federate
on
the basis of both identity and capability, interview
with Narayan Kaji Shrestha, UCPN-M (kp), Why
Has
UML Changed Its Stand?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), The
red
line: If there is no constitution at the end of
Koirala's one-year term, UML leadership could stake a
claim on government leadership, by Mahabir Paudyal
(rep)
02/11/2014: No
way
out of CA logjam (kp), CPDCC
to
send parties’ stances on unsettled issues to CA
(ht), NC,
UML
to bid for 6 states: Ruling parties seek support of
fringe parties while UCPN (Maoist) sticks to 10-state
model (kp), Congress,
UML
wooing political parties in Constituent Assembly
(ht), BRB
formula:
8 or 9 states named by their parliament (kp), Dahal
comes
down heavily on NC, UML: Accuses two ruling parties of
hatching conspiracy to derail federalism (ht), No
consensus,
no statute: Bhattarai (ht), Janajatis
divided
ahead of planned show of force (kp), Dahal
calls
for stir to protect rights (kp), Federalism:
A
Poisoned Chalice!, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn) [???],
‘Many
Nepalis
do not have citizenship’ (ht), TRC
appointments:
Committee to hold more discussions (ht)
01/11/2014: Consensus
elusive (kp), Parties
fail
to reach agreeable solution: Leaders to consult CA, PDCC
chairmen next (kp), Ruling
parties
to register common views at CPDCC, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), Consensus
must
for statute drafting, say 22 parties (kp), Consensus
chances
slim: Dahal; 22-party alliance to tell CPDCC to submit
report (ht), Four
states
Oli’s own idea: Nepal (kp), Nepal
objects
to Oli’s ‘unilateral decisions’: Criticises party chair
during CC meeting for not consulting him (ht), Madhav
Nepal
threatens to 'expose Oli's autocracy': Critisises
chairman in nine-page document (rep), Corruption
tainted
Khadka forms committee to revive Hindu state (kp), NC
leaders
pitch for Hindu state status: 25-member committee to
launch ‘mega campaign’ (ht) [There
is no reason to treat them different from C.K. Raut!!!],
Police,
demonstrators
clash: Microbus catches fire (ht), RPP-Nepal
obstructs
House over HM’s remarks (kp), House
tense
over use of force against Hindu protesters, by Ashok
Dahal (rep), RPP-N
obstructs
Parliament meeting twice (ht), Police
clarify
eviction of Hindu group (kp), Justice
Delayed
Is Justice Denied, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
31/10/2014: Fringe
parties
for vote if no accord: PDCC chairman consults leaders of
smaller parties (kp), UML
divided
over official stance on contentious issues (kp), Consensus
eludes
three major parties (ht), NC,
UML
for forwarding disputes to full CA (rep), Power-sharing
gets
in way of statute: The UMl reportedly wants to be
ensured that the Nepali Congress will pave way for it to
form a government after January 22, the date to issue
the new national charter (kp) [This
shows once again what's really important for Nepali
politicians!!], Power
sharing
issue complicates negotiations (ht), Children
of
conflict victims deprived of education in Bajura
(ht), Across
ethnic
lines: Ethnic federalism defies the principles of
democracy, efficiency, and inclusiveness, by Ram C.
Acharya (kp), Rape
as
a weapon of war: Perpetrators of conflict-era sexual
violence walk free as women suffer in silence and fear,
by Tufan Neupane (nt), Married
to
the military: Nepal’s ‘conflict wives’ have been
invisible and ignored, by Trishna Rana (nt), Struggles
for
citizenship, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep), Inconvenient
truths:
Let’s not leave out the guarantee of freedom of
expression from the preamble of our new constitution,
by Damakant Jayshi (nt)
30/10/2014: NC,
UML
try to bridge trust gap: Ruling parties deliberate on
preparing questionnaire (kp), NC,
UML
working on common view (ht), NC,
UML
to finalise their stance on federalism today (rep),
Ruling
parties
must be ready to compromise: UCPN-Maoist (ht), No
further
flexbility on federal model: UCPN (Maoist) (rep), UCPN
(M)
ready to adopt flexibility (kp), Voting
process
for statute in quagmire (kp), RPP-N
demands
apology from government (kp), People
on
hunger strike ailing BirFast-unto-death bid even in ICU
hampering services, say officials (ht), Narrowing
the
gap: Progress in closing the gender gap will require
greater political participation (kp), Knot
again:
If it comes down to it, identity proponents must follow
due process without giving up their cause, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), Constitution
May
Not Be Promulgated This Way, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
29/10/2014: All
talks
and no result dampens statute prospect (kp), Parties
continue
attempt to forge consensus (ht), Leaders
suggest
ways to avoid vote on disputed issues (rep), ‘Federalism
is
sole dispute’ (kp) [Really inclusive federalism would mean the end of
male Bahun supremacy!!], Stuck
again:
Constitution making (rep), KMC
evicts
protesters from Shanti Batika (ht), Police
evict
hunger strikers (kp), Sins
of
commission: There are lessons to be learned from the
history of truth commissions across the world and in
Nepal, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp)
28/10/2014: Big
3
count on informal talks as November 1 deadline looms
(kp), Dishonouring
previous
pacts will invite dire consequences: Dahal (kp), Major
parties
pledge timely constitution (ht) [Many
things these male Bahun leaders currently discuss are
worse than no constitution!!], Consensus
will
be easy if leaders’ concerns addressed: Bhattarai
(ht) [It's far more important to
address the concerns of the excluded majority of Nepali
society!!], Leaders'
ambitions
have prolonged deadlock: Bhattarai, by Thira L.
Bhsal (rep), NC,
UML
for minimum pradeshes, reformed parliamentary system
(ht), On
Sisyphean
path (ht), TRC
recommendation
committee gets full shape (rep), Democracy
in
danger: The establishment remains untouched by the
change that swept the nation eight years ago, by
Dipendra Jha (kp), Mission
Madhesh:
The best response to Raut is to demonstrate that only
one person would voluntarily secede and take citizenship
of His Kingdom: Dr Raut himself, by Bishal Thapa
(rep) [The current political
leaders are not qualified to provide the necessary
preconditions!!], Slow
pushback:
The failure of the political parties to reach consensus
is providing regressive forces with a platform to mount
a comeback, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
27/10/2014: Central
panel
to steer Janajati campaign (kp), PDCC-judiciary
consultation:
Top judges for splitting JC tasks, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), Constitutional
bench
not constitutional court: CJ, other justices; EC
suggests MMPR electoral model, 3 pc threshold, by
Thira L. Bhusal and Ashok Dahal (rep), EC
insists
on 3pc threshold as PR pre-requisite in elections:
Uprety says the EC is against reserved constituencies as
some sections have proposed (kp) [Such
provision would have reduced the number of parties with
PR-seats in the current CA to four!], Big
3
for fresh round of parley (kp), NHRC
sends
Pathak to TRC selection panel (ht), Selective
interpretation:
Only a federal and inclusive constitution can lay the
foundation for an "Imagined Community", where Madheshis
will live with Pahadis as equals, by C.K. Lal (rep),
United
States
of Nepal: The issue of federalism arose only after
Madheshis revolted against Interim Constitution settled
by NC, UML and Maoists, by Anand Jha (rep), Politics
Leading
Nowhere, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
26/10/2014: Three-party
leaders
meet CJ Shah (ek), Top
leaders
meet SC Justices (rep)
25/10/2014: Bhattarai
urges
PM to take part in 3-party meetings (ek), Oli,
Bhattarai
meet to resolve contentious issues (ek), Constitution
through
majority if not via consensus: DPM Gautam (ek), Bhattarai
continues
consensus bids in Tihar also (ht), Bhattarai
speeds
up political consultations; meets PM Koirala (nn), Referendum
on
major issues of constitution: Bhandari (ht), MJF-D
not
to join govt before new statute (ht)
24/10/2014: Janajatis
for
at least 10 states, if no 14-model, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), Parties
in
no hurry for CA vote on disputes (kp), UCPN(M),
Madhesis
trying to bridge distance, by Pranab Kharel (kp)
23/10/2014: Top
leaders
seem to have no understanding of federalism,
interview with Padma Ratna Tuladhar (rep), Second
round
talks indecisive; next sitting after Tihar holidays
(kp), Three
party
talks end inconclusively: They realise need for
consensus, but parties still can’t find common ground
(ht), Big
3
parties to meet again on Oct 26-27: Gokarna meeting
fails to yield result (rep) [Hopefully,
they enjoyed their luxury stay at the expense of the
state!!], Nembang
confident
about solution (ht) [?? The required solution is not even under
discussion!!], Group
of
ruling MPs for separate Bhojpura state, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Transitional
justice:
Focus on socio-economic needs of victims: Sharma
(kp), Youths
face
threat of becoming stateless: Deprived of citizenship,
future looks bleak for many young boys and girls
(ht), Starts
at
top: Civil service reform (rep), Last
chance:
Nepali constitutional process is at a point where any
delay might mean we will never get a constitution
through the CA, by Biswas Baral (rep)
22/10/2014: Nov
1
PDCC limit to sort disputes (kp), CPDCC
gets
one last chance to accomplish tasks; Deadline extended
till Nov 1; CA calendar amended first time, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), CPDCC
gets
12 more days to settle disputes (rep), Resort
talks
fail to yield much (kp), Three
party
meet ends in fiasco: Parties to continue negotiation on
thorny issues of new statute again on Wednesday
(rep), Three
major
parties get talking ‘seriously’ (ht) [??],
Secularism
through
referendum: Rana (kp) [Secularism is already a constitutional fact! Such
demand is anti-national in a multiethnic and
multireligous state!!], Peace,
love
and secularism, by Kaushal Ghimire (kp), Federalism
and
state restructuring: A better way to create provinces,
by Yagya B. Karki (ht), Death
of
justice: Adhikari couple's struggle against injustice
and Nanda Prasad's death have exposaed government
failure on rights to remedy, by Charan Prasai (rep)
21/10/2014: Conflict
victims
stage sit-in to put pressure on the govt (kp), UML
proposes
counter mass meeting to NC (ht), Sharma
pledges
to press govt to implement NHRC decisions (ht)
20/10/2014: Janajati
move
for federal identity, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), ‘Major
parties
forgot spirit of movements’ (ht), CPDCC
tables
half-baked report at CA (ht), We
can't
keep on extending CPDCC deadline: Bhattarai; Drafting
committee must get all contents by Nov. 1 Sitaula
(rep), 2-day
residential
talks in consensus hunt (kp), Demand
for
Hindu state: RPP-N demo on Wednesday (kp), Only
states
based on both identity and capacity can last,
interview with Agni Kharel, CPN-UML (kp), Consensus
possible
by Nov 1, says Amresh Singh (ht) [Which
consensus? That among the male Tagadhari leaders of the
leading parties or that with women, Janajatis,
Madheshis, Dalits, Muslims??], Failing
Consensus
Efforts And Rising Doubts, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
19/10/2014: Constitution
writing:
Big 3 for Oct-end consensus cut-off, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Nembang
prods
parties to pick option early (kp), Vote
inevitable
if consensus obstructed: NC tells UCPN-M (ht) [What the parties call consensus is
always a one-sided view!!], Dahal
blames
NC, UML for stalemate (kp), Top
leaders
blame each other at UML tea party (ht), 22
parties
to intensify stir after Chhath (ht), Fewer
provinces
the better, says PM Koirala (kp) [Yes,
for continuation of Bahunbad!!], Ganga
Maya
ends year-long fast: Says won’t have solid food until
govt fulfils its commitments, by Dewan Rai and
Manish Gautam (kp), Ganga
Maya
breaks fast-unto-death (ht), Appeal
for
CK Raut’s release (kp), AI
urges
authorities to release CK Raut (ht), Interregnum
Deepens, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
18/10/2014: CA
fails
to abide by its calendar: CPDCC likely to get one more
extension to forge consensus (ht), CPDCC
yet
again misses deadline given to settle disputes
(rep), Parties
to
seek more time for accord sake (kp), 22-party
alliance
appeals for consensus (kp), I’m
ready
to lead people’s revolt, says Dahal (ht) [???
This should be the task of a non-Bahun, if possible a
woman, and it must be peaceful!!],
Dahal:
I'll
lead movement if statute put to vote (rep),
Hard
Days
Ahead: Political leaders have failed to reach a
consensus on constitutional issues, pushing the process
of constitution writing into uncertainties (sp), Beyond
The
Borders: Nepal's quest for a new constitutional order
faces the geo-political challenges it is less likely to
overcome on its own, by Abijit Sharma (sp)
17/10/2014: Janajati
leaders
to start fresh stir (kp), Tuladhar
chosen
as leader of indigenous nationalities (ht), Experts
air
views on election system (ht), PDCC
fails
on accord, questionnaire fronts (kp), Bhattarai
tells
parties to bring consensus proposal today (ht), Consensus
or
vote: Parties to meet today for decision (kp), Top
leaders
head to Gokarna for talks (ht), Consensus
on
contention: There is no point continuing with endless
meetings and keep fooling people all the time, by
Damakant Jayshi (nt), Minister
no-show:
House meet put off (kp), Miffed,
UML
ministers delay Cabinet meet (kp), Hurdles
In
Constitution Writing, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Deal
on
federal provinces: So near and yet so far, by Thira
L. Bhusal (rep), Where
is
the justice? There is little sign that Nepal’s leaders
are prepared to address atrocities during a war that
ended eight years ago, by David Seddon (nt)
16/10/2014: Constitution
writing:
Major parties to hold talks on voting process (kp),
Parties
to
go for voting if consensus bid fails: UCPN-M could agree
to six or seven pradesh model if NC and UML agree to
mixed ethnicity based pradeshes (ht), Big
3
to try for consensus, prepare for vote in tandem
(rep), Parties
present
their positions in writing (kp), Congress
fails
to woo Madhesi parties (ht), The
Madheshi
parties are one on core issues, interview with
Laxman Lal Karna, Sadbhavana Party (rep), It's
doable:
Constitution making (rep), Thapa
calls
for Hindu state (ht) [If CK Raut has to be jailed, then he has to be
jailed, too! Such demand is anti-national! Nepal is a
multi-ethnic and multi-religious state, not the property
of male members of so-called high Hindu castes!!],
OPMCM
‘concerned
about Ganga Maya’ (ht) [PM will be among those responsible in case she
dies!], Ups
and
downs: Avenues for compromise must be explored while
refraining from holding rigid stances (kp), Delay
In
Promulgating Constitution Not Warranted, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn)
15/10/2014: ‘Statute
deal
not on the horizon’: Maoist chairman blames hardened
NC-UML position, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Deal
not
possible in next three days: Dahal; Says Congress, UML
backtracked on agreements reached during the previous CA
(ht), We're
ready
to settle for fewer than 10 provinces: Dahal, by
Ashok Dahal (rep), PDCC
settles
land reform dispute (kp), Nominees
for
NHRC to testify before PHSC despite outcry (kp), SC
show
cause over TRC picks (kp), Raut
refuses
to walk out on bail (kp), Corruption
rife
for failure to hold local polls: PM; Says level of graft
at grassroots beyond belief (rep), Politics
of
language: When we value certain languages rather than
what they do, we fail to realize we need different
languages for different purposes, by Shyam Sharma
(rep)
14/10/2014: Big
3
talks focus on judiciary: ‘Agreed’ in principle to form
Constitutional Court to look into disputes related to
federalism (kp), Major
parties
form team to suggest on judiciary (ht), PDCC:
New
Prez, veep after statute (kp) [But
they need reconfirmation to regain legitimacy!!],
New
prez,
veepa month afterstatute: CPDCC (ht), Leaders
dispute
Political Committee's jurisdiction: Dahal said it should
play role in constitution-making, but NC, UML opposed
(rep), PC
for
expediting peace process (kp), Political
Committee
for TRC pronto: To finalise jurisdiction first; To have
two-year term (ht), 22
parties
organise rally for consensus (ht), 22
parties
asked to shun protests (kp), Pressure
tactics:
Both ruling and opposition parties need to realise that
the time for consensus is not yet past, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Temple
and
state: It must be understood that secularism has become
firmly entrenched in the national polity (kp), Constitutional
panel
defends NHRC picks (kp), NHRC
recommendation
in line with constitution: CC (ht), Ganga
Maya
suffering from high fever, in critical condition
(rep) [Another murder committed
by criminal politicians???], Talking
about
gender: Most men still do not recognise that gender
inequality negatively affects them too, by Nerine
Guinée (kp), Sambidhaan:
What
A Tough Breed Of Dhaan?, by Prem Khatry (rn), Constitution
of
consensus: Consensus through force may give us
constitution but in the process we will have forgotten
why we wanted federalism to begin with, by Bishal
Thapa (rep) [The leading
politicians already have forgotten this for long!!]
13/10/2014: Parties
brace
for statute give-n-take: Possible deal motivates leaders,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp) [A bad
constitution is worse than a delayed constitution since
it leads to further long-term conflict!!], Leaders
flexible
on number, names of provinces: Maoists want
identity-based names for provinces (rep), Section
of
NC for north-south alignment (rep), Major
parties
disagree to agree again, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Talk
panel
to re-convene today: Constituent Assembly asks PDCC to
forge consensus by end of week (kp), RPP-N
joins
NC faction in quest for Hindu state (kp) [If
CK Raut had to be arrested, then these politicians
should face the same fate since their demand is
anti-national!!!!], RPP-Nepal
announces
struggle for Hindu state (ht), State
restructuring
about federating other parts, not Madhes, interview
with Upendra Yadav (kp), Encouraging
Political
Developments, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), The
schizophrenic
polity: Perhaps Madheshi activist CK Raut is the lone
political detainee in the country; but nobody would know
that from media reports, by C.K. Lal (rep), On
wrong
foot: NC and UML don't have the constitutional authority
to draft the constitution though the CA, by Shankar
Limbu (rep)
12/10/2014: 6-7
states
official NC position: Party to table proposal at the
upcoming meeting of Political Dialogue and Consensus
Committee, by Anil Giri (kp) [Flexibility
sounds different!!], NC
comes
up with proposal on disputed issues of constitution:
Suggests two federal structures, PM elected by House,
Electoral College-elected President; Two-tier
Parliament, single Pradesh Sabha, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), NC
moots
six-state and seven state models: Three states in Tarai
plains, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), PM
Koirala
roots for maximum 7 federal states with multiple
identity (rep), UML,
NC
at odds over forms of govt (kp), PM
‘not
to attend’ cross-party panel: NC lawmakers criticise
govt (kp), HLPC’s
first
meet postponed: Likely to be held tomorrow (ht), Topple
govt
game on: Sharma (ht), CC
meeting
rescheduled for Monday: To discuss names for vacant
posts at CIAA, PSC, by Santosh Ghimire (rep), Police,
army
men, who were victims of conflict, to protest (ht),
Born
of
woman: A refusal to allow citizenship through the mother
implies a fundamental mistrust in the women of this
country, by Pranaya SJB Rana (kp) [No
future for Nepal as long as the country is under control
of conservative minded male machos!!], Ending
the
cycle of violence: We must work to increase the value of
the girl child so that she will be cherished throughout
her life, by Tomoo Hozumi (kp), Justice
denied:
The death of Nanda Prasad Adhikari is a combined failure
of politicians, civil society and Nepali citizens,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp), Travesty
of
justice: INanda Prasad’s death, by Bhagirath Basnet
(rep)
11/10/2014: 22
parties
organise rally for consensus: Press for identity-based
federalism in statute (ht),
Oppn
rally
for identity-based federalism (kp), Alliance
threatens
to scrap statute not ensuring identity (rep),
For
3rd
shot at accord, PDCC gets one week (kp), CA
extends
CPDCC deadline for third time, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), CPDCC
gets
extension Deadline for preparing first draft of statute
to be affected (ht), First
HLPC
meeting scheduled for today (ht), ‘Political
panel
won’t affect CA’ (kp), RPP-Nepal
ends
House obstruction after government clarifies (ht), NHRC
appointments:
House panel asks CC to explain nominations (kp)
10/10/2014: CA
likely
to give PDCC more time for building consensus (kp),
Bhattarai
seeks
PM Koirala’s help in forging consensus (ht), NC
faction
campaigns for Hindu state revival (kp), UCPN-Maoist
urges
CA members to join movement, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), CPN-UML:
Vote
if no consensus; Party seeks to endorse new statute
through a two-third majority as per provisions of
Interim Constitution (kp), RPP-N
objects
to political mechanism (kp), RPP-N
threatens
to obstruct House (ht), Rights
activists
say police failed to proceed with conflict-era cases
(ht), A
Madhesi-Pahadiya conclave: Citizens must discuss
ensuring pride-of-identity along with socio-economic
progress for Madhesi people, by Kanak Mani Dixit
(kp), Ripe
for
revolt: Ignoring the issues of the marginalised only
increases the chances of another revolt in Nepal, by
Tashi Tewa Dolpo (kp), Dangers
of
delay: Post-festival, constitution writing will be a
battle ground for competing personal and partisan
interests, by Anurag Acharya (nt)
09/10/2014: Big
three
seal 5-point deal: Legislature-Parliament business
resumes, by Pranab Kharel (kp), House
obstruction
ends: Deadlock cleared after parties seal five-point
deal (ht), Cross-party
deal
sets statute wheels in motion, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp) [??], Give
and
take: Both opposition and ruling parties need to
demonstrate flexibility in constitution writing
(kp), Ready
to
compromise on forms of govt: UML (kp), CPDCC
submits
its report to CA: It lacks consensus on any of themajor
contentious issues (ht), Hearing
committee
receives four plaints against NHRC nominees (kp), Missing
law
for missing people: A commission to investigate war-era
disappearances is needed, even if it has limited or no
judicial power, by Ram Kumar Bhandari and Erik B.
Wilson (kp), Playing
for
time: Nepalis might tolerate a delay in constitution
promulgation if only the parties could ensure minimum
governance, by Uddhab Pyakurel (kp), Constitution
Writing:
No Alternative To Collaboration, by Mukti Rijal
(rn), Why
Is
Consensus So Elusive?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
08/10/2014: Tension
as
mid-Oct draft deadline drifts (kp), PM
urges
oppn to withdraw protests (kp), Constitutional
issues
should be decided through dialogue: PM (ht), PDCC
to
submit its report today: Committee Chairman Bhattarai
likely to mention that more disscussions are required
for consensus (kp), CPDCC
fails
to settle vexing statute issues, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Constitution
writing
process: UML to discuss voting with fringe parties
(kp), Koirala
hints
at Raut’s release (kp), Maoist-led
Stir
May Spoil Environment, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn), Consensus
Rhetoric, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn), House
panels
not ensuring accountability, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
‘CJ
should
lead entire judiciary’ (ht)
07/10/2014: Oppn
parties
announce stir to press demands: Reject NC, UML’s
proposal to settle disputed issues through vote
(kp), UCPN
(Maoist)-led
alliance to stage protests against majority vote
(rep), Three
opposition
fronts announce stir (ht), Parties
at
odds over voting; set to miss another deadline (kp),
PDCC
extends
terms of two sub-committees (kp), CPDCC
to
give its report today but without questionnaire
(ht), Discrepancy
in
data of disappeared persons (ht), Think
local:
Local bodies must figure into the federalism debate, as
they are the governance bodies closest to the people,
by K.L. Devkota (kp), Favouring
a
chief executive: Given the fraught history of
parliamentary democracy in Nepal, it would be wise to
opt for a directly-elected chief executive, by Mukti
Rijal (kp), Limits
of
liberty: Raut's continued confinement will expose ethnic
discrimination, exclusion and rights abuse carried out
in the guise of nationalism and patriotism, by
Sukhdev Shah (rep)
06/10/2014: NC
moots
equal provinces for Tarai and hills (kp), Major
parties
fail to settle contentious issues, again (kp), Oppn
plans
demonstration (kp), Alternative
thinking:
If the federalism debate is to be postponed, local
elections becomes even more of a necessity, by
Jagannath Adhikari (kp), Distressing
Deadlock, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
05/10/2014: Three-party
meet
underway (ek), Parliament
to
start on Oct.8, says Minister Rijal (ek), Constitution
through
process unacceptable: Opposition alliance (Setopati)
04/10/2014: PM
Koirala
starts political consultations (nn), PM
Koirala
intensifies meetings, meets Prachanda (Setopati)
03/10/2014: PM
back
home from United Nations General Assembly (rep)
02/10/2014: PM
Koirala
returning home today (rep), CK
Raut
ends fast-unto-death at hospital (ht)
01/10/2014: Parties
seek
one week to settle disputed issues (kp), CPDCC
fails
to meet second deadline (ht), No
alternative
to consensus, says Bhattarai (ht), Major
disputes
must be settled through consensus: Bhattarai; 'Decision
through voting may invite conflict' (rep), House
meet
put off for third week in row (kp), Oli
slams
UCPN-M supremo Dahal (ht), Maoists
obstructing
statute: Nepal (ht) [All party leaders obstruct the constitution
writing process since 85 percent od the population have
no say!!], EC
proposes
3pc threshold for parties to secure PR seats (kp) [!!], EC:
51
pc vote a must for directly-elected prez or PM, by
Santosh Ghimire (rep), Maoists
hanging
on to seized property: The once seized land is still in
the grip of former rebels (ht), Diverging
on
Dashain: The practice of first celebrating Dashain with
the husband’s family reflects existing gender
inequalities, by Pramila Rai (kp), End
of
government: With the free market fundamentalists at the
helm, expect market monopoly and misrule to get worse,
by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
30/09/2014: Bhattarai
issues
quit threat amid impasse (kp), CPDCC
chair
tables options to end rift Committee may miss today’s
deadline to forge consensus, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), House
obstacle
leaves key bills in tatters: The Maoists continue to
demand implementation of the past agreements and an
important role in the peace process, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), House
adjourned
till Oct 8 (ht) [Only to
remember: The house has already been adjourned since
August 29!!!], ‘CK
Raut’s
condition critical’ (kp) [The
next victim of failed government politics??], Silencing
dissent:
The arrest and subsequent processing of CK Raut hints at
political interference and is highly suspect, by
Dipendra Jha (kp), Restraining
privilege:
Nepal can learn lessons from Rwanda, which has built a
culture of shunning privilege, by Sujeev Shakya
(kp), Destination
doubtful:
Given intra-party tussles and the lack of a trust
deficit, a constitution by the January 22 deadline looks
unlikely, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
29/09/2014: Democracy,
Nepali-style:
Leaders are happily reneging on their grand promises to
the Nepali people (kp), FRA,
AIF
to launch joint movement (ht), Yadav
threatens
agitation: Says govt ignoring consensus in
constitution-writing process (ht), ‘Statute
victim
to leaders’ inability to take decisions’ (kp), Bhattarai
doubts
timely drafting of constitution (ht), ‘CA,
PDCC
making no progress’ (kp), 65
apply
for transitional justice posts (kp), Human
rights
lawyers recommend apolitical, competent appointments
(kp), Adhikari
murder
case: No evidence to nab accused: Home minister
(kp), Nanda
Prasad
Adhikari's death: Gautam admits govt failed (ht) [And when will you resign, Mr
Gautam??], HLPC
dispute
flares as UML opposes Maoist proposal (kp), Economy
first:
A vision for economic prosperity and inclusive growth
should be the guiding principle in forming a federation,
by Ram C. Acharya (kp), A
vow to fight violence against women: Feminist leaders
and women rights advocates take stage to express their
solidarity to a global campaign for gender equality,
by Chahana Sigdel (kp), Women’s
equality
needs democracy, socialism, secularism, interview
with Kamla Bhasin (kp), Will
CPDCC
Forge Consensus?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Game
of
brinkmanship: Raut needs to break his indefinite fast;
The struggle must continue, but within bounds of
peaceful politics, by C.K. Lal (rep)
28/09/2014: Constitution
to
have more commissions (ht), CPDCC
for
7 constitutional bodies in new statute: Joint house
committee to monitor bodies, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), Dalit
leaders
demand inclusion, opportunities (kp), Victims
seek
warring parties’ presence in TRC: ‘Individuals without
pains of conflict cannot deliver justice’ (kp), Constitutional
bodies
to report to Parliament (kp), Consensus
continues
to elude Big Three (ht), Constitution
promulgation
by Jan 22: Oli (kp) [????], Will
lawmakers
abide by CA chair’s directive? Chances of Constituent
Assembly members staying in Valley slim (ht), Growing
at
the grassroots: The roles of local women activists in
the promotion of national peace building have gone
largely unrecognised, by Radha Paudel (kp), Nepal
govt
has failed to deliver justice: ICJ, HRW (ht), In
Death,
Nanda Prasad Adhikari Mocks Us, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn), Bid
to
identify priority issues of conflict-hit women (ht)
27/09/2014: Parties
likely
to miss Sept 30 deadline as well, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Rift
in
CPDCC on right to property provision (ht), NRNs,
ex-Gurkhas
may get special citizenship (kp), 'Special
citizenship'
sans political rights for NRNs mooted: Dispute persists
over compensation for land above ceiling, by Prakash
Dahal (rep), Meeting
to
clear House impasse comes a cropper (kp), Krishna
Prasad
Adhikari murder: Red Corner Notice to nab Acharya; Main
accused believed to be hiding in Northern Ireland,
by Lekhanath Pandey (kp), Victims
unhappy
with work procedure of TRC panel (rep)
26/09/2014: TRC
formation:
Victims say panel is not legitimate (kp), Nepal
govt
Responsible for Adhikari’s Death: AFAD (kp), Nanda
Prasad,
in memory: We may run but we cannot hide from the values
that Nanda Prasad Adhikari was trying to teach us,
by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), The
sad
saga of the Adhikari family: It was murder, not a
fast-unto-death, by Damakant Jayshi (nt), Children
of
war: The most vulnerable victims are still those who
were children during the war, by Kunda Dixit (nt), Still
missing
them: Most families of the estimated 1,400 disappeared
have no information about their relatives, by Deepak
Gyawali (nt), Death
of
justice: If the perpetrators and the state showed even
the slightest sign of remorse for wartime atrocities,
survivors may be willing to forgive; But they will never
forget (nt), NC
leads
effort to resume Parliament: Ruling party under pressure
to accept Maoist chief Dahal as HLPC chair (kp), NC,
UCPN-M
talks positive (ht), Major
parties
close to agreement on lifting House obstruction
(rep), Govt,
JTMM
reach pact (kp), Underground
group
leaders come out (ht), Parliament
fails
to ratify: Bills related to budget, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht), Hard-won
changes
in peril, says Dahal (ht), Discourse
and
reality: Despite the political rhetoric of women’s
empowerment, the state of Nepal’s women remains bleak,
by Suresh Pranjali (kp), Collapse
of
all-party conference: Impact on statute-writing, by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht), Battle
for
Survival: Pushed to the corner after the second CA
polls. pro-identity parties and political groups are
leaving no stone unturned to bounce back, by Om
Astha Rai (rep), Statute
of
denial: Nepal’s archaic laws put a deadline on reporting
sex crimes, by Mallika Aryal (nt)
25/09/2014: Parties
‘to
miss’ mid-Oct limit: A month needed to prepare first
draft after pact: Panel (kp), Top
leaders
doubtful about timely statute: Maoist stand on HLPC,
identity issue poses obstacles (rep), CPDCC
fails
to make tangible progress (rep), Federal
Republican
Alliance wooing fringe parties: FRA suspects ruling
parties could get constitution approved on basis of
numerical strength (ht), House
obstruction
may end tomorrow: Parties agree not to include RPP in
HLPC (ht), UN
bodies
concerned over Nanda Prasad’s death: Urge govt to step
up probe into murder of his son (kp), UN
expresses
sadness at: Nanda Adhikari’s death Urges govt to honour
its promise to deliver justice (ht), Efforts
on
to get Ganga Maya to end fast: Bir Hospital (rep), Uplift
status
of indigenous people: Pandey (kp) [Better:
make it equal to that of male Bahuns!!], HRW
calls
for removal of 35-day statute limitation to file rape
case (kp), No
need
to intervene in Raut’s case: SC; Special Court extends
his judicial custody by two weeks (ht), Spectre
of
secession, The paranoid reaction of a democratic
government to CK Raut’s activities cannot be justified,
by Deepak Thapa (kp), Bitter
pill:
Foolproof transitional justice bodies the international
community seems to have in mind has never existed
anywhere in the world, by Biswas Baral (rep)
24/09/2014: PDCC
to
discuss citizenship law, CIAA jurisdiction (kp), Job
application
call for TRC challenged in SC (kp), ‘Conflict-era
rapes
unpunished’: HRW says both Maoist combatants and govt
forces sexually harassed women and girls (ht) [see HRW report], Ganga
Maya
urged to end fast (kp), Both
govt
forces, Maoists raped women during insurgency: HRW,
by Nabin Khatiwada (ht), Justice
delayed:
Death of Nanda Prasad is an indictment of the
callousness of the state and political parties (kp),
Death
without
justice (ht), Justice
silenced:
Nanda Prasad’s passing (rep), Adhikari
died
after refusing food, treatment: Govt (rep) [?????],
Govt
pledges
justice just as it is delayed (ht), Former
armed
outfit to support constitution drafting through CA
(ht), UCPN
(M)
demands HLPC lead (kp), CA
fails
to renew lease even after 3 months, by Ashok Dahal
(kp), Minister
Mahat
bats for three federal provinces: Says Congress can
agree to seven pradeshes for sake of forging consensus
(ht), A
federal model: Based on economic viability indicators,
Nepal can ideally support four provinces, by K.L.
Devkota (kp)
23/09/2014: Adhikari’s
cry
for justice dies down: Widow lives to fight against her
son’s murderers (kp) [A
true martyr! Resposible for his murder are all those
from politics and judiciary who denied justice!!],
Nanda
Prasad
Adhikari dies fighting for justice, by Kritagya
Regmi (ht), Nanda
Prasad
Adhikari loses battle for justice: Hunger strike ends in
death, by Arjun Paudel and Nabin Khatiwada (rep), Fellow
villagers
mourn Adhikari, by Sudip Kaini (kp), Madhesi
parties
in bid to set common agenda: Effortful to form one voice
for single autonomous Madhes province (kp), Govt
turning
Raut into hero: Madhesi parties (ht), Speaker
bars
lawmakers from raising sub judice issues (kp), The
right
fight: His struggle is nothing less than divine
intervention to salvage the pride of millions of people
who have suffered systematic exclusion, by Sukhdev
Shah (rep), Will
stick
to Jan 22 deadline: Parties (kp) [??],
Big
3
far from consensus (kp), Three-party
stalemate
on HLPC continues (ht), Lawmakers
trade
charges over House disruption, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), Dahal
agrees
to reject parliamentary system: Agrees to five of six
consitions for unification with CPN-Maoist, by Ashok
Dahal (rep), Righting
the
wrong: As Nepal draws up post-2015 development agenda,
it should prioritise justice and governance, by
Neetu Pokharel and Som Niroula (kp), Right
from
start: Absence of elected representatives has turned
local bodies into local government units without
opposition, by Anirudra Neupane (rep)
22/09/2014: NC,
UML
Janajati MPs say ‘no’ caucus: Argue caucuses redundant
when there are other forums to voice agenda, by
Bhadra (kp) [All other forums are under control of male Bahuns
(less than 6.5 percent of the population) who are only
interested to preserve their privileges in the new
constitution!!], HLPC
dispute
cripples cross-party dialogue (kp), Parties
fail
to forge consensus on HLPC (ht), Parties
at
odds over HLPC leadership (rep), There
is
systematic exclusion in the conferral of citizenships,
interview with Sapana Pradhan Malla (kp), Have
your
say: Lack of public education is a big challenge; During
the first CA there were complaints that the
questionnaires for public inputs were difficult, by
Alok Pokharel (rep)
21/09/2014: Statute
deadline
nears, ethnic MPs plan caucus (kp), Indigenous
CA
members to form loose alliance (ht), Preparing
for
battle for equal rights: MJF-N (ht), PDCC
in
informal accord bid; talks to go at two levels, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Bhattarai
plans
to work out consensus on statute issues within deadline:
First report of CPDCC to be submitted to CA on September
24, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), CPDCC
resumes
work, but sluggishly: Largely ineffective so far
(rep), Signature
drive
initiated to amend citizenship draft bill (kp), Parties
near
agreement on ending House obstruction: Issue of giving
legal status for war-era land transactions yet to be
resolved (ht), Radical
dilemmas:
The real intent of the CPN-Maoist’s demand for a
roundtable conference was to remain relevant in national
polity, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp), Personal
is
political: When it comes to gender sensitivity,
engineering schools in Nepal have a long way to go,
by Heema Rai (kp), On
CK
Raut: He has dared to speak publically what most
Madheshis feared to contemplate in private, by Anand
Jha (rep)
20/09/2014: Another
chance:
CPDCC time extension (rep), Parties
fail
to resume parliament business; Fresh Maoist demand:
Legalise property deals endorsed by war-era
‘Revolutionary Council’ (kp), UCPN-M
threatens
to take to the streets (ht), Coalition
proposes
RPP, CPN-ML in HLPC, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), The
long
fight: Women have been pleading with the law makers to
respect their independent identity in citizenship issues,
by Avima Upreti (rep)
19/09/2014: PDCC
gets
two weeks to settle issues (kp), CA
gives
CPDCC two more weeks to settle disputes: Asks Baburam
Bhattarai-led committee ro prepare questionnaires by
October 7, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), House
remains
stalled (rep), Failed
roundtable
cost govt Rs 400,000, by Ashok Dahal (rep), NHRC
gets
chairman, four commissioners: To be appointed after
House hearing; Hopes rise of TRC formation (kp), Anup
Raj
Sharma chosen to head NHRC (ht), Ex-CJ
Sharma
to head NHRC, by Santosh Ghimire (rep), Identity
politics
and federalism: Is it merely a gimmick?, by Dilli
Raj Khanal (ht), Extreme
at
both ends: Kathmandu’s neglect of the Madhes is being
exploited by radicals in the plains, by Anurag
Acharya (nt), Politics
in
a vacuume: When identity, respect, recognition of
injustices past are mixed with politics, it is best to
tread carefully (nt)
18/09/2014: Statute
drafting,
dispute resolution to go in tandem (kp), CA
members
press for consensus (ht), Shooting
one’s
own foot: CPN-Maoist will lose all relevance if it
boycotts constitution-drafting process (kp), TRC:
Acharya:
Two panels will get officials shortly (kp), TRC,
CID
appointment process from today (ht), Conflict
victims
continue to experience hardships, says ICTJ (ht), We
can
form HLPC and let Prachanda lead it, interview with
Gagan Thapoa (rep) [The problem
is the constitution! And this has to be written by the
inclusive representatives of the people and not by the
non-inclusive leadership of the political parties!!],
Storm
in
a teacup: Instead of arresting CK Raut and making him
famous, his ideas should have been discussed and
challenged, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Dear
deadline:
Mohan Baidya was right that the botched all-party
conference was a gimmick of ruling parties for public
consumption, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
17/09/2014: NEFIN
stage
sit-in protest outside CA (kp), Round-table
meet
plan fails: CPN-M says it’s futile to hold all-party
conference if only statute issues were to be discussed,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Political
conference
cancelled as CPN-Maoist stays away: Wants all
differences with big 3 settled first, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), NPC
put
off sine die after CPN-M boycotts meet, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), ‘CPN-Maoist
acted
with ill-intention’: CA calendar not to be affected, say
ruling parties, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Int’l
community
stands one on statute (kp), Morang
attorney
records CK Raut’s statement (kp), For
one
another: Victims have recently formed a common platform
to address their transitional justice concerns, by
Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp), Healing
scars
left by conflict and rights abuses: Comprehensive
reparations measures a must, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
16/09/2014: CPN-M
pushes
for more issues on table: NC’s Poudel says conference
will take place even without CPN-Maoist (kp), Writ
against
CA appointments (ht), Petition
demands
scarpping of 17 CA nominations (rep), SC
orders
police to produce Raut before court by Friday (kp),
Govt
told
to produce Madhesi activist CK Raut in apex court
(ht), Citizenship,
Nepali
style: The draft provision on citizenship, currently in
the CA fails to regard women as equal citizens, by
Subina Shrestha (kp), Are
we
heading towards disorder? Political faultlines, by
Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Verses
of
discrimination: Vedas say one wjo knows Vedas should be
respected but only Brahmins are allowed to read Vedas
and become priests, by Rajendra Senchurey (rep)
15/09/2014: Leaders
at
odds over CA calendar amendment (kp), CA
members
split on consensus (ht), Lawmakers
oppose
deals on statute outside CA (rep), House
disruptionon,
Bills piling up: Next meeting this evening (ht), ‘Identity
basis
for federalism’: 33-party bloc finds common point amid
differences (kp), Destination
unknown:
All-party conference (rep), RPP-N
boycotts
all-party meet (kp), Raut
remanded
in 6-day custody (kp), Raut
remanded
to 6-day police custody (rep), Activists,
Madhesi
parties demand Raut’s release (ht),
UML
guilty
on two accounts: Appointment of Mahesh Basnet and arrest
of CK Raut (kp), Kapilvastu
riot
anniversary: 7 yrs on, victims await relief, by
Manoj Poudel (kp), CC
meet
to fill NHRC vacancies today (kp), Victims
seek
amendment in TRC formation (kp), The
chauvinistic
circle: The chauvinistic triad of military, merchants
and the middleclass manufactures a mainstream where
right of admission is reserved, by C.K. Lal (rep)
14/09/2014: Parties
agree
to take up only statute items: All-party conference to
begin on Tuesday morning in CA building (kp), Task
force
clears all bottlenecks: All party conference to have 82
representatives (rep), Each
party
toget five minutes in conference (ht) [What
shall this conference be good for???], Baidya
to
demand scrapping of TRC deal, by Devendra Basnet
(rep), Doing
it
right: Writing a constitution that is acceptable to all
is more important than a delay in its promulgation,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp) [Such
constitution cannot be written by the male Bahun elite
of the political parties! It requires the appropriate
participation of all sections of Nepali society!!],
New
CA,
old tricks: The second CA inherits from its predecessor
the broken spirit of collaboration among political
parties, by Tika P. Dhakal (rep) [as well as the
constant disregard of the interim constitution and the
non-inclusiveness of dialogue!!], Broadening
vision:
An unbiased visual representation of Nepal’s
multiculturalism can help build sustainable peace,
by Seema Pandey (kp), Parties
misused
PR system: CEC Uprety; Nilamber opposes HLPC, roundtable
(rep), Unsuitable
model:
The Westminster model of parliamentary democracy will
only work in a homogenous population, by Yogendra
Paneru (kp), Caste-based
discrimination:
‘7 Dalits killed, dozens faced stigma in a year’, by
Dipak Bayalkoti (kp), Crusade
against
cancer of corruption continues: The Commission for the
Investigation of Abuse of Authority working to root out
graft to protect rights of the people, by Lok Man
Singh Karki (ht)
13/09/2014: Parties’
focus
more on process, less on content (ht), House
obstructed
again: Sapkota says govt run by criminals (ht), Stage
set
for all-party meet on Sept 16, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), All-party
conference
fixed for Tuesday (ht), Parties
agree
to hold nat'l conference on Sept 16 (rep), Amatya,
Basnet
to replace UML ministers (kp),
Shah
nominated
next chief justice (kp) [May the dominance of the hardly 15 per cent male
Tagadharis be retained for eternity!!], Constitutional
Council
picks Shah as new chief justice based on seniority:
Senior-most justice says he’ll try to clean judiciary
image (ht), ‘No
foreign
trips before statute’ (kp), Hope
in
stills: When a loved one is disappeared, their
conspicuous absence becomes the strongest mark of their
lingering presence, by Darshan Karki (kp)
12/09/2014: Some
citizens
more equal than others: Citizenship rights in Nepal
still heavily favours men and keeps large number of
citizens stateless, by Damakant Jayshi (nt), PDCC
submits
reports to CA: Bhattarai requests more time for
consensus-building (kp), Bhattarai
tables
CPDCC’s report in CA: Seeks more time to forge consensus
on 13 unresolved issues (ht), I'm
under
pressure not to expedite statute: Bhattarai; Harps on
consensus again (rep), TMLP
cadres
burn effigies of Oli and Mahat (kp), Leaders
at
odds over all-party meet date: CPN-Maoist leader Pampha
Bhusal says top leaders want more discussions to find
common ground on the disputed issues (kp), Four
parties
fail to fix conference date (ht), Nat'l
political
conference unlikely before PM's return from US, by
Ashok Dahal (rep), National
conference,
a likely exercise in redundance, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep), Panel
set
to start TRC formation: Vacancies in transitional
justice panels to open soon, by Dewan Rai (kp), Satyagraha,
324
x 2 days: The politics of constitution writing has
blocked the fasting Adhikari couple’s search for justice,
by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), A
dream deferred: The UCPN (Maoist), once championed as
the harbinger of change, has demoralised and
disappointed its supporters, by Charu Gajurel (kp),
Lamjung’s
ghost
village: More than eight years after the war ended, the
displaced still haven’t returned to their village,
by Yubaraj Shrestha (nt), Federalism
debate:
No midpoint in the Far West, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal
(rep), Constituent
Assembly:
Calendar Question; If the current political trend is any
indication, it shows that promulgation of new
constitution by February 2015 is unlikely (sp), Disappearance:
Just
Search; Almost a decade after 15,000 people disappeared,
their fate is still unknown (sp)
11/09/2014: CA
full
house meet today; PDCC to table reports for deliberation
(kp), Big
three
to take shot at consensus: Informal meeting to explore
points of compromise (kp), CPN-UML:
If
consensus eludes, let’s go for vote (kp), CA
schedule
can’t be pushed, Oli tells UML lawmakers (ht), Koirala
against
Dahal-led HLPC (kp) [i.e. Shekhar Koirala], NC
leader
rules outtimely constitution (ht), All-party
govt,
if not HLPC: Dahal (ht), Statute-making
difficult
if no consensus govt or HLPC: Dahal (rep) [Statute
writing is neither the task of the government not of the
party leaders! It is the task of inclusively composed
representatives of the people!!], Opposition
continues
House obstruction (ht), ‘It
was
PM’s idea to bring aboard Baidya’ (kp), Red
line:
Parties in the CA should be flexible with the Baidya
Maoists, but only so much (kp),
CPN-Maoist
wants
all-powerful political conference, interview with
Bhim Rawal, CPN-UML (rep), CPN-Maoist
for
TRC before all-party meet (kp), Conflict-era
victims
eager to start new life, by Durga Lal KC (kp), Skeletons
in
the closet: Anti-corruption drives must focus on
preventing corruption, instead of focussing solely on
digging into the past, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Model
Of
Constitution Writing: Liberal Constitutional Approach
Obscure In Nepal, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Federalism
fears:
The people who don't believe in federalism have been
given the mandate to write the constitution of federal
Nepal, by Biswas Baral (rep)
10/09/2014: NEFIN
calls
nationwide stir (kp), CPN-M
wants
HLPC before all-party meet (kp), CPN-Maoist
for
holding political conference from September 18 onwards
(ht), Gajurel
rules
out statute promulgation within deadline (ht), Talks
on
with CPN-M: Koirala (kp), Dahal
urges
PM toact to save nation (ht), Dahal
to
Koirala: Don’t backtrack on past accords (kp), Min
Mahat’s
Remarks on Federalism upset FDR (kp), FRA
slams
KP Oli, Mahat for remarks (ht), PDCC
convenes
three-party meet (kp), Federalism
and
development: The failure of the government to provide
relief to victims of natural disasters drives home the
need for federalism, by Prakash Bom (kp), Federal
system
and fiscal matters: Finance commission mechanism, by
Rup Khadka (ht)
09/09/2014: All
eyes
on talks with Baidya (kp), Mahat
puts
statute before federalism, by Devendra Bhattarai
(kp) [?????], Still
second
sex: Ensuring provision for citizenship through mother
requires advocacy and political will (kp), Contempt
of
court: Vox pop before law is passed: Speaker (kp), Contradictions
within:
Oppressed Dolpo locals need to reflect, inquire and
negate their own and society’s oppressive consciousness,
by Tashi Tewa Dolpo (kp)
08/09/2014: CA
gets
reports from talks panel: Panel Chairman Bhattarai seeks
more time for consensus; CA meeting expected to amend
working calendar, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), The
long
game: PDCC report listing both gains and failures of CA
still a positive sign (kp), CA
likely
to send unresolved issues back to CPDCC (rep), Starting
error:
Constitution deadlines (rep), PM
rules
out putting offconstitution deadline (ht) [???],
CA
sidelined
citizenship issue: Experts, by Chahana Sigdel (kp),
'New
condition'
for citizenship thru mother alarms rights activists
(rep), Magar
for
citizenship in mother’s name (ht), Retain
Constitutional
Council, Judicial Council in statute: Deuba (ht), Youth
Force
formed for identity-based federalism (ht), Consensus
will
be sought till very end of constitution process,
interview with Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Nepali Congress
(kp) [And why do you not seek
consensus with the excluded sections of Nepali society
(ca. 85 percent) instead of only consensus among the
male Bahun leaders of the political parties??], All-party
meet
to dwell on unresolved issues (ht), Will
National
Political Conference Bring All Together?, by
Nandalal Tiwari (rn) [A
precondition would be that the number of participating
male Bahuns is not higher than 6.5 percent!], International
law
conference concludes: Call to ensure economic, social
and cultural rights (ht), Losing
its
way: The Sushil Koirala government has fared badly on
constitution and governance; It is rightly criticized,
by Prakash Bhattarai (rep)
07/09/2014: Talks
panel
misses consensus deadline, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Parties
not
to amend CA Rules: Decide to give one more chance to
CPDCC to resolve disputed issues (ht), CA
calendar
to be amended: CPDCC seeks more time to settle thorny
issues, by Ashok Dahal (rep), Parties
yet
to agree on the term of Constitutional Court: Deuba,
by Narhari Sapkota (kp), 33
forces
gear up for all-party conference, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), National
meeting
likely before Sept 19 (kp), Maoist
fronts
to launch struggle (ht), Motion
proposed
to increase women leaders at grassroots, by Weena
Pun (kp)
06/09/2014: CA
set
to miss first crucial deadline today, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), Consensus
deadline
expires today: Discord whether to seek more time or
submit reports, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp) [Submitting
reports now is nonsense since all the discussions have
so far been among predominantly
male Bahun party leaders! To seek more time only makes
sense if those who discuss the issues become inclusive,
i.e. male Bahuns should have a share of not more than
6.5 percent of the discussants!], Ruling
parties,
oppn divided over amending CA Rules, by Prakash
Acharya and Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Defining
marriage
or curbing women’s rights? Activists decry a proposed
clause on family law that is against SC ruling, by
Weena Pun (kp) [Nepal is still
centuries away from accepting absolute equality of women
and men against the law!], Inter-Governmental
Transfers
Under The Federal System, by Rup Khadka (rn)
05/09/2014: Disputes
remain;
3 parties agree to meet today (kp), No
consensus
on pradeshes (ht), Constitutional
statusfor
commissions (ht), CA
chair
wants committee report tabled on schedule (ht) [??], Three
parties
agree to CPN-M demand for all-party meet (kp), Big
three,
CPN (Maoist) agree for all-party conference: Panel to
suggest modalities, jurisdiction, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), Task
force
formed to hold political conference (kp), Among
believers:
We should protect the right to religious freedom in the
new constitution (nt), Upsetting
the
stag party: The first CA’s Women’s Caucus collectively
pushed for women’s issues beyond party lines, by
Sabrina Singh (kp), 33%
Women's
Representation: Practice Divorced From Principle, by
Madhav Basnet (rn), Appointments
in
TRC, CED likely before Tihar festival (ht), The
absent
state: We haven’t just failed to protect citizens within
Nepal and abroad, we have abdicated our responsibility,
by Anurag Acharya (nt)
04/09/2014: Looming
deadline:
Only through compromise can parties come up with an
enduring constitution (kp) [A
reasonable constitution with durable value is not
possible on this way! It will only be a statue produced
by male high caste party leaders without any inclusion
of the so far excluded majority of society!!], Parties
‘flexible’
on disputed issues, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), NC,
UML
reach agreement (kp), Deal
on
thorny issues by Thursday, say top leaders, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (ht) [The leaders' just sitting down and making is means
ridiculing the inclusion aspect of constitution writing!],
Gautam:
Only
CA should issue statute (kp), House
meet
put off for third day (kp), House
in
recess for one week (ht), Has
Janajati
cause lost its verve? Prominent Janajati leaders, who
are also members of various mainstream parties, are
pushing the official lines of their parties, upending
the original agendas of ethnic groups, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), Women
rights
bodies flay citizenship proviso (ht), Bar
convicts
of serious crimes from polls: CPDCC (ht), No
contesting
polls for CIMT-guilty: CPDCC urges big 3, others to
settle thorny issues (ht), Local
body
polls: Women ask govt for equal participation, by
Chahana Sigdel (kp), '50
pc
women representation must in local polls' (kp), HLPM
Reeks
Of Groupism And Forcible Imposition Of Ideas, by
Uttam Maharjan (rn), Locals
warn
of relinquishing citizenship (rep) [The
national identity is that of the exclusive male ruling
elite, basta!], Back
to
square one: Kathmandu looks convinced that federal model
proposed ans aspired by Maoists and Madheshis should not
be apporved by the CA, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep), All-party
conference
is a positive start, interview with Mohan Baidya
(rep 04/09/2014)
03/09/2014: ‘Exclusive
CA’
raises eyebrows (kp) Parties
to
negotiate stances: Major parties NC, UML, UCPN (M) begin
dialogue on federalism and governance models (kp), Major
parties
agree to all-party meet, differ on modality and ToR:
Decide to hold talks with CPN-Maoist again on Thursday
(rep), Big
Three
positive on all-sector conference, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), Big
3
in fresh talks over key contentions (rep), Parties
revisit
contentious statute issues (ht), Disputes
to
be put to vote if no consensus: Nembang (rep), Experts
for
10 plus provinces (kp), Two
dominant
ethnic groups in pradeshes suggested: To reduce number
of federal units (ht), Code
drafters
at a loss over LGBTI concerns, by Weena Pun (kp), Statutory
provision
mooted to ban strikes (ht), Does
the
country really need Constitutional Court?, by Ananta
Raj Luitel (ht), AIRC
proposes
amnesty for cadres of armed groups (ht) [????
Once again no justice for victims?], Vote
fraud
probe needs more time (kp), Can
CA
Vote Clear All Hurdles?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
02/09/2014: 10-state
model
Maoist stance: Backs federalism model suggested by panel
in first CA (kp), 'Federal
states
on the basis of identity, strength' (rep), Parties
weigh
three options, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Parties
hard
put tackling trust deficit among them (ht), Party
first:
If we are to have a timely constituition, the CA must
take a long break; Odd as it may sound, that would be
the smartest thing to do, by Bishal Thapa (rep), Let
Dahal
be: Ruling parties should not hesitate to handover
leadership of the High Level Political Committee to the
UCPN (Maoist), by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), CPN-UML
sticks
to earlier stance (ht), UCPN-M
for
all-party conference before consensus deadline (ht),
Big
3
to talk to CPN-Maoist today (rep), Transitional
arrangements
after new statute: CPDCC to give continuity to
parliament, judiciary, by Ashok Dahal (rep), SC
verdict
on CIAA chief appointment on Sept 24 (ht), ICRC
says
fate of the disappeared still unclear (ht), ICRC
urges
govt, parties to respect rights of kin of disappeared
(rep), Commission
on
disappearance: Will it deliver?, by Govinda Sharma
'Bandi' (ht), Nepali
Leadership:
Vowing to Remain the Same, by Prem Khatry (rn)
01/09/2014: Stick
to
deadline: Nembang; CA chairman tells chairpersons of
five thematic committees calendar won’t be amended
(kp), Bhattarai
stresses
meeting Sept 6 dispute resolution deadline: Delay will
invite more complications, say other CA vommittee
members, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Consensus
uncertain
in six days: UCPN-Maoist blames ruling coalition of
Nepali Congress and CPN-UML for not engaging in
meaningful negotiations (ht), Poles
apart:
NC-UML will commit historic blunder if openings for
compromise are overlooked (kp), If
consensus
fails, constitution should be put to vote, interview
with CPN-UML General Secretary Pradip Gyawali (kp) [?????], Oppn
parties
obstruct Parliament proceedings (kp), Opposition
stalls
House yet again over HLPC formation (rep), Madhesi
parties
miffed over lawmaker nomination snub (kp), Congress,
UML
leaders discontent (kp), 16
CA
members sworn (ht), Maoists
reject
proposal to form 3-party HLPC (kp), UML
entrusts
Gautam with resolving HLPC issue (ht), HLPM
And
Political Consensus, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Small
is
ugly: Federating Nepal (rep), Operation
Mustang:
United Kingdom’s MI6 aided torture of Maoist cadres,
by Ammu Kannampilly (kp), NHRC
asks
government to probe Dhading, Kailali cases (kp), Failure
to
ratify BWC deprives Nepal of int'l support to fight
Ebola, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), The
respectability
trap: The time-tested way of putting the downtrodden in
its place is to blame the advantaged of the community
for the bacvkwardness of the rest, by C.K. Lal
(rep), Between
the
lines: The logic in jurisprudence is that the courts are
public offices and must come under public scrutiny for
both their good and bad decisions, by Binod
Bhattarai (rep)
31/08/2014: Missed
deadline
may invite chaos: Many fear Assembly relapsing into
state of indecision, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), EC
suggests
2 models for central election (kp), Zero
out
of 26: CA member nominations (rep), PAC
to
continue graft probe against MP-elect Thapa (kp), Dissatisfaction
in
NC, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), UML
factional
rivalry deepens (rep), UML
secy
disapproves of party’s MP nominees (kp), UML
secretary
urges party chair to put issues on table (ht), Maoists
to
submit names for CA pick Monday (rep), End
Parliament
obstruction: PM Says, there’s no point getting entangled
with the issue of HLPC (ht), Congress,
UML
discuss contentious issues (ht), FRA
threatens
street protest for identity-based federalism, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep), Enforced
disappearances:
8 yrs on, kin have only hope to cling on, by Dewan
Rai (kp), 32nd
international
day of the disappeared: Kin hoping against hope, by
Rajendra Manadhar (kp), Right
bodies
seek justice for missing persons (ht), ‘Probe
killing
of five Dhanusha youths’ (kp), Kin
of
dissapeared vent their ire, by Amar Khadka (rep), Pro-Maoist
working
alliance left in a lurch (ht), Nembang
tells
parties not to collect donations from industry, business
(ht)
30/08/2014: CA
likely
to miss Sept 6 deadline: Thorniest issues yet to be
resolved (rep), Where's
the
will? (rep), Minorities’
role
in statute drafting discussed (ht), Cabinet
nominates
17 CA members, finally; Names awaited from Maoist,
fringe parties, by Bhadra Sharma (kp) [Oligarchy,
nepotism and disregard of the interim constitution
gaining ground once again!!], Cabinet
nominates
17 of the remaining 26 CA members, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Govt
names
only 17 CA members: Nominations spark dispute in parties,
by Santosh Ghimire (rep), Opposition
obstructs
House over HLPC delay, by Binod Ghimire (kp), Opposition
parties
stall Parliament proceedings: Dahal says NC, UML not
serious about constitution calendar (ht), Madhesi
parties
bone of contention in HLPC formation (ht), ‘Stage
being
set for all-party conference’ (kp), Bhattarai
says
willpower must to forge consensus (ht), Federalism:
A
Contested Narrative, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), ‘Make
federalism,
inclusiveness, secularism non-amendable’ (ht),
'Citizenship
to
kids of migrant workers who return pregnant' (rep) [All children of of Nepali women must
have the right to citizenship since men and women are
equal! Else, Nepal is not a democratic state!!],
TRC,
CED
commissioners: Public hearing of candidates to be held
(ht), ICJ,
AI
seek justice for missing persons (ht), ICJ
to
govt: Provide justice to victims of disappearances
(rep)
29/08/2014: Parties
agree
to draft ‘flexible constitution’: Provisions on
federalism, secularism, press freedom and human rights
could be amended with two-thirds support in Parliament,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Non-amendable
provisions
reduced: National independence, sovereignty, integrity
to be non-amendable; press freedom, human rights,
periodic election, fundamental rights to be amendable
(ht), They
ink
deal after deal but bicker over implementation, by
Thiras L. Bhusal (rep), Shrestha
proposes
removing provision of 26 CA nominations (kp) [?? Follow the ruling of the interim
constitution and nominate MPs without party affiliation!
The you have no problems!], CA
members
need not benominated now: Shrestha (ht) [What
do I care about the interim constitution!! Yes, they
should have been nominated in January latest!], Shrestha:
Scrap
provision for 26 lawmakers (rep), NC,
UML
for body to steer peace tasks: Want only three parties
in a wound-down committee, by Anil Giri (kp), NC,
UML
mull HLPC sans RPP-N, Madhes-based parties (rep), FRA
objects
to NC, UML’s 3-party HLPC proposal, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Missing
another
deadline: Pushpa Kamal Dahal is threatening to delay the
constitution if he is not allowed to head a parallel
government, by Damakant Jayshi (nt), The
disappeared:
Addressing the impact of disappearance means
understanding how victim needs emerge from the social
worlds they live in, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp), Instead
of
federalism: It is not too late to reconsider the
positive alternatives to federalism, by David Seddon
(nt), Watching
the
watchdog: Despite the CIAA’s recent sting operations,
the agency is charged with going after small fry or
waging political witch-hunts, by Binita Dahal (nt),
How
long
will Thabang remain 'Communist'?, by Hira Bahadur
Ghartimagar (rep)
28/08/2014: House
elects
chairpersons in 12 parliamentary committees, by
Binod Ghimire (kp), Parliamentary
committees
get their chairs (ht), 9
months after polls, all House panel heads elected
unopposed (rep), Nomination
of
CA members: SC moved seeking order to govt to wait for
clearance (ht), NC
leader
moves SC against nomination of 26 lawmakers (rep), Constitutional
Court
not needed: Four SC judges (ht), Adhere
to
past accords: Nidhi; Talks on to find solution on HLPC,
says Maoist VC (kp), Maoist
leaders:
NC, UML trying to delay statute, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), Not
forming
HLPC will lead to confrontation, interview with
Haribol Gajurel, UCPN-M (rep), Evolving
document:
Parties can find common ground once they internalise
constitution as a work in progress (kp), Politics,
Power
And Politicians: An Unholy Alliance Against Local
Democracy, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Need
For
An Equity-based Constitution, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
27/08/2014: Lawmaker
nominations:
Experts: Respect apex court verdict (kp), Don’t
wait
for apex court to review CA nominations, lawyers tell
govt (kp), CJ,
justices
against Constitutional Court in new statute (rep), House
committees
to get chiefs today (ht), 11
house
committees to get heads today (rep), ‘NC-UML
ignoring
oppn’: Dahal objects to parties’ thumbs down for HLPC
(kp), Form
HLPC
under Dahal’s leadership: BRB tells Koirala (kp), HLPC
dispute
climaxes: Dahal threatens consequences (rep), Opposition
parties
to obstruct Parliament (ht),
Parties
On
Collision Course, Again?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn),
Baidhya
reiterates
need for all-party conference (ht),
UML
leaders
on foreign visits, by Bhadra Sharma (kp) [No
important things to do in Nepal??], Running
out
the clock: Despite claims by leaders that the
constitution will be written in time, there are reasons
to be skeptical, by Dipendra Jha (kp)
26/08/2014: Dialogue
panel
to solve prickly issues in 2 wks (kp), Karna
sub-panelsubmits
report (ht), Bhattarai
invites
apex court judges (ht), CA
nominations
put off (ht), ‘Change
nat’l
animal’ (ht), Ruling
parties
rule out formation of Dahal-led HLPC (ht), Ruling
parties
say no to HLPC (rep), Dahal
warns
House disruption (kp), Dahal
threatens
protests in parliament, street (rep), UCPN-M
to
obstruct House (kp), Think
big:
New constitution (rep), House
panel
set to vote for new heads on Wednesday (kp), House
committee
heads to be elected Wednesday, by Ashok Dahal (rep),
Parliamentary
committees’
election slated for tomorrow (ht), Lawyer
Khanal
replaces Malla in committee to pick TRC commissioners,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), TRC
candidates
selection: Recruitment process likely from this week,
by Dewan Rai (kp), New
Constitution:
Natural Birth Or Scissoring?, by Prem Khatry (rn), Half
the
sky: Nepal inches toward gender equality, but challenges
galore in this predominantly patriarchal society, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep)
25/08/2014: CA
may
miss Sept 6 deadline for settling disputes; Major
parties yet to focus on thorny issues: Bhattarai, by
Thira L. Bhasal (rep), Chepangs
seek
their representation in CA (kp), 3-party
meet
fails; CA appointments in limbo (kp), UCPN-Maoist
walks
out of three-party meet: Nepali Congress, CPN-UML reject
Maoists’ demand of forming HLPC, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Maoists
walk
out of three-party meet: Miffed at NC-UML refusal to
form high-level body (rep), Ball
in
ruling parties’ court: UCPN-Maoist (ht), CPN-Maoist
for
roundtable (ht), NC,
UML
to form panel for 7-point deal enforcement (kp), NC,
UML
to form task force, try to hammer out differences
(ht), In
it
together: Leaders should form a cross-party mechanism
for talks between parties both in and outside CA
(kp), That
Janajatis
want ‘ethnic states’ is baseless propaganda,
interview with Nagendra Kumal, chairperson of NEFIN (kp),
Constitution
Writing
Picks Up Momentum, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Constitution
mithya:
Ask your representatives how many hours they have spent
discussing the constitution over the nine months since
November 21013 polls, by Neelam Adhikari (rep)
24/08/2014: Congress-UML
to
propose 6-state model to Maoists (kp), NC,
UML
discuss contentious issues (ht), 2
weeks for parties to settle disputes (kp), Oppn
asks
NC, UML to respect their views (kp), Revolution
if
parties neglect consensus in constitution making
process‚ warns Dahal (ht), Dahal
threatens
to quit CA (rep), 'Let
CA
deal with issues of federalism, inclusion' (rep), Non-starter
alliances:
The ways of the UCPN (Maoist) indicate that the party is
not committed to constitution writing, by Jainendra
Jeevan (kp), Major
party
leaders reach out to Baidya (ht), Big
three
to talk to Baidya: Seek his views on contentious issues
(rep), Lead
the
change, Mr PM: We want our prime minister to have proper
grasp of governance and development issues and be
decisive in carrying out his tasks, by Krishna
Gyawali (rep)
23/08/2014: NC,
UML
agree to give CA full shape (kp) [This
smells of another grave violation of the interim
constitution! These 26 MPs should not be selected on the
basis of affiliation to any political party!! When the
SC begin to stop the continued break of constitutional
law by the politicians??], 22
of
26 CA members maybe named tomorrow (ht), UML
confirms
7-state federal model stance: Says ready to adopt
flexibility for sake of agreement among parties, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-UML
to
stick to seven-province model (rep), Janajatis
demand
14 states proposed by first Assembly, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), FRA
set
to launch campaign from today: To make a strong pitch
for identity-based federalism (ht), Dalits
demand
proportional representation in state bodies (kp)
22/08/2014: Madhesi
intelligentsia
for statute through consensus: Say they’re not averse to
having two pradeshes in Madhes as a compromise solution
(ht), Some
mistake
federalism for decentralisation: Bhattarai (ht), UML
begins
review meet on disputed issues (kp), Oli
presses
for Prez re-endorsement (kp), UML
sticks
to fresh endorsement of Prez, VP (rep), Experts
suggest
PDCC to take path of consensus (kp), EC
refutes
rigging claims, seeks ‘autonomy’ (kp), Electoral
laws:
‘CA Court stricture impractical’, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), Prez
says
women empowerment a must to develop society: Urges all
concerned, including govt, to be serious about
implementing legal provisions (ht), Constitution
Writing
And Its Hurdles, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Federalism
for
the sake of it: Federalism is a distraction from the
other important aspects of state re-structuring and
reform of political representation, by David Seddon
(nt), Reckless
federification:
It doesn’t take a Nobel laureate to see that Nepal is
lop-sided and top-heavy in favour of dominant caste and
ethnicities (nt), Federal
fundamentalism:
Question the merits of federalism and you are accused of
committing blasphemy, by Bihari K. Shrestha (nt), Inclusion
by
any other name: The last six years have not been wasted,
we have zeroed in on institutionalising inclusion,
by Anurag Acharya (nt)
21/08/2014: Statute
writing
process: Big 3 struggle for common ground (kp), Parties
at
odds over Constitutional Court (kp),
CA
Court
tells govt to amend election laws: Asks EC to introduce
system that ensures that those getting majority votes
win, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Federalism
becomes
non-amendable (ht), Middle
way:
Parties need to find middle ground between identity and
economic viability (kp), Citizenship
through
mother a must in new statute: NWC (rep), Prez’s
re-endorsement
not possible, says PM: Koirala resumes work at his
office in Singha Durbar after two months (kp) [?????], Approval
of
President is not at all issue of the hour, says PM
Koirala (ht) [This is
correct! His re-endorsement should have taken place in
February; so, please live on with a not legitimised
president, even though the procedure may take hardly two
hours!!], CA
I
only discussed issues; CA II is also resolving them,
Interview with Subhas Chandra Nembang (rep) [The
inclusive composition of CA-I was one of the reasons for
intnesive discussions; in far less inclusive CA-II, only
the exclusive circle of party leaders discusses and
tekas decision!! There is hardly any participation pf
Dalits, Janajati, Madheshi and women in general in the
decision process!], Do
Not
Roil Communal Harmony, by Uttam Maharjan (rn) [This is a myth! In fact, Nepal has
been a single ethnic identity based central state for
the past 250 years! To prevent the end of discrimination
is the vested interest of the exclusive leadership of
the political parties!!!], Dilemmas
and
democracy: Are the leaders of the Nepali-language
minority willing to share state power with myriad
others?, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Row
over
TRC recommendation committee: SC issues show-cause
notice to govt (rep), House
panel
claims jurisdiction over all ministries, govt bodies,
by Thira L. Bhusal (rep)
20/08/2014: CA
committee
fails to reach consensus on electoral system (kp), Panel
to
give more power to CIAA (kp), Parliamentary
committees
to get full shape, by Pranab Kharel (kp), ‘Ready
to
change stance on forms of governance for inclusive
federalism’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), CA
panel
agrees on title of new constitution (ht), Dahal
unsure
of statute on time, but hopeful, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Dahal:
No
statute if NC, UML stick to own federalism stance,
by Ashok Dahal (rep), Slow
and
unsteady: The idea that Koirala is in place only to
draft constitution does not cut ice as constitution is
the responsibility of the CA rather than the government,
by Prakash Chandra Lohani (rep), Moderate
left:
People voted for UML as it was thought of as the only
party that could neutralize the clout of NC and Maoists,
by Binit Gurung (rep)
19/08/2014: CA
talks
panel confers with Janajati leaders, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Dalits
put
forth 27 demands to CA, by Dipak Bayalkoti (kp), Faulty
ideas (ht), Bhattarai
gives
tasks for major parties (ht), Major
parties
agree on flexible proposal (kp), Bring
all
on board: Dahal (kp), Parliamentary
panels:
Committee chairs’ names submitted (ht), House
adjourned
for one week (ht), House
in
recess; MPs to visit affected areas (kp), Constitution
drafting
process to go on (ht), History
of
violence: Political leaders must speak out against the
recent spate of gender-based violence (kp), Dangers
of
a single story: The ability to see validity in other
narratives will make collective action possible, by
Bidushi Dhungel (kp), United
we
stand: A national unity government is looking like the
only real alternative to facilitating the
constitution-drafting process, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Citizens
and
capital: Nepal should develop a financial policy to
utilise the liquid capital of its citizens for national
development, by Prakash Bom (kp), Shame,
shame:
Govt, parliament inaction (rep), All
in
a name: Discrimination against Dalits continues because
of the stigma attached to their ascribed names, by
Rajendra Senchurey (rep)
18/08/2014: CA
sub-panel
settles disputes over legislature (ht), CA
panel
finalizes number of members in parliament (rep), Good
start:
Bhattarai’s statute initiative (rep), At
least
one-yr tenure proposed for chief justice, by Ananta
Raj Luitel (ht), UML
puts
Prez, Vice Prez issue on backburner, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Neither
truth
nor justice: Parties have demonstrated time and again
that they intend to do nothing to stop extrajudicial
killings, by Suhas Chakma (kp), Nepal
needs
new political force to address common concerns,
interview with Baburam Bhattarai (kp), A
ceremonial premier: Nepal is free to have a constitution
of its own but the "comma and full stops" must meet
exacting standards of the wise, by C.K. Lal (rep)
17/08/2014: Flexibility
crucial
for constitution, interview with Tom Ginsberg (kp),
Maoist,
Madhesi
parties to prepare common position, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), UCPN-M
a
failure as main opposition? Many point at party’s poor
showing in Parliament, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Identity
Politics
On The Wane?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Tough
battle:
Transparency and accountability, two fundamentals of
good governance, have collapsed without people's
representatives, by Purnahari Amatya (rep)
16/08/2014: Majority
of
lawmakers ignore CA dress code, by Pranab Kharel
(kp) [The current dress code is
based on the current single ethnic identity based
central state thinking and has to be abolished
immediately!!!], Made
in
Nepal: The peace process (rep)
15/08/2014: Constitutional
Court
to be set up: House (ht), Experts
for
statute with amendment provision (rep), No
country
for young: Promises of employment alone will not suffice
to keep Nepalis from leaving (kp), Breaking
the
circle: Nepal can learn from the growth of East and
Southeast Asia which sought to remedy social exclusion,
by Sagun S. Lawoti (kp), Unabashed
by
failings, lawmakers demand more facilities, by Ashok
Dahal (rep), Where
Are
The Economic Bills Stuck?, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(rep), No
licence
to kill: Legal amendments must be made to ensure that
crimes by security agencies are investigated
independently, by Dipendra Jha (kp), On
the
sidelines of justice: A gender-blind and victim
insensitive Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be
a futile exercise, by Trishna Rana (nt), Adrift:
Nepali
politicians are too busy protecting gangsters to prepare
for future Bhote Kosis, by Damakant Jayshi (nt)
14/08/2014: Closed-door
talks:
Parties ready to thrash out contentious issues, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), UML
stance
unchanged on federalism, forms of governance, electoral
system (kp), NC,
UML
agree to settle coalition disputes in 15 days (kp),
UML
can't
call PM 'incompetent' and yet stay in government,
interview with Shekhar Koirala, NC (rep), Ambassadorial
posts:
Coalition partners at loggerheads, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht), Separate
water
taps for different castes (ht) [With
such thinking, Nepal has no future!!!], Expanding
security:
Rhetoric of making Nepal more ‘secure’ by male elites
must be closely critiqued for what it means for Nepali
women, by Seira Tamang (kp), Wake
up:
No one forced government leadership on the ailing NC
leader and he must have had an inkling of the pressures
of the job, by Biswas Baral (rep)
13/08/2014: Statute
drafting
panel to complete its task today (kp), Parliament
committees
to have new heads (kp), Election
for
House committees' heads on Aug 20 (rep), UML
to
seek equal footing: To take up with Congress perceived
‘non-cooperation’ with ministries held by its leaders
(kp), Ailing
prime
minister to resume office tomorrow (kp), Crucial
financial,
industrial bills still in drafting phase: Govt fails to
live up to its committment of reforming around three
dozen economic bills, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (rep), The
struggle
within: Indigenous movements must acknowledge women’s
issues, not just limited to reproduction and sexuality,
by Tashi Tewa Dolpo (kp), UCPN-Maoist:
Heading
For Another Split?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
12/08/2014: Prez
to
Koirala: Full CA key to statute legitimacy; Will hold
meeting of parties and decide CA appointments, PM
promises (kp) [The
president as well needs new legitimation after the
elections to a second CA!!!], Honor
the
pact: Koirala govt's failings (rep), SC’s
PIL
verdict remains unimplemented (kp), 5
armed outfits to join ‘statute process’ (kp), Armed
groups
eager for input in new statute (rep), In
our
court: The absence of national-level think tanks to work
on issues of national interest was deeply felt during
Modi's visit, by Keshar Bahadur Bhandari (kp), Statute
not
possible by deadline: Mainali (ht), NHRC
a
waning force for lack of office-bearers: 'Delay in
appointments deliberate', by Nabin Khatiwada (rep),
A
culture of democracy: Local elections are essential to
instilling democratic norms and values among the
citizenry, by Seema Pandey (kp), Obstacles
ahead:
Lack of knowledge among our political leaders on vital
constitutional issues is a major reason for delay in new
constitution, by Prakash Bhattarai (rep)
11/08/2014:
Govt may nominate 26members to CA in 15 days (ht) [Hopefully without party affiliation
as it is demanded by the interim constitution!!],
Panel
starts
talks with groups outside CA (kp), Tarai
parties
press for single Madhes state: Call for respecting 8-pt
deal signed with Madhesi Morcha in 2008, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), UML
demand
on president logical: KC (kp), Two
to
tango: Dahal—Bhattarai split will have serious
consequences, especially on constitution (kp), Ex-rebels
Forever
In Dilemma, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), NWC
drafts
bill to criminalize dowry-related violence, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep), Bird
of
prey: Chari's death may not be the begiining of end of
crime-politics nexus; But people's appreciation of
police killing shows they have had enough, by
Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
10/08/2014: Parties
begin
discussing statute issues (ht), NC,
Maoists
to take consensus approach (kp), Major
parties
step up talks for consensus on thorny issues (rep),
'Federal
states
based on dominant ethnic group could be
counterproductive', by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (rep) [What do you mean with 'based on
dominant ethnic group'? Your statement would only be
true if you think of federal provinces with a system
compared to the current single ethnic identity based
central state that more or less belongs to male Bahuns
(ca. 6.5% of the population)!!], UML
ministers
urge Oli to mend coalition disputes (kp), UML
calls
for endorsing prez by Parliament as per seven-point
pact; NC says raising the issue could derail statute
drafting (ht) [How can the
urgently necessary endorsement of president and
vicepresident derail the statute writing process?????],
KP
Oli
consults UML ministers: Asked to resolve differences
with NC (rep), TMDP,
SP
begin merger talks (ht)
09/08/2014: UML
‘not
for’ new govt before statute, by Bhadra Sharma (kp),
Call
CWC
meeting soon, 24 NC leaders ask Koirala (kp), 24
NC
CC members want CWC meet (ht), Govt
urges
Adhikari couple to end hunger strike (ht), Adhikari
couple's
health deteriorating (rep), Appointments
at
NHRC sought (ht), Wake
up:
Were our lawmakers chosen to relax, pass their time
sleeping or play candy crush in CA hall?, by Shristi
Kafle (rep)
08/08/2014: PDCC
consults
experts for consensus building (kp), Preparations
to
submit report (kp), PM
Koirala
‘almost bed-ridden’ (kp), Implement
7-point
deal: UML chief tells Koirala (kp), As
coalition
develops strains, UML seeks talks with Congress: UML
accuzses PM, NC ministers of non-cooperation, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), CPN-UML
scheming
against govt: Koirala (ht)
07/08/2014: Statute
drafting:
Parties adopt new approach to settle disputes, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Apex
court
frees two suspects in murder case of journalist
(kp), Chaukath
flays
Hindu group for vandalism, threat (kp), Reclaiming
spaces:
Extremist Hindu elements should be kept at the margins
of public discourse (kp), PAC
directs
govt bodies to clear arrears (ht), ‘Federal
states
should be economically viable’ (ht), Private
sector
for adopting sustainable federal model (rep), DPM:
Adhikari
couple's hunger strike irrelevant (rep) [Bam
Dev Gautam's comments sound predominantly irrelevant,
but they are extremely dangerous for peace, rule of law
and an inclusive democratic future!!!], China
wary
of Modi's engagement in Nepal, by Purna Basnet
(rep), Milking
us
dry: When millions are deprived of simple life saving
medicines, how can such hefty spending on our ailing
politicians be justified?, by Bhagirath Basnet
(rep), Social
security
schemes: Experts for putting in place effective
dstribution mechanism, monitoring system (rep), Experts
urge
for need based social security (ht)
06/08/2014: Petition
filed
questioning legality of panel for TRC nominations
(kp), TRC
controversy:
Conflict victims move apex court (ht), Petition
seeks
dissolution of recommendation committee (rep), Speaker
Nembang
raps govt for defying ruling (ht), TRC
controversy:
Conflict victims move apex court (ht), CA
sub-panel
owns up earlier committee’s agreements (ht), Parliament
directs
govt to table social security Bill (ht), Study
in
contrast: A society indoctrinated in left ideology that
has no understanding of democracy might withdraw from
democratic process and view the whole process as
anarchical,
by Mukul Sharma (rep)
05/08/2014: In
cold
blood: It is time for the government to initiate
prosecution for the extra-judicial killings of five
youth at Godar, by Sushil Pyakurel (kp), Modi
asks
leaders to make statute drafting inclusive (kp)
04/08/2014: Modi
operandi:
Given India’s role in the Nepali peace process, it
should work to facilitate an understanding over
contentious constitutional issues, by Suhas Chakma
(kp), 33-party
alliance
withdraws protest programme plans (ht), Limbuwan
parties
sit together for unity talks (ht)
03/08/2014: ‘Remind
Modi
of Madhesi significance’ (ht)
02/08/2014: Bhattarai
says
talks under way on disputed issues of statute, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), PDCC
to
record all reservations (kp), Adhikari
murder
case: Two more suspects freed (kp), Parties
not
to hinder statute writing process (rep)
01/08/2014: Discussion
put
on hold over oppn threat, again (kp), Budget
Discussion
Put Off Yet Again, by Ashok Dahal (rep), Lawmakers
‘misused’
CDF, by Janak Nepal (kp) [Yes,
please give each of them 50 millions more!!], Parliamentary
panel
to findout flaws in electoral laws (ht), Anti-gender
violence
bill criticised in Parliament (ht), Three
accused
in Adhikari murder freed on bail (ht) [!!???],
Three
'absconding'
Accused Show Up At Court, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel
(rep), ‘Conflict
wounds
psychological’, by Chahana Sigdel (kp), Our
foreign
non-policy: Inwardly shrivelled Kathmandu seems to have
lost its ability to manage international relations,
by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), “Everyone
forgot
us”: The revolution that was supposed to liberate his
community from oppression devoured Ram Ratan Chaudhari’s
family, by Tufan Neupane (nt), Nothing
about
us, without us: The right to equality of gender and
other minorities is under threat from a regressive state,
by Sunil Babu Pant (nt)
31/07/2014: Contempt
of
court bill: Parliament to solicit public views on bill,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Parliament
seeks
public feedback (ht), State
killing
Adhikari couple: AHRC (kp), Speaker
wants
details on Adhikari couple (ht), CPDCC
owns
talks with armed groups (ht), Government
briefs
House on Nepal-India agreement (kp), Pandey
briefs
Parliament on recent Nepal-India agreement (ht), Constitution
Writing:
Seriousness Is Lacking, by Mukti Rijal (rn)
30/07/2014: PP
leaders
to get Rs 20k monthly transportation allowance
(kp) [??], ‘Re-endorse
prez,
veep’ (kp), Class
and
justice: The marginalisation of victim’s priorities
widens the gap between the powerful and powerless,
by Ram Bhandari and Erik Wilson (kp)
29/07/2014: Forge
consensus
on thematic panel heads, parties told, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Oppn
against
amendment bill for LSGA (kp), Bill
aims
to ensure 40% women's representation in local bodies
(rep), Contempt
of
Court: Bill may go up for public hearing (kp), Public
feedback
to be sought (ht), Parliament
wants
public feedback on contempt of court bill: Law minister
to tabvle proposal on Wednesday (rep), Conflict
damages
yet to be rebuilt (kp), ‘Save
Adhikaris
from dying’: Slain Krishna Prasad’s parents on
fast-unto-death for the last 277 days (ht), Talks
with
Limbuwan groups positive (ht)
28/07/2014: Contempt
bill
lands in House (kp), Minor
killed,
eight injured in grenade explosion in Siraha (ht)
27/07/2014: Conflict-era
scars
healing, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp), Challenges
for
Oli: Oli needs to fine-tune his tongue and temperament
to adjust to his new role, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp),
Fault
in
us: The fire in the Tri-Chandra College library is
indicative of larger problems at Tribhuvan University,
by Banita Khanal (kp) [It's a
fundamental problem of political culture: So-called
party leaders make the youth believe that political
violence and even murder as part of protest is not a
punishable crime!!], Rautahat
CA
members fail to spend Rs 1 million (ht)
26/07/2014: House
panels
headless for six months, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Dialogue
committee
dwells on disputed issues (ht), Calls
to
memorialise war victims (kp) [Most
of all they need justice and compensation!!], Malla’s
status
delays TRC panel’s progress (ht) [This
panel has no future either!!], Kin
for
naming public places after conflict victims (rep), Capable
enough:
The state and the rulers think that Dalits are incapable
and unable to assume a high post and skilfully carry out
assigned duties, by Dhana Bahadur Mijar (rep)
25/07/2014: CA
completes
six months: Parties must settle disputed issues to get
job done on time, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), PDCC
talks
to own past agreements (kp), Lower
House
to be called Pratinidhi Sabha (ht), Parties
divided
over local polls (kp), Statute
deadline
won’t be met: Koirala (ht), Promises
to
keep: The NC-UML coalition must stick to its
self-imposed deadline of finishing the constitution by
April, by Anurag Acharya (nt), Half
truths,
no justice: The government didn’t even bother to send a
representative for the funeral of the Dhanusha Five this
week, by Trishna Rana (nt), Strange
Alliances:
If the recent political alliances provide any
indication, it shows that Nepali politics is heading on
the path to confrontation, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Nepal’s
Constitutional
Problem: A Recap, by Ria Gyawali (sp), All
Is
Not Well: 'An ailing PM and an ailing PM-in-waiting; And
we're still asking what ails our country?', by
Abijit Sharma (sp)
24/07/2014: Victims’
remains
handed over to kin: Nepal Army involved in the killings
of 5 men in their twenties in Godar, Dhanusha, forensic
report confirms, by Shyamsundar Shashi (kp) [And
what about the murderers???], Kin
get
remains of five youths, by Brij Kumar Yadav (ht), Govt
hands
over remains of victims to kin: Families demand
immediate action against perpetrators, by Suresh
Yadav (rep), CA
endorsement
of prez and veep: UML set to take up issue with PM
(kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
seeks clear position on federalism: A committee formed
to prepare official line on key issues for new statute
(kp), SP
mulls
over quitting Constituent Assembly: Party to decide on
the issue after feeling pulse through interactions
across Madhes (ht), Mahato-led
SP
sets copies of budget document on fire (rep), Full
circle
complete: NC and UML are at the helm again; They have no
obligation to act differently than they did during the
free-for-all 90s, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
23/07/2014: Koirala
returns
hale and hearty from New York: PM says he’s not
quitting; Assures full activism and completion of all
pending tasks; Promises statute on time (ht), ‘I’ve
got
new lease of life’: Koirala returns from New York after
month-long cancer treatment (kp),
All-party
meet
commonagenda of five parties (ht), Armed
Tarai
groups pose security challenge: DPM (ht), Will
Maoist-led
Front Disrupt Statute-making?, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn)
22/07/2014: PDCC
owns
up decisions made by then statute panel (kp), CA
panel
begins exercise to build consensus, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Godar
killings:
Government may not send high-level rep (kp), Enemies
of
the future: Political parties must take responsibility
for the actions of their affiliated student unions
(kp) [Those who burn down
libraries should not be called students; they are
criminals, nothing else, and should be punished as
such!!], Women
rights
activists stage protest in front of CA building
(ht), Govt
urged
to amend Contempt of Court Bill (ht), Taking
to
the streets: Protests and movements have provided the
marginalised with an avenue to make their voices heard,
by Tashi Tewa Dolpo (kp), With
power,
comes responsibility: The NC, as the largest party in
the CA, must take the lead in reaching out to parties on
contentious issues, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
21/07/2014: Talks
with
armed outfits to begin next week (kp), Talks
with
armed outfits of Ilam, Janakpur, Nepalgunj in offing
(ht), Govt
starts
discourse on civil service in federal set-up (rep),
Remains
of
Godar victims to be handed to their families (ht) [There is no justice with the
murderers from the army running free and getting
promoted!!], Lawmakers
demanding
ECDP failed to spend their budgets, by Suresh Yadav
(rep) [!!!! Why do they want 49
millions more??], Bhattarai
floats
options for new force (ht), The
illusion
of inclusion, by C.K. Lal (rep)
20/07/2014: CA
sub-Panel
gears up for talks with armed outfits, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Failing
grade
for UML ministers: Party lawmakers claim UML ministers
failed to bring‘ pro-people’ programmes, made unpopular
decisions (kp), Home
minister
criticised for making people homeless (ht), SP
ready
to take to streets (ht), Hammering
it
in: The results of the recent by-election further
cemented the people’s rejection of single-identity
federalism, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp) [No
single ethnic identity federalism is o.k., but there is
absolutely nothing that can be derived from recent
by-elections!], Stepping
in:
Instead of judging who is right or wrong, mediation
helps parties explore options that best serve their
mutual interests and needs, by Mukti Rijal (kp)
19/07/2014: Transitional
justice:
Ensure victims’ participation: Experts (kp), Marginalised
conflict
victims’ inclusion issue discussed (ht), Failing
State, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
18/07/2014: In
consensus
bid, CA panel to talk to leaders, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Federalism
and
Tarai-Madhes: Madhesis must have unchallenged access to
wealth of the hills by being part of the same federal
province, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Nothing
but
contempt: Under the new draft bill, it would not be
possible to write this column, by Binita Dahal (nt)
17/07/2014: Contempt
of
court bill: Minister Acharya ‘agrees’ to amend
provisions (kp), Adhikari
couple’s
health ‘deteriorates’ (kp), Bir
Hospital
unable to provide TPN to Adhikari Couple (ht), Shooting
in
the dark: This budget has little to offer in the absence
of political consensus on a roadmap for economic
prosperity, by Achyut Wagle (kp), The
new
budget will contribute to inflation, interview with
Bishwambher Pyakuryal (rep), CDF
Allocations:
A Case Of Misplaced Priority, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Flawed
TRC
Act: Apropos Amendments Indispensable, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn)
16/07/2014: NC
lawmakers
criticise budget (kp), Local
body
polls by mid-Jan: Gautam (kp) [????
He obviously doesn't know what he is talking about!!!],
Khadka
moots
three federal models (ht), Stakeholders
for
greater participation of women in politics (rep), Budgeting
for
bikas: A consensual agenda that propels us to
broad-based economic growth is as urgent as the new
constitution, by Swarnim Wagl� (kp)
15/07/2014: FinMin
defends
CDF allocation‘: Cheap loan has potential to transform
agriculture’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp), 'Extra-curricular'
Budget
Bringing Smile To Some, by Prem Khatry (rn), It's
complicated:
What comes out loud and clear is that the proposal of
transferring development funds to MPs rests on
political, not economic ground, by Sukhdev Shah
(rep), Constituting
contempt:
Censoring the media in the name of contempt of court can
set a dangerous trend, by Dipendra Jha (kp)
14/07/2014: TRC
naming
panel seeks fourth member urgently (kp), CDF
Saga:
Focus Shift From Policy To Paisa, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn), Ride
the
wave: Nepal's traditional national security mentality
with geopolitics at the center should give way to more
dynamic economy-centric foreign policy, by Shyam
Bandhu Subedi (rep)
13/07/2014: CA
sub-panel
to hold talks with armed outfits (ht), NC
youths
oppose Rs 50m CDF plan (kp), War-induced
trauma
still haunts Rukum residents, by Krishna Prasad
Gautam (kp), Forgiving
the
past: The TRC must discourage individuals and political
parties from using victims and families as a means to an
end, by Yogendra P. Paneru (kp), Loktantra
blues:
History shows that governments often make laws to punish
those who speak or write freely, by Abhi Subedi
(kp), Good
samaritans:
The country needs a Civic Responsibility Act to increase
the moral responsibility of Nepali society, by Seema
Pandey (kp)
12/07/2014: Yet
another
front foridentity-based federalism today (ht), Govt
in
last-ditch effort to address CDF demand, by Anil
Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp), Bill
to
empower youth registered: Envisages 23-member National
Youth Council, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Call
for
investing more on youth: Stakeholders say brain drain
must be stopped pronto (ht)
11/07/2014: 7-party
alliance
for singleidentity-based federalism, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Seven
parties
form Federal Republican Front: Warn Congress, CPN-UML
not to show arrogance of numerical strength (ht), The
politics
of everything: Why carve up the country into supposedly
autonomous states, when there is no economic base for
that autonomy? (nt), SC
scraps
petition against CDF (kp) [??],
SC
quashes
writ against budget for lawmakers: Says no order
required as govt is yet to decide on Rs 50 million
(ht), MP
Or
Five Crore Manager?, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn), Widespread
resistance
makes commissions on transitional justice uncertain,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), Post-conflict
stress
syndrome: Psychological scars of conflict on young
survivors take longer to heal, by Taylor Caldwell
(nt), More
money,
more problems: Failure to pursue reforms aimed at growth
will have long-term detrimental effects on the entire
economy, by Yoga Nath Poudel (kp), Investing
in
young people: Focus on development, by Giulia
Vallese (ht), Investing
in
Young People’, by Giulia Vallese (sp),
The
generation
gap: Nepal’s ageing political leadership is running out
of time in more ways than one, by Trishna Rana (nt),
When
the
hammer comes down: It is no longer enough to condemn the
wrong-doers, they must be named and shamed, by
Anurag Acharya (nt), Expert
Call:
United Nations experts warn that Nepal's truth-seeking
legislation risks further entrenching impunity (sp),
Shoddy
Constitutional
Exercise: Will Ek Thaan or Ek Thangno Emerge?, by
Dipak Gyawali (sp)
10/07/2014: Mahat
hints
at CDF approval, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp) [one of the numerous fatal failures
of this government!!], NC
lawmakers
raise voice seeking Rs 50 million: Say finance minister
will face action if budget for constituencies not
allocated (ht), Apex
court
order sought against Rs 50m dole plan (kp), Money
for
nothing: Instead of demanding a Rs 50 million fund,
lawmakers must concentrate on a building strong,
accountable governance, by Lok Nath Bhusal (kp), Funds
For
Constituency Development: Not Necessary At All, by
Uttam Maharjan (rn), Govt
to
SC: TRC Act doesn’t grant amnesty to serious offenders,
by Pranab Kharel (kp) [?????],
TRC
Act
consistent with int'l law: Government (rep) [Yes,
all the international experts who criticise this law are
absolutely innocent and ignorant!?], Rights
bodies’
call to fix TRC Act flaws (ht),
Int’l
rights
groups call for amending flawed provisions (kp) [!!!!!], Right
to
information or fight for information? RTI Act yet to be
fully implemented, leaving many people who want to know
frustrated, by Basant Sharma (ht), Respect
freedom
of expression: EduMin (kp), Contempt
bill
draws criticism (kp), Maoist,
six
other parties to unite on federal model (kp), Clock-watching:
Term
and age limits should be placed on political leaderships
(kp)
09/07/2014: Subcommittee
to
talk to armed outfits (kp), Federal
Republican
Front in the offing: To pitch for identity-based
federalism in constitution (ht), Democracy
and
caste: The encounter of democracy with caste is a
historical process accommodating two sets of opposed
values, by G�rard Toffin (kp), Silent
war:
It is fundamentally a collective failure when people sit
idly by as society falls apart around them, by
Bidushi Dhungel (kp), Crimean
lesson:
Crimea's case shows internal threat of secession
undermines state's security; Nepal may have to face
similar fate, by Seema Pandey (rep) [Nepal
is a multiethnic state with the single ethnic identity
of her non-inclusive single ethnic male elite! This is
the greatest danger for security and secession and has
to be changed immediately!!!], Demand
For
CDF Increase Raises Eyebrows, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn), To
give
or not to give: If lawmakers cannot guarantee
transparency and accountability, they do not deserve
even one million rupees they are drawing from state
coffers, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep), Leaders
sans
vision: Nepal's development should not be a by-product
of China and India's strategic interests; we need
strategically designed policies in place, by Bhoj
Raj Poudel (rep)
08/07/2014: CA
dialogue
sub-panel confers with parties (kp), Sub-panel
records
demands of fringe parties outside Constituent Assembly
(ht), Malla
lambasts
suggestion to replace her: Says the TRC Recommendation
Committee members exceeded their brief (ht), Senior
citizens
warn of stern protests, self-immolations: Press govt to
address their key demands (ht), Contempt
of
whom? Unless the Supreme Court protects the freedom of
speech, it will fail to uphold its own dignity, by
Prakash Bom (kp), Keep
him
busy: Without a larger role in constitution writing,
Prachanda could easily drift towards the extremist line
of Mohan Baidya, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
07/07/2014: Don’t
cooperate
on TRC, CID: Rights activists (ht), Constituency
development
programme: NC piles pressure on FinMin Mahat, by
Anil Giri (kp), Fair
trial
for free expression: Judicial precedents should provide
a reference for addressing the contempt of court bill in
Parliament, by Binod Bhattarai (kp), Politics
of
reinstitution: The revolution in 19951 was subverted,
reformation of 1990 rescinded and revolutions between
2006 -2008 proved to be stillborn, by C.K. Lal (rep)
06/07/2014: Bajura
conflict
victims scramble for a living, by Prakash Singh
(ht), All
for
money: Lawmakers’ demand for 50 million (rep), Rs
50m
funds will widen disparities: NPC head; infrastructure
development in remote districts costlier, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep), Bad
proposition:
Doling out money to CA members is opposed to the notion of
financial accountability, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp) [Nepal's politicians generally do things
that are against the constitution, democratic principles, the
rule of law, human rights, international law, etc!!],
Temple
and
state: Despite becoming a secular state, Nepal has not
laid out the parameters for its model of secularism,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp)
05/07/2014: UN
rights
experts urge government to amend TRC Act: Say it is
necessary to end impunity (ht), Govt
brought
bill on TRC responsibly, says Acharya (ht) [???],
TRC
panel
seeks Malla’s replacement: Asks govt to give
recommendation committee full shape, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht) [????], Poll
expense
details: EC slaps 18 parties with Rs 1,000 fine (ht)
[This is absolutely
ridiculous!!!], NC
recommends
Rs 50m CDP for 240 constituencies, by Anil Giri
(kp), Cong
demands
Rs 5 crore foreach lawmaker (ht), NC
all
for Rs 50 million constituency fund, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), NPC
asks
for district-wise project details (kp), Critiquing
any
judge is nocontempt of court: Experts, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), With
no
counseling, conflict-affected still feel trauma, by
Benupraj Bhattarai (rep), Illusion
and
reality: Will federalism really bring an end to
discrimination on 'class, caste, language, sex, culture,
religion and region? Experts do not think so, by
Raju Prasad Chapagai (rep)
04/07/2014: Madhes-based
parties
suspect UCPN-M stance (ht), AHRC:
Don’t
muzzle press freedom to protect court (kp), Shame
on
all of us! A human rights debacle is unfolding, with
collaboration of a democratic government, the
international community and intelligentsia, by Kanak
Mani Dixit (kp), Question
of
legitimacy: Victims must be recognised as critical
actors in the transitional justice process, by Ram
Kumar Bhandari (kp), View
from
the hills: The government’s recent announced policies
and programmes reflect a distinct hill-centric bias,
by Dipendra Jha (kp), Financial
inclusion:
Must for Inclusive growth, by Shiv Ram Prasad
Koirala (ht)
03/07/2014: Parliament
passes
govt’s policies and programmes: Next House meeting on
July 10; Fiscal budget likely on July 11, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Govt's
policies
and programs endorsed through majority votes (rep),
Rs
50m
demand likely to be met, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Pork
barrel
politics at peak: Lawmakers seek Rs 50m for constituency
development, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht), Govt
‘working’
to provide vehicles for parties’ top leaders (kp), A
capital issue: CA members greedy of state dole-outsrisk
damaging their public image (kp), NHRC
says
it cannot send official to panel for picking TRC team
(kp), Overcoming
criticism:
Take TRC and CED seriously (rep), Ethnicity-based
Federalism:
A Counterproductive Model, by Uttam Maharjan (rn) [?? Nepal is still a single ethnic
identity based central state! It has to be transformed
into a miltiethnic federal state, and this has nothing
to do with names and territory borders!!!], Talking
out
of tune: Inclusion is about developing a frame of mind
that respects everyone regardless of class, ethnicity or
creed, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Rape
victims
of armed conflict off the radar, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep)
02/07/2014: Lawmakers
in
fund hunt: Call in NC for Rs 50m for each constituency
(kp), Female
parliamentarians
press for residence, transport facilities (kp), Lawmakers
say
govt’s policies fail to live up to expectations
(kp), Policies
and
programmes condemned (ht), Oppn
flays
govt policies and programs (rep), Govt.
Policies
and Programmes: Implementation Aspect Is Vital, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn), OHCHR:
Amend
inconsistent clauses (kp) [see comment by OHCHR], TRC
Act
violates United Nations policy: OHCHR (ht), OHCHR
urges
govt to amend TRC Act (rep), FRF
concept
paper to be finalised today (ht), Many
miles
to go: Despite multiple impediments, the constitution
must be promulgated in time for a prosperous Nepal,
by Binamra Thapa (kp), Chand
counters
Baidhya’s policy: Says CPN-Maoist policy must be to give
continuity to people’s war (ht), Comment
is
not free, if you cannot write a line without fearing
court may throw you in jail because you were citing its
wrongdoings or flawed policies, by Dharma Adhikari
(rep)
01/07/2014: CA
concludes
discussion on all panel reports (ht), NC
lawmakers
criticise govt’s programmes: Coalition government asked
to amend the document, by Anil Giri (kp), NC,
UML
lawmakers slam document (ht), First
round
of deliberation concludes, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Maoist
alliance
to set singular position on statute (kp), NHRC
asked
to nominate its rep (kp), Recommendation
panel
of TRC wants NHRC in it: Urges govt to clear confusion
regarding its formation process and questions raised by
one of the members (ht), ‘Living
martyr’
Mukesh will not walk again: Doc, by Weena Pun (kp),
Exclusion
in
the mountains: The Madhes has been explored in the
citizenship debate but exclusionary practices are also
present in the upper hills, by Tashi Tewa Dolpo (kp)
30/06/2014: Peace,
constitution,
dev govt’s main priorities, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Prez
presents
govt’s policies and programmes, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), New
constitution
government's top priority: Says it would strive for
economic prosperity, social justice (rep), Agri,
energy
sectors get major push (kp), Focus
on
reservoir projects, PTA with India to address energy
woes, by Rudra Pangeni (rep),
Govt to provide easy loans to aspiring overseas workers,
returnees, by Sagar Ghimire (rep), Nothing
to
be hopeful about, say oppn leaders (rep), Contempt
bill:
NHRC wants stakeholders consulted (kp), Respect
universal
principle of contempt of court Act: NHRC (ht), Document
draws
flak from rights activists (ht), Govt
more
interested in protecting the judiciary than people,
interview with Hari Krishna Karki, president of the Nepal
Bar Association (kp), Choices
to
make: Dahal must keep urging Baidya to join the
constitution-drafting process (kp), Left
unity:
Focus on constitution-making (rep), Demand
Of
All-party Meet, Constitution Writing And CA, by
Nandalal Tiwari (rn), UCPN-M
to
clarify stance on identity based federalism (ht)
29/06/2014: CA
poll
study committee begins work (ht), Five
Maoist
parties form working alliance (ht), ‘Dahal
must
bring alliance in statute writing process’, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Hearts
and
Minds: The ultimate goal of the recent working alliance
between the five communist parties is suspect, by
Jainendra Jeevan (kp), Creation
Of
Two Alliances: To Facilitate Or Complicate Constitution
Writing?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Mahato
makes
pitch for federalism (ht), Quest
or
revisionism: Debates constantly take place in Nepal but
the gap between those doing the debating and the
subjects of their debates is widening, by Abhi
Subedi (kp), Women
on
the move: Gender shapes mobility and thus, constitutes
an arena where female empowerment in Nepal can be
discussed, by Gitta Shrestha (kp)
28/06/2014: Minimum
number
of constitutional bodies sought in new constitution
(ht), Next
cabinet
will fill 26 CA seats, says DPM Gautam (rep), Supreme
Court
rejects writ appeal against contempt bill (kp), Dahal
says
not happy with court (ht), Government
unnecessarily
sparked controversy: Nepal (rep), Plea
to
withdraw Contempt of Court Bill (ht), Daylight
robbery:
Budget allocation for MPs (rep), Budget
likely
to be unveiled by July 12: Prolonging of UML convention
may delay the announcement, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht),
Gautam
wants
strong centre in federal set-up (ht), Symbols
that
unite: Multiculturalism has so far only defines Nepal's
demographic ans spacial reality, rather than working as
a policy measure, by Seema Pandey (rep)
27/06/2014: Statute
making
at a crossroads: Top leaders should begin dialogue in
the CA as well as in public to avoid another disaster,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Quota
sought
for marginalised communities (ht), TRC
formation
in trouble: Advocate to join suggestion panel on
condition (kp), TRC
formation
process riles conflict victims: Sapana Pradhan Malla, a
member of recommending body, also raises questions
(ht), Confirmed:
PM
has lung cancer, by Anil Giri (kp), PM
has
lung cancer: Likely to undergo six weeks of radiotherapy,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), PM
has
early-stage lung cancer: Radiotherapy starts today,
by Santosh Ghimire (rep), UCPN
(Maoist)
forms identity-based federalism alliance (rep), 5-party
Maoist
bloc agrees rota system (kp), UCPN-M
for
tie-up within, outside CA: To walk out if voting used in
Constituent Assembly (ht), Bill
can
be amended: Ministers (kp), Speech
unfree:
A new law on social media that will also protect free
speech is an urgent need (kp), Lawmaker's
demand
for Rs 50 million hits a rough patch, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), Funds
to
be given to DDCs instead of lawmakers: FinMin (kp)
26/06/2014: Talking
reform:
Proposals of change to the electoral model must be
refined and discussed further (kp), PM
Koirala
undergoes more tests (kp), DPM-led
Cabinet
to pass annual policies: Ministers instructed to submit
the draft no later than Thursday evening, by Anil
Giri (kp), DPM
Gautam
lashes out at critics of contempt of court Bill
(ht), Five-party
Maoist
alliance likely today: Fringe communist parties demand
for rotational lead (kp), Madhesi
commission
at work (ht), Torture
still
common in detention centres: Report says detainees are
often subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading
treatment (ht), Detainees
are often subjected to cruel: Report (Nepal Human
Rights), Lawmakers
insist
on Rs 50 m, threaten to halt new budget: Threaten to
halt new budget, by Ashok Dahal (rep), Dolpa
folks
appeal govt to ensure their rights over local resources
(rep), Failing
to
govern: Government ministers do not consider people's
problems as their problems and people's priorities as
their priorities, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
25/06/2014: NC,
UML
for revising PR electoral system (rep), Govt
to
unveil policies on Sunday, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Prez
topresent
policies and progson June 29 (ht), Reparative
justice:
It would be wiser to formulate a freestanding policy on
reparations than wait for the TRC, by Rajendra
Senchurey (kp), By-election:
Another
Blow to Ultra Leftists, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn), Suu
Kyi
and democratic socialism: Will her suggestions bear
fruit?, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht)
24/06/2014: CA
debates
structure of legislative body (ht), Contempt
of
court billfaces lawmakers’ snub: Amendment sought to
provisions that curtail freedom of expression, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Free
speech:
Protecting the judiciary’s dignity must notcome at the
cost of freedom of expression (kp), NC
one-member
stronger in Constituent Assembly (kp), NC
wins
three, UML one (ht), NC
breaches
UML bastion in Kathmandu-2, by Santosh Ghimire
(rep), CPN-UML’s
bastion
falls (ht), Internal
dispute
blamed for Maoist’s poor results (kp), Dahal
urges
Bhattarai to put an end to factionalism in party
(ht), Looking
at
logistics: While debating contentious issues, the CA
would do well to also keep track of the transitional
elements of logistics, by Prakash Bom (kp), Demographic
dividend:
Nepal needs to quickly come up with a decent policy if
it is to benefit from its youth bulge, by Binita
Kumari Paudel (kp), What
Ails
Parties?, by Shyam K.C. (rn)
23/06/2014: Panel
begins
consensus talks on disputed issues (kp), Small
parties
oppose owning up settled issues (rep), By-polls
in
four constituencies: EC says winners may be declared by
this evening, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), 66
percent
turnout in CA by-elections, by Santosh Ghimire
(rep), CA
by-elections
record high voter turnout (ht), Annual
policies
‘after UML meet’ (kp), Political
instability
resulted in poor capital expenditure: Study (kp), Maoists'
Working
Alliance: Will It Ease Constitution Writing?, by
Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Mao
parties
will pull UCPN-M out of CA: Gajurel (ht), Existential
crisis:
New Maoist alliance (rep), The
ancient
opiate: Despite the tone of triumphalism, it's not
difficult to see CPN-UML is desperately looking for an
ideology, a program, or an agenda, by C.K. Lal
(rep), Left
behind:
TRC bill's apathy towards conflict-hit children is
troublesome; nowhere in the bill have their concerns be
included, by Bindesh Dahal (rep)
22/06/2014: Constituent
Assembly
website outdated; has little to offer on CA activities,
by Prakash Acharya (ht) Ban
for
TRC in line with int’l practices: Encourages female
peacekeepers (kp), Maoist
parties
closer to working alliance deal, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Unity
among
pro-Mao forces for next revolution, says Dahal (ht),
Landmine
victims
still living with shrapnels, by Kashi Ram Dangi
(kp), Doramba
puts
behind dark past, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp), Royal
rumble:
The tussle among RPP leaders shows that aristocrats are
not compatible with the democratic value system, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Contempt
of
people: New parliamentary bill (rep), Think
big:
If they truly believe foreign residency divides loyalty
and is harmful to Nepal, they should first crack down on
nearly three million Nepalis with dual citizenship in
India and China, by Neelam Adhikari (rep), tj
not
TJ: The problem with Transitional Justice is that there
is little space or flexibility for local ideas and
ownership, by Erik B. Wilson (rep)
21/06/2014: CA’s
dialogue
panel dwells on judiciary (ht)
20/06/2014: CA
sub-panel
compiling report on debated issues (kp), Court
to
review ruling on 26 lawmaker picks (kp), Supreme
Court
to review own ruling on 26 lawmakers (rep), SC
to
revisit its May 13 verdict (ht), Govt
opts
for middle path: CA members press govt for Rs 50m each
to fund projects in constituencies, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp), Education,
health,
jobs are what Nepalis want (ht) [a UN survey of
Kathmandu and surrounding districts], Development
conflict
in Nepal, by Shankar Limbu (rep), Provisions
related
to marriage and divorce in the proposed Civil Code
(sp)
19/06/2014: Forms
of
governance debate continues in CA (ht), Parties
to
lead sub-panels of Drafting Committee (ht), Policy
and
programmes presentation: Govt to declare date after PM’s
medical report, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), UML
conclave,
PM visit likely to defer budget for mid-July, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Lawmakers
demand
larger constituency development fund (kp), Filling
the
vacuum: Ruling parties must come up with a division of
responsibility during the PM’s absence (kp), Compulsory
Military
Service: Look Before You Leap, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn)
18/06/2014: NC
proposes
improved parliamentary system, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), CA
continues
discussions (ht), Two
steps
back: Proposed constitutional provisions on citizenship
are regressive and only seek to uphold the status quo,
by Dipendra Jha (kp), TRC
formation
starts with doubts galore, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), Don't
misuse
powers for UML convention, PM told DPM Gautam: 'Health
ministry hired over 1,000 to please Oli', by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep)
17/06/2014: CA
members
give differing views on forms of governance (kp), Lawmakers
debate
systems of governance (rep), Substance
first:
Form of government (rep), Ex-CJ
heads
panel to speed up TRC process, by Dewan Rai (kp), Committee
to
give names for TRC, CID: Commission also formed to help
implement agreements with different agitating groups
(ht), Panel
to
recommend names of TRC, CED officials, by Santosh
Gjimire (rep), Unequal
nation:
Generous budget allocations for marginalised regions,
gender and social groups can pave way for a smoother
transition, by Arjun B. Kumal (kp)
16/06/2014: CA
debate:
Parties divided over forms of governance (kp), Forms
of
governance: CA begins discussion (ht), Parties
stick
to their guns on form of governance (rep), Eye
on
merger, Dahal meets splinter groups: UCPN (Maoist),
CPN-Maoist, CPN (Maoist) and RCP begin alliance talks
(kp), Mao
followers
saythey are close toforming alliance, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
forging alliance with agitating parties outside CA,
by Ashok Dahal (rep), Centre
cannot
hold: The recent incident of polive brutality in Dho
exemplifies the need for federalism (kp), We
are
not puppets for the NC to run the govt as it pleases,
interview with Krishna Prasad Sharma Oli (kp), Bumpy
road
ahead: Prime Minister Sushil Koirala's disclosure of
cancer could hasten new political developments, by
Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp)
15/06/2014: Financial
hardships
grip former PLAs, by Durga Lal KC (kp), Controversy
over
Bill providing property rights to married daughters,
by Prakash Acharya (, Feeling
the
public pulse: The CA is repeating a mistake made by the
previous Assembly in not gauging public opinion on
federalism, by Krishna Sharma and Arun Bhattarai
(kp), Statute
Writing
Process: Federal Debate Kindles Hopes, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn)
14/06/2014: Janajati
groups
holdprotest in capital (ht), Oli
warns
of withdrawing support to Koirala govt, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), House
forms
panel to probe ‘vote rigging’ (kp), Parliamentary
panel
formed to probe alleged poll anomalies: Given three
months to submit its report (ht), CA
members
play truant during deliberations: NC whip says no big
deal, by Ashok Dahal (rep), Statute
to
include provisory draft law: Conscription law to be
invoked if the state requires (kp), Parties
agree
on ‘compulsory service to nation’Citizens will have to
be ready to serve the country as and when needed
(ht), By-election
preparation
in final stage: CEC Uprety (kp), Parliament
begins
pre-budget debate, first time since ’08 (ht), Govt
to
post budget surplus again: Points to severe erosion in
capacity to make proper use of available funds (ht),
Bigger
and
uglier: Unwieldy party bodies (rep)
13/06/2014: CA
debates
land, citizenship, rights: Apparently, the most
contentious issue is compensation for land acquired
(ht), Panel
interacts
with experts (ht), CA
demands
provision against conversions (kp), SC
schedules
TRC Act final hearing for July 10 (ht), Deal
upon
deal (ht), In
this
day and age: A ceiling on private property ownership
will only serve to discourage private entrepreneurship,
by Shyam K.C. (kp)
12/06/2014: Vox
populi:
The PDCC must transparently engage all sections of
society over federalism (kp), On
right
track: Federalism debate (rep), Parliament
back
in order after 13 days (kp), House
resumes
after 12 days, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Opposition
ends
protest in Parliament (ht), Rs
15b
budget transferred: Mahat (kp), House
obstruction
taking toll on budget, constitution, says PM (ht), Fundamental
rights:
Constituent Assembly continues discussion for second day
(ht), Property
rights
ceiling discussion heats up CA, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), 2003
Janakpur
killings: Helsinki laboratory confirms identities of
exhumed bodies, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Breaking
the
mould: There are two competing approaches to security
prevalent in Nepal; There is a need to develop one
strong and coherent approach, by D.B. Subedi (rep)
11/06/2014: Prickly
statute
issues land in dialogue panel, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), CA
forwards
report on issues: Debate on fundamental rights,
directive principles begins (ht), 33-party
alliance
inface-saving mode: Ready to join constitution drafting
process, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Not
straight (ht), Decision
time:
PM Koirala's failure to deliver a broad vision for Nepal
has resulted in a lethargic PMO (kp), CJ
Sharma
admits political pressure in judges' appointments
(rep), Route
to
reconciliation: Moving forward requires greater
concentration on locally-driven efforts and
village-level activism, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp),
Political
Blunders
Of Nepalese Leader, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
10/06/2014: Dialogue
panel
starts talks with parties on contentious subjects
(kp), Oppn
continues
House haunt (kp), House
adjourned
till tomorrow: Parties only differ on who should chair
the political mechanism (ht), One
too
many? Political dialogue bodies (rep), CPN-M
presents
saleable proposal: Major party leaders finally positive
about all-party meet (kp), CPN-M
for
national political conference: Says party flexible on
seeking a way out of the stalemate, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), Baidya-led
alliance
reiterates all-party body for new statute: Submits
eight-point demant to big three in the CA, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep), House
obstruction
cannot be justified, interview with Ram Sharan Mahat
(rep), Know
thyself:
Modi, or anyone else in Delhi, will only matter when
Nepali power brokers realise what Nepal means for itself,
by Atul K. Thakur (kp), Nepal
and
capitalism: It is time to begin on an interdependent and
expansive path to a developed, socially just and less
dependent capitalism, by Chaitanya Mishra (kp), Sleeping
The
Nepali Dreams Away, by Prem Khatry (rn), Victim
of
consensus: The country is governed by formula of
political consensus and the hegemony of leaders, not
rule of law; This has put law and order in limbo, by
Charan Prasai (rep)
09/06/2014: Leadership
bane
for HLPC: Maoist chief Dahal noit to share chair of
cross-party mechanism with any other leader (kp), House
stalled
over leadership of political committee, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), CA
panel
to start dialogue with parties (kp), Chaos
as
Gachhadar spits venom (kp), House
sees
heated exchanges among lawmakers, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), Committee
seeks
details on budget reallocation in five days (ht), SC
summons
govt, House on lawmakers’ fund allocation (ht), 'We
can
submit budget document by mid-June if Speaker
gives waiver to the process of pre-budget
discussion', interview with Ram Sharan Mahat (ht), Substance
abuse:
Current budget discussions (rep), Imagined
divide:
When it comes to federalism, identity and capibility
cannot be either/or bases, by Narayan Manandhar
(kp), Midyear
misgivings:
Voices of reformation and restructuring of the state
have turned into a whimper for 'development', a term
turned upon its head for pacification of newly-freed
colonies, by C.K. Lal (rep)
08/06/2014: Parties
reach
3-pt deal,House likely from today, by Anil Giri and
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Big
Three
close to clearing House obstruction (ht), Opposition
set
to lift House obstruction today: Big three parties at
odds over HLPC leadership, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep), Dozens
of
Badarmude victims deprived of compensation, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep), Exercise
in
futility: Now that we have a legitimate CA and an
elected government, it would be pointless to hold a
roundtable conference, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp)
07/06/2014: Dialogue
committee
fails to forgedeal on compulsory army trainingSome
lawmakers object to idea, say it is not needed (ht),
Call
for
including 50 pc women in TRC (ht), Relief
package
benefits 522 doubly orphaned (rep) (?),
Population
issues
core of development process: Experts highlight the need
to provide equal opportunities to individuals for
prosperity, growth, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht), Poor
Integrity
Fuels Corruption, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
06/06/2014: SC
demands
explanation on TRC provision (kp), SC
summons
govt for June 12 hearing (ht), Need
To
Amend TRC Law, by Anil Karki (rn), 9th
anniv
of Bandarmude blast: Ghost of blast still haunts Madi
folks, by Dewan Rai (kp), UML,
UCPN-M
claimpost of coordinator (ht), Govt
fund
reallocation at three-year lowTotal amount transferred
from one budget heading to another stands at Rs 35.31bn,
by Rupak D. Sharma (ht), Annual
budget
by mid-June ‘not possible’ (kp), Towards
a
meritocracy: What is wrong with Nepal is that people are
not doing the jobs they are supposed to do, by Neeti
Aryal Khanal (kp), Tough
Times,
Soft Leadership: The first government under the second
constituent assembly moves too slow to catch up with the
fast rising expectations, by Abijit Sharma (sp), Insulted
and
Humiliated, by Dipak Gyawali (sp), Constitutional
déjà
vu: Two opposing formulae for federalism and two
opposing ways to decide which one to go for, by
Damakant Jayshi (nt)
05/06/2014: Federalism
talks
take centrestage: 139 CA members express views, 270 wait
for their turn, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Discussion
on
state restructuring continues at CA (ht), Oppn
continue
obstruction of parliament (kp), House
stalled
againover four-point deal (ht), Lawyers
Articulate
Views On New Constitution, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Nepal
must
abideby international laws, says Swire (ht), We
have
not been able to rise above party politics,
interview with Chiranjibi Nepal (rep)
04/06/2014: TRC
Act
challenged afresh in SC, by Dewan Rai (kp), Insurgency
victims
move SC against TRC Act (ht), Parliament
proceedings
disrupted again (ht), FinMin
Mahat
refutes irregularities charge (kp), Three-party
meet
comes a cropper (kp), Decentralisation
should
be thrust of federalism, say CA members (ht), Secularism’s
(dis)contents:
Inarticulate proponents of secularism have ceded ground
to those wishing to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu state,
by Rishikesh Ram Bhandary (kp)
03/06/2014: Govt
doled
out ‘Rs 15b’ to non-budget projects: Govt yet to spend
capital budget of Rs 51b out of the allocated Rs 85b,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp), Talks
to
clear House obstruction on (ht), NC
agrees
to address some oppn demands (kp), Parties
continue
to bicker over federalism, power distribution (kp),
Debate
on
federalism continues (ht), EC
says
SSP Kharel must stay put at MPR (ht), Women’s
rights
activists organise sit-in to remind govt to act
(ht), Faulty
hearings:
The recent hearings on Supreme Court justices have only
highlighted a pressing need to reform the judiciary,
by Dipendra Jha (kp), Reflecting
On
The Aftermath Of Secularism, by Prem Khatry (rn)
02/06/2014: House
obstruction
continues: Opposition demands deal implementation;
FinMin barred from clarifying charges, bvy Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Parliament
meet
adjourned again till tomorrow, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Parliamentary
commission seeks details on budget reallocation
(ht), Federalism
debate
continues in Constituent Assembly (ht), Long
and
winding road: After 120 days in office, Koirala and
cohorts offer Nepali voters more questions than answers,
by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), I
have internalised criticism against me in dissolution of
CA-I, interview with Subas Nembang (kp), Constitution
Writing:
Set Process Vs Consensus, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Lawmakers
say
current allocation not enough: Urge government for
upward revision in constituency development programme
fund (ht 02/06/2014)
01/06/2014: NC,
UML
to deal with oppositions’ concerns (ht), ‘Dispute
in
House won’t affect statute process’ (ht), Put
manifesto
agenda in budget, NC asks govt (kp), At
it
again: Congress-UML rivalry (rep), Untouchability
crime:
Many ‘unaware’ of discrimination law, by Weena Pun
(kp), Stop
Lining
Pockets Of Few, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Women’s
protests
to change form (ht), Lawyers
seek
new mechanism to appoint judges, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht)
31/05/2014: CA
drafting
committee begins work on statute: Five subcommittees
formed; their works not to be shared with press (kp),
CA’s
constitution
drafting committee begins its task (ht), Bhattarai,
Poudel
spar on state restructuring model (kp), Lawmakers
debate
state restructuring (ht), Second
chance:
Federalism debate (rep), Budget,
staff
transfers wedge in NC-UML ties: UML leaders miffed at
NC’s ‘unilateral’ preparations for fiscal budget, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), UML
lawmakers
want party to quit govt: Say NC ministers taking
decisions without their consent, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), UML
lawmakers
want party to quit govt (rep), Dahal
against
budget transfers, UML also unhappy: Fund transfers made
only for management purposes: Finance secretary, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep), UCPN
(Maoist)
obstructs parliament, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Opposition
obstructs
budget session on Day One, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
Opposition
obstructs
first budget session meeting (rep), EC
turns
down SSP’s transfer (kp), Election
Commission
denies permission to transfer SSP Kharel (ht)
30/05/2014: Debate
begins
on disputed issues: State restructuring and power
devolution key agendas, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
Top
leaders
air
views on federalism (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
says no to CA vote on thorny issues; voting if consensus
eludes: PM Koirala, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), RPP-N
to
reject statute without Hindu identity (rep) [No
problem! They only represent 6 percent of the voters;
the remaining 94 percent are against the Hindu state!!],
Managing
coalitions
not easy: Koirala; PM admits he is facing difficulties
to run govt smoothly (ht), Sr
SC
Justice Shah fires warning shot (kp), Justice
Shah
calls on all not to shake the roots of judiciary
(ht), Family
of
'living martyr' feels betrayed by state, by
Madhushudhan Gauragain (rep), Khanal’s
dossier
reflects on right wing influence in SAsia, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Seventh
Republic
Day observed (kp), Dismal
response,
bland celebrations (ht), Too
much
of a good thing: There is a need to rethink the way
various government holidays, including Republic Day, are
celebrated, by Shyam K.C. (kp), From
Katari
to Qatar:Beset by political troubles, the Nepali state,
both directly and indirectly, has forced its citizens to
migrate, by Sanjay Sharma (kp), Be
United
For National Commitments, by D.M. Thapa (rn)
29/05/2014: ICJ
finds
faults in TRC Act, says amend it (ht) (see ICJ report), Statute
drafting
process: Parties treading the right path, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Seventh
Republic
Day: Institutionalisation of new system ‘slow’
(kp), NBA's
constitutional
conclave begins today (rep), Development
fund:
Writ at SC against proposed fund hike (kp), Writ
against
money allocated for lawmakers (ht), CA
poll
injured demand redress, by Khagendra Awasthi (kp), Forced
connections:
Paranoid obsession with outside events as a perennial
threat to one’s existence will not bring prosperity nor
security, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Principles
And
Values Of Justice Should Not Perish, by Gyan Basnet
(rn), No
Sense
Of Responsibility, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
28/05/2014: The
ugly
truth: Inequalities in Nepal (rep), CA
nominations:
SC cannot tread on executive turf, govt petitions,
by Pranab Kharel (kp), Govt
files
review petition in SC: Seeks more time as parties
working to forge consensus (ht), Govt
petitions
SC over ruling on 26 CA nominations, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep), Paudel,
Acharya
swap roles in CA committees (ht), Government’s
Honeymoon
Period, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
27/05/2014: Govt
to
seek judicial review in court today: Supreme Court
deadline for appointing 26 CA members expiring (kp),
House
panel
endorses all 8 judges, 2 unanimously, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), PHSC
okays
apex court judges’ appointment, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), All
judges
get through panel hearing, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep),
Efforts
on
to bring parties outside CA in statute drafting process:
Bhattarai (kp), Efforts
on
to deal with parties outside CA: Bhattarai says
Constitutional Dialogue and Consensus Committee,govt
doing homework, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Keeping
track
of time: We must rethink the fundamental notion of time
and how it relates to work and productivity, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp), Hear
them
out: The inclusion of members of the judiciary in the
Judicial Council is what has made the Council
prone to controversy, by Prakash Bom (kp), The
impossibility
of hope: The day Prachanda and Kamal Thapa merge into
one unified party is the day Nepal will finally be
poised for a take-off, by Bishal Thapa (rep)
26/05/2014: 26
CA
nominations: Govt to appeal to SC for terms relaxation
(kp), 81
candidates
in fray for 4 CA seats (kp), SC
justice
appointment: Malafide intent behind notice against me:
Rana, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Parliament
is
not helping the independence of judiciary, interview
with Bipin Adhikari (kp), Govt
says
100 days productive (kp)
25/05/2014: PHSC
grills
Joshi, Upadhyay (kp), JC
nominees
say Justice Shah showed bias, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), Hearing
meaningless:
Lawmakers (ht), RPP-N
demands
Hindu state, symbolic monarch, by Binod Ghimire
(kp), Thapa
warns
of Mahabharat if his party ignored (ht), Drive
against
discrimination (kp), Gautam
blames
oppn parties for civic poll delay (ht) [??],
Opaque
justice:
A lack of transparency, along with a superiority
complex in Nepal’s judicial system, hinders the delivery
of justice, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Resolving
conflict:
Community-based mediation can be a cheaper and more
humane alternative to the court system, by Yogendra
P. Paneru (kp), Schools
of
peace: Two Phidim schools are affirming themselves as
zones of peace, free of political intervention and
ideological politicisation, by Isabelle Duquesne
(kp)
24/05/2014: PM
assures
Baidya of all-party conference: Parties to prepare for
meet likely to be held after Koirala’s India visit
(kp), PM
Koirala
ready to hold all-party conference (ht), PM
signals
Baidya he's positive on roundtable (rep), House
committee
grills two apex court justice nominees (kp), Withdraw
candidacy,
Parajuli told: PHSC begins hearing of justices nominated
by Judicial Council, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), PHSC
starts
hearings for recommended justices: JC says its letter to
panel was not intended so insult sovereign parliament,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), Process
to
select apex court judges faulty: Law minister (ht),
Judicial
Integrity
In Question, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), Lawmakers
stress
on judicial reform (rep), By-election
preparations
almost complete, says CEC Uprety (kp), 147
polling
centers, 324 booths for CA by-polls (rep), UML
names
candidates (kp), CPN-UML,
Cong
finalise candidates (ht)
23/05/2014: CA
members
to act to reform judiciary, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), 'Judiciary
must
be independent‚ accountable', by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Lawmakers
sharply
divided over new judicial system (rep), Hearing
begins
today; some lawyers against JC recommendations (kp),
JC
to
meet today to discuss PHSC move: Says it is ready to
send details of recommended judges, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), Two
sub-panels
formed to ease statute writing (kp), RPP-N
hints
at parting ways with monarchy for Hindu state, by
Binod Ghimire (kp), RPP-N
can
compromise on constitutional monarchy (ht), Convictions
and
Modi-fications: Opinion-makers must now firmly state
their positions on republicanism, federalism and
secularism, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Oil
in
the Himalayas: Oil is a national security asset, the
shortage of which creates disturbances and threatens
Nepal’s security balance, by Sunil Bahadur Thapa
(kp), Nepal's
transitional
justice: Towards complexity, by Charan Prasai (ht),
Rise
of
Narendra Modi: Guesswork Galore, by Keshab Poudel
(sp)
22/05/2014: 'CA
alone
can't ensure legitimacy of new statute' (rep), SC
justice
appointment: House special committee to begin hearing
from tomorrow, by Pranab Kharel (kp), PHSC
asks
for nominees’ details, begins hearing (ht), PHSC
summons
judges recommended judges (rep), Do
we
need them? Relevance of hearing panel (rep), Conscription
issue
sent to PDCC (kp), Military
training
issue sent to dialogue panel (ht), PM
feels
the heat, threatens to quit (kp), Stand
and
deliver: 100 days on, NC-led govt seems to be
losing momentum, not gaining energy (kp), UML
often
acts like the opposition in government, interview
with Minendra Rijal (rep), Major
parties
begin preparations for June by-elections (ht), Dalit
Janajati
Party splits; issue with EC: DJP chief accused of
appropriating CA member’s salary and fund for district
(ht), Badly
begun,
half lost: Resolving disputed constitutional issues will
require engagement in good faith by major party leaders,
by Deepak Thapa (kp), Gerontocracy
vs.
Juvenocracy, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
21/05/2014: Government’s
100
days fail to cheer watchers, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), 100
days
of Koirala govt: Keeping clean image intact, by
Kosmos Biswokarma (rep), Dismal
performance:
Tangible achievements made: NC spokesman Badu, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Honeymoon
indeed:
100 days of Sushil Koirala (rep), Parties
busy
finalising by-poll candidates, by Bimal Khatiwada
(kp), 15
names
proposed for by-poll candidate (kp), PHSC
divided
over seeking JC papers (kp), PHSC
meet
stalls as big 3 at odds over letter (rep), House
panel
members brief top leaders, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), CA
members
against military conscription (kp), CA
members
divided over compulsory army training: UCPN-Maoist
continues to make a pitch for the idea; Cong,UML scoff
at it,term the demand ‘irrational, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), NC
CA
members defy Nembang’s junket ruling: Nine of them
departed for a 10-day visit to China yesterday (ht),
Truth
be
told: Truth commissions, even with all limitations,
should give victims a platform to tell the nation how
they suffered, by Eduardo Gonzáles Cueva (kp)
20/05/2014: SC
justice
appointment: House panel set to ask for more JC
documents, by Pranab Kharel (kp), PHSC
condemns
Judicial Council for defying summons (ht), Missing
the
point (ht), Dialogue
panel
asks PM to reach out to parties, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Move
afoot
to engage parties outside CA: Constitutional sub-panel
formed to prepare modalities of talks (ht), Lawyers
say
nobody is independent! Slam SC judgment on nomination of
26 CA members (ht), CA
members
for justifiable sharing of revenue and natural resources
: Two commissions to be formed to ensure equitable
distribution (ht)
19/05/2014: Clear
terms
sought for resource sharing, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), CA
to
discuss federalism, state power (kp), Contentious
issues
to vex parties:Leaders divided on distribution of
natural resources, revenue sharing (ht), Statute
may
not be delivered on time: Gyawali (ht), PM
intensifies
consultations (ht), National
women's
conference ends with nine-point declaration (ht), House
hearing
from judges: MPs lambaste JC response (kp), PHSC
divided
on JC accountability (ht), TRC
bill:
Bill in line with the constitution, say drafters, by
Dewan Rai (kp), Hindu
state
rally (kp), Near
abroad:
For Modi to deliver on growth at home and stability in
Nepal, he should keep away from the Hindu right, by
Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), Going
nowhere:
Nepal's peace process is a tactical tool rather than an
evolutionary outcome of the armed conflict, by D.B.
Subedi (rep), Inheritance
of
hope: The law guarantees equal rights to women but
discriminations against them persist, by Swechha
Ghimire (rep)
18/05/2014: PDCC
set
to hold talks with parties, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), PM
lobbies
for getting judge names endorsed: Meets half a dozen
leaders of smaller parties to ask them to support NC
(kp), PM
consults
parties on judges’ appointment (ht), Campaign
in
UML against candidates (kp), Khanal
gets
memo from UML CC members (ht), Some
country
for old men: There is a marked dichotomy between how
Nepali society treats elder politicians and elder
creative professionals, by Abhi Subedi (kp)
17/05/2014: PHSC
has
no role in judge appt: SC, by Pranab Kharel (kp), SC
stays
PHSC summons to JC members, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), SC
stays
PHSC summons to JC: Says it is contrary to constitution,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), The
House
rules: The Judicial Council Row (rep), Justice
appointment
row: UML leaders start signature campaign (kp), UML
CC
members in signature drive against JC choices (rep),
Nembang
briefs
envoys on statute drafting progress: Assures a new
constitution will be drawn up by January 22 (ht), CA
committees
‘working well on schedule’ unlike in the past (ht),
Dialogue
committee
sub-panel identifies 145 issues (ht), Lawmakers
for
identifying groups for talks, define jurisdiction,
by Thira L. Bhusal (rep)
16/05/2014: All
eyes
on PHSC to see how it settles JC recommendations row,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), House
panel
seeks clarification: Tension flares with JC set to snub
PHSC call, by Pranab Kharel (kp), JC
ignores
House panel’s summons, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Judicial
Council
to skip PHSC meeting: CPN-UML softens stance (rep),
Writ
in
apex court against invite (kp), Gautam
asks
lawmakers not to toe anti-JC line (kp), Dhungana
visited
HQ as UML cadre: DPM (ht) [The
Judiciary has to be independent, Mr Gautam!!], Step
Down,
Or Sack Him (ht), CA
takes
up thematic committees’ reports (ht), CA
begins
deliberations on contents of statue, by Thira L. B
husal (rep), CA
to
debate military conscription (kp), Shape
of
things to come: Nepal’s future political course will be
shaped by sedimentations taking place within each of the
major political forces, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Parts
of
a whole: The transitional justice process must move
beyond consultations to give victims a true opportunity
to be partners and decision-makers, by Yvette Selim
(kp), Let
Appointments
Be On Merit, by D.M. Thapa (rn), Regional
parties
in the east pushed to the corner: A divided movement,
by Raju Adhikari (rep), Getting
away
with murder (nt), “I
need
to know why”: The war is not over for relatives of those
killed and disappeared during the Maoist insurgency,
by Gopal Gartaula (nt)
15/05/2014: CA
members
told to put statute before House job, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Resist
the
temptation (ht), Parties
okay
with SC’s criteria for 26 nominees (ht) [There is nothing to okay! These are
the rules of the interim constitution that should be
well knwon by every politician!!], Apex
court
justice recommendations: JC member at UML door seeking
support, by Pranab Kharel and Bhdra Sharma (kp), UML
consults
lawyers on SC justice appointments: Party leaders
divided over issue (rep), JC
member
ruffles legal eagles’ feathers: Dhungana accused of
visiting the party headquarters of CPN-UML, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Ministry
of
Peace seeks budget for TRC, CED (rep)
14/05/2014: Indigenous
groups
laud SC verdict on CA nominations, by Kamal Pariyar
(rep), Hammering
it
home (rep), CA
begins
statute drafting process (kp), Lawmakers
ordered
to avoid foreign junkets; Such visits distract CAmembers
from the task of statute writing: Nembang, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Nembang
rules
to stop foreign junkets, visits outside Valley (ht),
Nembang
asks
CA members to shun foreign trips (rep), SC
justice
appointment: PHSC summons JC members (kp), House
panel
summons JC members over recommendations: Next meeting of
PHSC scheduled for May 18, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep),
UML
leaders
divided over apex court justice appointments (kp), House
panel
divided on summoning CJ: Members want to know why
senior-most justice publicly opposed JC’s decision,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Gautam
held
for Ujjan’s murder, Dhungel still free (kp), Convict
Balkrishna
Dhungel’s accomplice nabbed, sent to jail: Pushkar
held for Ujjan Shrestha’s killing; To serve life term
after absconding for 2 years (ht), Hope
for
healing: Forgiveness and reconciliation are society-wide
processes that will continue far beyond the TRC mandate,
by Prakash Mani Sharma (kp), Madhesi
agendas
still not attained completely, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), Red
alert:
The real reason behind Maoist crisis is not Pushpa Kamal
Dahal as Baburam Bhattarai would have us believe, by
Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
13/05/2014: CA
member
appointment: SC to govt: Give CA full shape within 15
days, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Nominate
26
CA members within 15 days, says apex court: Tells govt
authorities to select individuals from various fields
and all walks of life, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), SC
gives
govt 15 days to name 26 lawmakers: Prohibits nomination
pf FPTP, PR candidates; states those nominated should
have independent standing, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep),
Outward
bound
:
CA members should refrain from foreign visits and
concentrate on constitution instead (kp), New
statute
must be a political document of consensus: Experts,
by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Major
parties
divided over justice, lawmaker picks (kp), Big
three
at odds over JC's recommendation (rep), Parliamentary
committee
to summon Chief Justice on appointment row (rep), Govt
admits
it erred on TRC Bill: Realises its mistake a day after
it was turned into Act, by Prakash Acharya (ht), NHRC
vacuum
impedes TRC formation (rep), ‘Ensure
equal
representation of women in state mechanisms’ (ht), Non-reforming
Nepalis:
Political wrangling in diaspora organisations dissuades
Nepalis who want to do something for the country, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp), Whose
voices?
The victims’ movement seeks a human rights
practice rooted in the everyday experiences of
victims’ lives, by Ram Kumar Bhandari and Bhagiram
Chaudhary (kp)
12/05/2014: CA
gets
2 reports from past thematic panels (kp), Add
speed (ht), Prez
seals
TRC bill: Paves way for formation of two commissions to
ensure transitional justice, by Dewan Rai (kp), TRC
Act
takes effect (ht), 19
fake
cases in ‘disappeared’ persons list in Kavre district
(ht), Ties
with
CPN-M won’t hit peace, constitution: Dahal (kp), Unity
with
CPN-M for constitution: Dahal; Says Baidhya’s party not
averse to statute if there’s consensus among all sectors
(ht), Dahal:
CPN-Maoist
should be included in statute-drafting process
(rep), Is
UCPN-M
Splitting Again?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Slow
pace
of rebuilding police posts hinders policing: We need Rs
37 billion to reconstruct all the damaged buildings,
by Arjun Oli (rep)
11/05/2014: CA
to
deliberate on disputed statute issues from Tuesday,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Former
NHRC
commissioners find ‘faulty provisions’ in TRC bill
(kp), Sub-panel
enlists
disputed issues in judiciary (ht), Civic
poll
date after passage of bill: DPM Singh (ht), Old
rules:
Political leadership in Nepal (rep), Imminent
change:
The appointment of law enforcement authorities will be
decided by the electoral constituency in federalism,
by Prakash Bom (kp), What
kind
of government: Federalism has taken precedence in the
national agenda but form of governance has yet to see
public debate, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), The
next
frontier: Youths should voice their opinions on the
Post-2015 development agenda, by Sanjog Thakuri (kp)
10/05/2014: Previous
state
model ‘contentious’: CA records panel to send matter of
state restructuring for deliberation (kp), State
restructuring
disputes singled out (ht), CA
to
discuss old disputes starting Tuesday (rep), DPMs
contradict
each other on local election (kp), JC
won’t
revise names of SC justice nominees: Dhungana (kp),
Dhungana
defends
JC decision: Challenges Parliament to impeach
office bearers if it can (ht), JC
member
Dhungana defends justice recommendations (rep), Most
Tarai
armed groups ‘losing grip’, by Shyam Sundar Shashi
(kp), Fear
of
rupture in UCPN-M: Leaders from both camps play it down,
by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
09/05/2014: Constitution
drafting
panel meets experts (ht), TRC
for
greater nat’l unity: PM Koirala; Says neighbours India
and China are Nepal’s top foreign policy priority
(kp), PM
spells
out foreign policy mantra: It begins with our
neighbours, says Koirala while addressing diplomat
(ht), SC
justice
appointment: House panel seeks copy of council’s
recommendation (kp), House
panel
seeks minutes on JC recommendations, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep), Minutes
of
meeting that picked SC judges sought, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), Rayamajhi
says
new force will be born (kp), 2-yr-old
deal
basis for statute, say experts (kp),
Diplomatic
missions
promoting Nepal for FDIs (ht),
For
the
record: International community must join the campaign
to convince the Adhikari couple to end their hunger
strike, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Levying
the
land: Domestic and international migration trends have
greatly changed the ways land is used in Nepal, by
Raj Pariyar (kp), More
equal
than others: Ensuring equal property rights for women,
before and after marriage, could go some way towards
eliminating the dowry practice, by Seema Pandey
(kp), Imagine
no
borders: Separating communities by drawing lines on a
map will alienate them, propagating a cycle of
hate, by Rubeena Mahato (nt), Village
of
the widows: Time hasn’t healed the sorrow of the women
of Dang who are dismayed by the self-pardon of
perpetrators, by Devika Gharti Magar (nt), Justice
denied:
The Legislature-parliament passed the TRC and Forced
Disappearances Bill with majority, by Keshab Poudel
(sp), "Germany
Rejected
Blanket Amnesty", interview on writing the Nepali
constitution with Rainer Arnold (sp)
08/05/2014: CA
sub-panel
identifies 48 statute-related issues (ht), SC
justice
appointment: House spl panel set to look into plaints
today (kp), BRB
demands
put Dahal on the horns of a dilemma, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Dahal
lashes
out at Bhattarai (ht), Glass
half-full:
Top party leaderships still need to reach out to
stakeholders for consensus on critical issues (kp),
Nepalis
spell
out their priorities: Aspire for good education, better
jobs, healthcare, finds survey (ht), Inclusive
by
association: We can continue to build representative
institutions or pretend that all is well in society,
by Deepak Thapa (kp), Babu
Ram’s
Development Outlook: Many Issues Look Obscure, by
Mukti Rijal (rn)
07/05/2014: CA
full
house likely to get business next week (ht) [without
having full size??], CA
to
debate conscription, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Truth
and
reconciliation: NHRC postings must for setting up TRC
(kp), Toothless
PHSC
has a lot to chew on JC decision: Can the 72-member
panel reject eight judges recommended for SC? (ht),
With
Bhattarai
out of CC, meet leaves UCPN (Maoist) messier, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Dahal-Bhattarai
feud
spills over (ht), CPN-M
to
boycott by-election (ht), Koirala
slammed
for no-show (ht), Law
Minister
pledges justice for VAW victims (ht), The
adversary
within: Good governance relies on a triangular
relationship among security, democracy and development,
by Govind Prasad Kusum (kp), Politics
of
forgiveness: The current TRC bill fails to address
specific measures and provisions to be fulfilled prior
to granting amnesty, by Chgandra Prasad Luitel (rep)
06/05/2014: CA
subcommittee
begins work to report past pacts (kp), CA
drafting
committee collecting views on statute-writing principles,
by Prakash Acharya (ht), Parties
reach
understanding to share House committees (ht), Constitution
experts
consulted (kp), Fund
for
lawmakers: High time to review Rs 1m dole, say experts,
by Anil Giri (kp), CJ,
Bar
head spar over judges’ selection (ht), Local
polls
after statute: Gautam (ht), Freedom
and
equality: The greatest danger for Nepal is tabula rasa
politics - the intention of rebuilding the country from
scratch, by Gérard Toffin (kp), Conflict
by
proxy: Unless Nepal continues to maintain strong
political unity and integrity, the nation will remain at
risk, by Daman Bahadur Ghale (kp) [To
uphold its integrity and unity, Nepal needs an inclusive
participatory system based on federalism and
decentralization!], Traversing
transitions:
A few international examples on power sharing during
transitions can help Nepal map its own path, by
Yogendra P. Paneru (kp)
05/05/2014: Records
panel
not to own up decisions made outside 1st CA (kp), Panel
to
probe JC decision on cards: PHSC meeting on May 7 or 8
to decide on sub-committee (ht), Apex
court
justice appointment: 22 plaints against nominees
(kp), Government
position
unclear (kp), Judging
the
judges: The Judicial Council, dominated by political
appointees, is faulty and must be reformed, by
Dipendra Jha (kp), Demolition
job:
Dahal must engage with Baidya to bring him on board the
peace process, not otherwise (kp), Koirala’s
record
on constitution good, governance poor, interview
with Puranjan Acharya, Nepali Congress (kp)
04/05/2014: PM
under
fire for ‘govt inertia’ (ht), Voters
can
enjoy ‘right to reject’ in by-elections (ht),
Communist
collapse:
The UML and Maoists have both diluted, or virtually
abandoned, their revolutionary ideology, by
Jainendra Jeevan (kp)
03/05/2014: Records
panel
subcommittees list agenda from first CA (kp), Whither
Legislative
Accountability?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), Probe
politicisation
of Sherpa’s grief: Climbers, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
02/05/2014: When
negotiating
identity is compulsion: Many young Dalits hide behind
pseudo-surnames as shield against discrimination, by
Weena Pun (kp), 26
nominees
unlikely for fortnight or so, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), SC
justice
appointment: JC member defends recommendations, by
Pranab Kharel (kp), Voice
for
victims: Victims are on the frontline of a new approach
to activism as Nepalis no longer trust politicians and
NGOs, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp), A
Tarai test case: Police firing at an exam centre in the
Tarai and apathy of politicians make slogans about
uplifting marginalised groups ring hollow, by
Trishna Rana (nt), Justifying
the
justices: The Judicial Council and the Law Minister have
come under fire for their Supreme Court nominations,
by Binita Dahal (nt)
01/05/2014: Pace
didn’t
match (ht), Bhattarai,
Shrestha
set to up the ante against Dahal, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Compomise
without
surrender: Continuing freedom of expression is bound to
result in something we can call a Nepali Renaissance,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), TRC
Bill:
An Overview, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), House
panel
wants details of judges picked for apex court Hearing
likely to get delayed, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Silver
lining:
Number, names and boundaries of federal provinces will
feature as content issues once again; But they can be
resolved through referendum, by Mahabir Paudyal
(rep), Bamdev's
misogyny:
Home minister seems to believe a woman is not a complete
individual or citizen in herself and that she is always
subordinate to a man, by Anjali Subedi (rep) [He really believes in this! This is
typical male Thagadhari thinking that should have no
place in a new Nepal! There is no chance for a better
Nepal with ministers like Bam Dev Gautam!!]]
30/04/2014: House
session
draws to a close (kp), Prez
prorogues
House session (ht), First
two
months: PM’s ‘mixed’ track record, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Apex
court
justice nomination: Controversy lands in House (kp),
No
comments:
Sharma, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha(kp)
29/04/2014: CA
dialogue
panel in consensus bid for inclusive statute process
(kp), CA
sub-committee
to hold talks with stakeholders (ht), Constitution
panel
to equip itself well (ht), Justice
recommendations;
Bar: Hold JC members accountable, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), NBA
urges
PHSC to probe JC decision, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), Question
of
ethics (ht), TRC
bill
offers hope to relatives of disappeared, by Ananda
Gautam (kp), Whose
reconciliation?
Reconciliation is not possible without the disclosure of
truth and the prosecution of individuals involved in
grave human rights abuses, by Suman Khadka and
Sanjeev Pokharel (kp), Polls
before
constitution: DPM (kp), Women
power:
It is time to move beyond tokenism and internalise the
need to empower women, by Sujeev Shakya (kp), Unheard
Voices, by Anil Karki (rn)
28/04/2014: Parliamentary
hearring:
UML panelists to reject ‘controversial’ judges (kp),
NBA
advisory
panel questions selection of apex court judges (ht),
Call
for
reviewing provisions in TRC bill (kp), Call
to
amend TRC Bill for justice (ht), A
step forward: Passage of the TRC bill marks the
beginning of a long, difficult process (kp), Convergence
on
TRC, CA bodies positives for new constitution,
interview with Baburam Bhattarai (kp), Madhesi
lawmakers
bank on state pledge: Hope panel to implement pacts with
outfits will take shape (ht), Corruption
and
Constitution: The drafting of a new constitution
provides a valuable opportunity to take a broader view
of corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Warfare
of
perceptions: Despite all its faults, the political
community in Nepal has displayed considerable sagacy in
keeping calm and movind on with whatever deal destiny
has delivered in its hands, by C.K. Lal (rep)
27/04/2014: TRC
bill
clears clouds of mistrust; Law a milestone in ongoing
peace process: Bhattarai, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Pathways
to
power: A healthy pre-electoral alliance with a long-term
vision has never been tried in Nepal, by Khagendra
N. Sharma (kp), Fiscal
federalism:
Federalism can be used as a vehicle for socioeconomic
transformation and a s an instrument to consolidating
democracy at the local level, by Bhim Prasad Bhurtel
(rep), Compromise
call:
The key to writing the constitution is to dream up a
model that sufficiently satisfies the NC, UML, Maoist,
and the Madheshis, by Anand Jha (rep)
26/04/2014: Parliament
passes
TRC bill: Special Court for handling war-era cases; Govt
attorney must file cases forwarded by TRC, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), House
passes
TRC, CID Bill, by Prakash Acharya (ht), House
okays
TRC bill finally: Bill passed with major amendments;
RPP-N, Rastriya Janamorcha, NWPP, Tharuhat Tarai Party
against bill, by Thira L. Bhusal and Ashok Dahal
(rep), Maoist
praises
NC Veep's stance on TRC, by Rameshwar Karki (rep), CA
committees
get leaders (kp), Chairpersons
of
CA panels elected unopposed (ht), Heads
of
all five CA committees elected unopposed (rep), Ray
of
hope: Election of CA committee heads (rep)
25/04/2014: Nembang
prods
govt to give CA full shape (ht), Big
3
set to keep vital CA panels: Bhattarai poised to lead
Political Dialogue Committee, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Bhattarai,
Sitaula,
Poudel in fray (ht), Election
of
CA committee heads today: Bhattarai, Sitaula, Poudel
proposed, by Ashok Dahal (rep), PM’s
panel
pick pricks Poudel (kp), Drafting
panel
works out schedule (kp), No
amnesty
for serious crimes: Home minister (kp) [Discrimination
against the fundamental rights of women in the context
of citizenship is a serious crime as well!!], Kapilvastu
shuns
Loktantra Day celebrations, seeks constitution (ht),
No
defence,
only defiance: As ultra-nationalism unexpectedly and
oddly gains ground in Nepal, the remaining option is to
shout louder, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), A
little of both: Conditional continuity of Nepali
citizenship could be a solution to the dual nationality
debate, by Bishnu P. Ghimire (kp), A
Frugal PM Is A Rare Find, by D.M. Thapa (rn), Empowerment
Of
Women, by Pramita Aryal (rn)
24/04/2014: No
citizenship
through mother: DPM Gautam (rep) [Male
Bahun UML
leaders are obviously
showing their true face! This man is absolutely
diqualified for the process towards an inclusive Nepal
and should be dismissed immediately!!], Lawmakers
make
26 proposals, by Pranab Kharel (kp), ‘Take
war-era
cases to spl court’ (kp), Devolving
power:
A separate bill to guide prosecution will allow the TRC
to focus on seeking truth (kp), Big
III
seek to tweak TRC Bill: Register amendment proposal to
deal with some vital issues, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Parties
likely
to miss first statute process deadline (kp), CA
to
form panels through voting (kp), Displaced
8
years ago, conflict victims still ‘unwilling’ to return,
by Bechu Gaud (kp), Tharus
warn
of protest to assert identity: Urge govt to remove them
from the list of Madhesi people (ht), Loktantra
Day:
Victims find the celebrations meaningless (ht), The
middle
way: Unless we find moderates on all sides, we are
likely to see a repeat of the first Constituent Assembly,
by Deepak Thapa (kp), UCPN-Maoist
Faces
New Test, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Seven-party
Opposition
Alliance Reeks Of Groupism, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
23/04/2014: House
will
pass TRC bill ‘soon’ (kp), NBA
offers
ways to solve bill issues (kp), Organization
working
for Dalits warn of protests (rep), Wrong
priority:
TRC bill has provisions of no amnesty for perpetrators
of rape but there is room for reconsiliation for other
offences including murder, by Chandra Prasad Luitel
(rep)
22/04/2014: CA
committee
chairpersons: Hope for consensus even as vote planned
(kp), Voting
to
elect CA committee chairs on Friday (ht), People’s
constitution
will be from the street, says Baidhya (ht), Quota
quagmire:
Distributing government appointments to please parties
in the coalition makes a mockery of meritocracy, by
Gopal Thapa (kp), Politics
And
Corruption: Tales Of Healthy Twins, by Prem Khatry
(rn), Look
before
you leap: Difficulty of setting up a federal structure
has forced many countries to roll-back federalism
initiative; Nepal may meet same fate if it does not
resolve federal fiscal issues, by Sukhdev Shah
(rep), Let
it
go: Important political agreements among parties can be
reached through regular political dialogue rather than
through HLPC, by D.B. Subedi (rep)
21/04/2014: In
House,
TRC bill gets wide support, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Lawmakers
divided
as parliament debates TRC bill: Amendments can be
registered by Thursday (rep), Ruling
party
lawmakers find flaws in TRC Bill, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Memorandum
to
Chairman Nembang (kp), Conflict
victims
want revision of TRC bill, submit memo to Speaker
(rep), Transitional
justice:
No TRC process is flawless. Still, for post-conflict
Nepal it’s the best way to heal our society (kp) [The TRC is necessary but it must
respect principles of human rights and justice!],
Whose
discourse?
Transitional justice seems to have been intrumentalised
by local elites to maintain existing social structures,
by Shradha Ghale (kp), State
should
officially acknowledge victims, interview with Ram
Kumar Bhandari, founder of the National Network of the
Families of the Disappeared and Missing (kp), House
calling:
Not only are provisions of new TRC bill flawed, my
first-hand experience suggests even the process of
preparing it was fault, by Raju Prasad Chapagai
(rep), CA
committee
to inform Nembang about failure to elect its chair
(kp), Meaning
of
Maoist-Madhesi Alliance, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
20/04/2014: Sectt:
CA
panel chiefs to be elected by April 28 (kp), RPP-Nepal
keen
to lead a CA panel (kp), No
amnesty
in bill, say leaders; It should be amended as required:
UML leader Gyawali (kp) [Obviously,
only politicians understand this bill; jurists and human
rights specialists are not able to do so!!], ICTJ
concerned
over proposed bill (kp), Nepal
urged
to amend TRC bill (ht), Deliberations
begin
on bills related to TRC (nn), Reviving
conflict
era incidents not good: Poudel (nn) [Not
good for the victims or not good for the perpetrators?
Your party claims it does not stand for general amnesty
?!] Conflict
victims
demand amendment in TRC Bill (nn), Lawmakers’
house
up in the air as offices lock horns (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
in alliance bid with smaller parties: Seven opposition
parties informally agreed on Saturday to co-work
during constitution drafting (kp), Federalists’
bid
to form alliance: Ruling parties flay move, say it could
mar consensus (ht), Right
time:
Federalism debate (rep), A
Strange Case Of Foreign Funding In Media, by Ritu
Raj Subedi (rn)
19/04/2014: House
resumes;
parties for bulk handling of war cases, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), House
resumes
with agreement on TRC, CID, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
Parliament
resumes
business as Maoists withdraw protest: TRC bill tabled,
deliberations to beginn Sunday (rep), Parties
fail
to pick head of CA dialogue panel; call for consensus
(kp), Panels’
poll
schedule
tomorrow (ht), Funds
misuse
allegation: Norway: Action to be taken if charges
serious (kp), PM
asks
Norway to be transparent (kp), Norway
to
probe if its funds being misused: Assurance follows
allegation against South Asia Trust (ht), Dealing
With
Transitional Justice, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), DPM
Singh
defends Bill on TRC, CID: Says the law is meant for
reconciliation; Lawyers flay blanket amnesty provision
(ht), Heed
the
victims: Ending peace process (rep), Bodde
expresses
concern about TRC Bill with Dahal: Urges to pay heed
also to what UN,international rights bodies are saying
(ht), Federalism
poll
report made public: Initial findings suggest many
against ethnicity-based federal states (ht) [The
demand for ethnicity based federalism will go on as long
as the ethnicty based central state is uphold by the
current elites!], Ethniticity-based
federalism
loses steam, survey shows (rep), Help,
not
hinder: Koirala can deliver only if Nepali Congress
continues to support him; he alonme can't be accountable
for shortcomings of the coalition government, by
Bhagirath Basnet (rep), Political
Prufrocks:
Like Prufrock, our leaders are indecisive, not knowing
which of their assigned tasks is important, by Raj
Kumar Baral (rep)
18/04/2014: Parliament
stalled
for
the second day (ht), UCPN
(M)
keeps on disrupting parliament (kp), House
obstruction
likely to end today: Government should withdraw Fujel
cases: Dahal (rep), Maoists
positive
about letting House function (kp), Bills
on
TRC, Disappearance Commission tabled in parliament
(nn), Two
Adhikari
murder accused released on bail (ht),
Two
Adhikari
murder accused freed on bail, by Bimal Khatiwada
(kp), Two
Fujel
accused released on bail, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel
(rep), International
rights
bodies take exception to TRC Bill (ht) [see common
declaration of Amnesty International, Human Rights
Watch and International Commission of Jurists], AI,
HRW
and ICJ concerned over amnesty provision in TRC
(rep), Bill
violates
int’l law: Rights bodies (kp), Reparation,
reconciliation
rather than prosecution: Many of the victims believe
revenge would not brimg any solution, by Ashok Dahal
(rep) [Justice does not mean
revenge!!], Just
want
justice: The quest for justice unites two women whose
relatives were killed and disappeared by the Nepal Army
and the Maoists, by Bhrikuti Rai (nt), “Forgive
and
move on”: All cases of grave human rights
violations must go for trial, but victims must also have
the power to forgive, by Anurag Acharya (nt), Chepangs
seek
seat in CA (ht), Parties
to
ensure 50% candidacy for women in local polls, by
Santosh Ghimire (rep), EC
proposes
amendment of local body act 2048 (nn), Centre
against
periphery: There is no political will for local
elections anong Kathmandu's smug and self-absorbed
rulers (nt), Vacuum
in
the villages: Nepalis are paying a heavy price for
the absence of local elections, by Kunda Dixit (nt),
Parliamentary
absenteeism:
An emerging challenge, by Pranav Bhattarai (ht), New
Year:
Hopes And Anxieties, by D.M. Thapa (rn), Dalits
embark on challenging journey with hopes in the new
constitution: Nepal's most underprivileged Dalit
community and activists involved had highly praised the
contents agreed in the previous Constituent Assembly;
and they now demand that the current CA should adopt the
past agreements, by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Donor
funds
used without accountability: Lawmakers (kp), Dixitspeak
(kp), Norway
denies
funding activities against ongoing peace process
(nn), Crisis
Of
Confidence: Major parties in the newly elected
constituent assembly have begun to show the same old
mistrust that led to the death of the previous CA
without giving birth to a new constitution, by
Abijit Sharma (sp)
17/04/2014: Justice
for
whom? The transitional justice bill contradicts the
Supreme Court verdict and is unacceptable to victims,
by Gyanendra Raj Aran (kp), Parties
agree
to bring all war-era cases under TRC, by Anil Giri
(kp), Govt-oppn
logjam
puts statute drafting at risk, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Conflict
ear
cases: Mahara seeks separate collective mechanism
(ht) [There cannot be a
collective mechanism for victims!!], Victims
of
conflict want perpetrators booked, by Devendra
Basnet (rep), Parties
agree
to form special court to take up conflict-era cases: No
agreement on Fujel murder case, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), Lawyers
divided
over case withdrawal (rep), Trial
begins
for Adhikari murder, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp), Plot
afoot
against Maoist: Thapa (kp), UCPN-M
obstructs
House proceedings: Govt proposal to amend Bill on TRC,
disappearances gets lukewarm reply (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
picks Dahal as PP leader (kp), UCPN
(M)
seeks legitimacy for property transactions passed by
party during war: Previous attempt to legalise land
transaction endorsed by the party was stopped by SC
(kp), UCPN
(M)
inquiry irks officials, squatters: Party had sought
clarification from LSPRC members over ‘bribery’, by
Janak Nepal (kp), The
Hague
Awaits..., by Gyan Basnet (rn), Here's
the
rub: If TRC is completely impartial, all leaders,
security officials, prime ministers, home ministers an
defense ministers from 1996 to 206 could be in the
dragnet, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep),
Congress
Has
No Liberty To Whine, Complain And Point Fingers At
Others, interview with Gagan Thapa (rep)
16/04/2014: Parties
urge
PM to end stand-off with Maoists: UCPN (M) to boycott CA
until charge sheet against cadres withdrawn (kp), UCPN-Maoist
boycotts
meeting with ruling parties (ht), UCPN-M
to
protest in House, street: Party to take its agitation to
all the 75 districts of country (ht), Pillay
urges
govt to uphold int’l law on TRC, disappearnce bills
(kp), UN
warns
against amnesties for civil war crimes (ht), Krishna
Adhikari
murder case: Maoist cadres, suspects’ kin halt traffic
in Chitwan, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp), War-era
cases:
Rayamajhi challenges PM Koirala (kp), Reconciliation
Mantra
To End Transition, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn), Women’s
rights
activists serve ultimatum to PM (ht)
15/04/2014: Acharya:
Reconciliation
basis for TRC formation: ‘Discouraging impunity and
finding truth twin goals of commissions’ (kp), NC
lawmakers
against amnesty in war crimes (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
to launch stir if cadres not freed (kp), UCPN-M
to
boycott all meetings with ruling parties: Wants
charge-sheet against Krishna Prasad murder accused
withdrawn (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
quits big 3 meet over Adhikari case, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), Third
party’s
absence leaves Cong, UML without agenda to discuss
(ht), Cleared
suspect
accuses state, Maoists of harassment, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp), CA
moots
reviving previous bills (kp), Man
of
few means: PM Koirala’s austerity alone will not be
enough; he needs to take decisive action and reach for
cross-party consensus, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
A
force for change: The more the present set of leaders
take us for a ride, the closer the patriotic revolution
will be, by Trailokya Raj Aryal (kp), Conducting
local
elections: Politicians renege on their pledge, by
Mukti Rijal (ht), Madhes
parties
agree central committee size, preamble (rep), From
the
horse's mouth: Most conflict victims I met at a
conference wanted to forget the bitter past and move on,
by Anjali Subedi (rep), Evolutionary
federalism:
The only way to ensure a flourishing Nepal is to provide
a pathway for constitutional evolution from the ground
up, by Bishal Thapa (rep)
14/04/2014: Fill
26
CA vacancies before electing CA panel chairs: Lawmakers,
by Ashok Dahal (rep), CA
panels
begin work on statute: Parties to elect committee heads
in consensus; vote to be last resort (kp), Lawmakers
say
no to foreign aid for CA work (kp), Give
House
business: Speaker (ht), CA
panel
berth a thorny issue (ht), UCPN
(M)
offered PDCC leadership (kp), Dahal
warns
of yet another conflict: Accuses Prime Minister of
backtracking on HLPC agreement (ht), Janajatis
announce
protest (kp), CPN-Maoist
leader
hauls CA over coal (ht), Lack
of
judges cripples apex court, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Chief
Justice
Sharma promises appointments in a week (kp), CJ
Sharma
to appoint judges soon: Stays mum on chances of
retaining retiring justices (ht), Challenges
aplenty,
as CJ assumes office, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), The
promise
of progress: The major parties’ proposals for the
economy look visionary but lack substance, sincerity and
realism, by Ram C. Acharya (kp), Big
3
to unite in House to endorse TRC bill (rep), Bill
on
TRC, CID reconciliatory; not for amnesty: Minister
Acharya, by Prakash Acharya (ht), The
purpose
of the TRC is reconciliation in society, interviews
with Rajesh Lekhak and Pradip Gyawali (kp), Adhikari
couple
to continue hunger strike (ht), Match
Promise
With Delivery, by P. Kharel (rn), Bill
on
TRC and CID: Deal with shortcomings, by Hari Bansh
Jha (ht)
13/04/2014: ‘Sole
focus
on rights can’t solve war cases’: Leaders of major
parties involved in drafting the bill say it is
far more important to take recourse to reconciliation in
order to complete the peace process, by Dewan Rai
(kp), No
dispute
on TRC bill among major parties: Sharma (rep), CA
panels
begin work six months after polls (rep), UML,
UCPN
(M) ask PM to hasten appointment, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Dahal
seeks
HLPC, Koirala says ‘not necessary’ (ht), Federalism
by
design: Given the complexity of issues, a high-level
committee of independent experts should decide on the
structure and basis of federal units, by Khagendra
N. Sharma (kp), Bamdev
and
the Left: In his outburst against Kharel, Bamdev seems
unaware of contradiction between his commitment to rule
of law and his unstated values which lump together
politics and administration, by Prakash Chandra
Lohani (rep), South
African
TRC: TRC ensured individual amnesty for perpetrator,
truth for society and acknowledgement and reparation for
victim, by Babina Kharel (rep)
12/04/2014: TRC,
CID
Bill to be tabled on April 16 , by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Bill
gives
rape victims hope: ‘Every crime other than rape can be
pardoned and their victims and perpetrators reconciled’,
by Weena Pun (kp) [This may be
true for rape victimes, but what about those murdered
and disappeared and their families as well as those who
suffered irreparable injuries, mental as well as
physical?], Rs
46.5b
spent for fighters, rebuilding, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Sharma
appointed
chief justice (kp), President
appoints
Sharma chief justice despite objections in PHSC
(ht), Damodar
Sharma
appointed chief justice (rep), Term
ends
for five SC temporary justices (kp), It’s
back
to square one in SC as five ad hoc judges retire again
(ht), SC
to
be left with just five justices from Sunday (rep), JC
drafts
new criteria for judge appointment, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep), FSPN
presses
for fringe parties’ unity (kp), PM
delaying
statute, says UML leader (ht), Koirala
alters
local election plans (ht), Govt
working
on several aspects of federalism: Preparing groundwork
so that federal units can function smoothly after
constitution, by Prakash Acharya (ht), I
won't sign statute against ethnic-identity: CA
vice-chair, by Bhanubhakta Niraula (rep), Baidya
threatens
to revive 'people's govt'; TRC bill biased against
Maoists: Gajurel, Gurung, by Dhruva Dangal (rep), Baidya
on
wrong footing: BRB (nn), Of
manners
and the CA members, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
11/04/2014: Victims,
rights
advocates find fault with TRC bill, by Dewan Rai
(kp), Victims,
right
defenders cry foul over revised TRC bill, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep), Surrender
to
blackmail: Do the democrats in the government realise
that they will be historically tarred as anti-human
rights?, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), The
tale
of two Commissions, by Binita Dahal (nt), CA
by-polls
to be held on June 22 (kp), By-election
in
four constituencies to be held on June 22 (ht), Writing
before
rhetoric: It would be wiser for donors to push for the
timely writing of the constitution instead of local
polls, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Think
nationally,
act locally: Federalism and local elections are not
contradictory, they are two sides of the same coin,
by Damakant Jayshi (nt), Civil
Service:
Women's zero presence in Special Class: Men fill 100% of
positions in the Special Class category of the civil
service known as the permanent government of the state,
by Tara Wagley (rep)
10/04/2014: Govt
tables
TRC bill: Reviewed bill does not spell out serious
crimes other than rape, by Dewan Rai (kp), 'No
amnesty
for serious human rights violations', by Thira L.
Bhusal and Ashok Dahal (rep) [??],
Rights
activists
decry TRC bill, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), Five
Parliament
committees formed (kp), Pick
and
choose: PDCC and HLPC jurisdictions must be delineated
before moving forward (kp), Parties
stuck
over CA dialogue panel, HLPC leaderships (kp), HLPC
Again, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), PM
commits
to adhere to past achievements (kp), One
for
all, all for one: An inclusive society cannot be built
with slogans alone; it needs a change of heart from
everyone, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Of
peons
and progressives: Labelling people political ‘elites’
simply for holding a different opinion merely exposes
intolerance, by Sanjeev Pokharel (kp), Local
Democracy
In Nepal: Sacrificed At The Altar Of Power Game, by
Mukti Rijal (rn), Why
the
delay? Nepal's ratification of the Rome Statute could be
a good step to end impunity, by Roshan Kumar Jha
(rep)
09/04/2014: Referendum
if
no accord: PM, by Anil Giri (kp), Disagreement
arrests
transitional justice work, by Dewan Rai (kp), Voices
getting
louder against HLPC formation (kp), Janajatis
to
press for ethnic federalism (kp), Necessity
and
ideology: The Dalit agenda has been reduced to combating
social, but not political, abuse, by Subhash Nepal
(kp)
08/04/2014: Transitional
justice:
Cross-party committee to finalise separate bills, by
Dewan Rai), Parties
agree
to form panel to discipline lawmakers (kp), Dialogue
committee
to elect its head next week (kp), PM
adds
three more ministers to his Cabinet (kp), Long
road
to equality: There are laws designed to protect women's
rights, but they are rarely implemented, by Nirmala
Siwakoti (kp)
07/04/2014: Lawmakers
stress
following CA calendar (kp), On
the
move: CA should immediately begin work on identifying
past achievements (kp), Five
to
seven states viable: PM Koirala (kp), Cross-party
TRC
panel divided over provisions (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
does not endorse blanket amnesty, interview with
Barsha Man Pun (kp), Optimistic
Statute
Work Plan, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
06/04/2014: CA
begins
work without 26 nominees: 'Nominations will take some
more days', by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), CA
seeks
all pact details: Asks government to furnish details of
all agreements signed with parties, groups post CPA,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Another
panel
to draft TRC bills in three days (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
rejects bills on TRC, disapperance commission: Threatens
to take to streets if draft bill not amended, by
Kosh Raj Koirala and Ashok Dahal (rep), The
big
picture: Transnational justice bodies (rep), Beyond
rhetoric:
The Nepali Dalit movement needs a leader like Mayawati
to organise Dalits under one umbrella and push for
change, by Pramod Bhagat (kp), Tracking
the
transition: Track II diplomacy supports a collaborative
process of peacebuilding and expedites development,
by Yogendra P. Paneru (kp), Behind
the
façade: It is naïve to believe that there is no need for
yet another force, led by a person whose claims to
morality ring hollow, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (rep)
05/04/2014: CA
endorses
calendar; statute draft by mid-Oct (kp), House
endorses
timeline with minor changes (rep), Love
or
loss? Constitution timetable (rep), Local
body
election law amendment: Poll panel proposes 50
percent female candidacy, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Dahal
decries
verdict on war-era cases, by Binod Ghimire (kp), New
conflict
if law not changed for TRC: Dahal; says, SC should not
flaunt its powers (rep), 72
hours
set to file plaints against CJ nominee Sharma (kp),
Conflict-era
ammunition
recovered in Rolpa, by Hira Bahadur Gharti Magar
(rep), Public
Service
Delivery: Role Of Local Governments, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn), Opportunities
and
challenges: What we need is inclusive and multilingual
language policy, along with strong will and definite
action plan to implement it, by Shankar Dewan (rep)
04/04/2014: Secretariat
proposes
working calendar, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), CA
secretariat
floats constitution calendar (ht), CA
aims
for statute by mid-February: First draft to be ready by
mid November, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Administrative
reform
recommendations: ‘12 ministries in federal set-up’
(kp), Deny
amnesty
for heinous crimes: TRC task force, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), Taskforce
proposes
TRC refer wartime cases to OAG, by Dewan Rai (kp), NHRC
to
government: Ratify Rome Statute (kp), NHRC
urges
govt to address rights defender’s demand (ht), Govt
takes
exception to HRW report on Tibetan refugees (ht), Refugees
should
respect law of the land: MoFA (kp), Govt:
HRW
report 'unnecessary meddling' (rep), Urgent
need
for a sense of urgency (nt), Nepal
does
well in personal freedom: Social Progress Index says
country needs to invest in access to information
(ht), Contradictions
and
trust deficits: UCPN (Maoist) in a fix, by Dilli Raj
Khanal (ht)
03/04/2014: SC:
War
crimes can be tried under regular law, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Conflict-era
cases
can be tried under existing laws: SC (rep), Maoists
press
govt to allow wartime property deals, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Don’t
grant
mass amnesty for war-era crimes: AHRC to govt (ht),
TRC
draft
preparation: Taskforce completes discussion process
(kp), Activating
Transitional
Justice Mechanism: A Ray Of Hope, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn), PM
discusses
civic elections, Cabinet expansion with leaders (ht),
Coast
clear
for Cabinet expansion: RPP to get two ministries
(kp), A
question of leadership: What intellectual and moral
credentials do our leaders have to meet Nepal’s
formidable challenges?, by Pramod Mishra (kp), There's
been
no discussion on merits and demerits of federal models,
interview with Vijay Kant Karna, Professor of Political
Science, Tribhuvan University (rep)
02/04/2014: Transitional
justice
mechanism: Maoists demand TRC panel seat (kp), Victims
draw
attention of global community (kp), Formation
of
House panels put off (ht), Formation
of
House thematic panels deferred, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), ‘PM
should
lead HLPC first’ (kp), ‘Prioritise
women
in 26 seats’ (kp), Tibetans
ill-treated
in Nepal due to China, says HRW report (ht), Nepal
tightening
curbs on Tibetans, bows to China: HRW (rep), Women
ex-PLA
struggle for living, social acceptance, by Devendra
Basnet (rep), Justice
not
served: Victims’ alliances must be watchful of political
actors who seek to undermine transitional justice,
by Hemanta Raj Dahal (kp), Instrument
of
peace: Discussion surrounding TRC has been Kathmandu
centric, with minimum consultations with people
victimized by Maoists as well as security forces, by
D.B. Subedi (rep)
01/04/2014: TRC
team
initiates discussion (kp), Leave
conflict
era cases to TRC: BRB (ht), Bhattarai:
New
laws must for dealing with conflict-era crimes, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep), Bhattarai
says
he must be tried for conflict era cases (nn), Speaker
rues
delay in CA nominations (kp), 15
parliamentary
panels set to take shape (ht), Fringe
party
lawmakers want either PAC or SAC: Reject membership of
other parliamentary committees, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), Baidya
challenges
govt to jail him (rep), Unity
among
left forces stalled (kp), DCC
recommends
Damodar Sharma as chief justice: Parliamentary hearing
likely to be cut short to hasten appointment, by
Anata Raj Luitel (ht), Election
intention:
NC-UML need do assure Maoists and Madhesi parties that
local elections will not affect the federalism agenda,
by Dipendra Jha (kp), Efficient
Parliament
For Improved PFM, by Anirudra Neupane (rn)
31/03/2014: Slow
but
moving (ht), House
for
Mr Dahal (rep), CA
chair
to lawmakers: No foreign trips please: International
community urged not to lure lawmakers into trips abroad,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Local
elections
by mid-June: PM (ht) [Please don't ridicule the people!!], Local
polls
impossible by June-end, says CEC Uprety, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Ill
beginning
for TRC work, by Dewan Rai (kp), TRC
task
force begins its work (ht), Clear
and
present: Only transitional justice bills drafted
transparently will enjoy legitimacy (kp), Govt
will
bring TRC, disappearance bills within deadline,
interview with Narahari Acharya (kp), SP,
TMLP
approve merger document: New party to be guided by
democratic socialism (kp), Fresh
headway
in unification of three Madhes parties: Yadav's draft
proposal endorsed with minor amendments, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep), Remember,
Slow
And Steady Will Not Win The Race, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn), Crucible
of
civil society: Traditionally entrenched forms of
identity often interfere with the functioning of
non-state organisations, by Gérard Toffin (sp), Eighth
year
itch: Timely promulgation of constitution is perhaps the
only antidote to the rise of extremism in response to
elite capture of state, by C.K. Lal (rep), Intention
matters:
Demands for federal units after particular ethnic groups
shrouds and complicates the whole purpose of
federalizing Nepal, by Sanjeev Pokharel (rep)
30/03/2014: CA
calendar
within 15 days: Secretariat (kp), Selection
of
CA panels’ heads likely to be delayed (ht), New
CA
must focus on thorny issues : Experts, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), Under
fire,
Shrestha quits TRC taskforce (kp), Ex-SSP
quits
after furore (rep), NBA
for
victim-centric TRC, disappearance panel, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep), Criminal
justice:
As state tackles offender, sufferers often left out,
by Weena Pun (kp), Extra-judicial
killings:
Report contradicts govt submission to UNHRC in Geneva on
killings in Tarai (ht) [see report],
Opponents
of
CA differ in idea (kp), Quo
vadis,
Maoists? The Maoist downfall can largely be attributed
to the failure to develop a viable alternate model of
resource distribution, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp),
Strange
bedfellows:
It is likely that NC and UML will spend months, perhaps
years bickering over power sharing yet again, pushing
the constitution making to the backburner, by Thira
L. Bhusal (rep), Justice
for
stability: The best way to appease neglected minorities
and avoid any kind of disturbance to the stability of
the nation is to have federal states along ethnic lines,
by Anand Jha (rep)
29/03/2014: Process
to
draft new constitution set rolling: CA forms five
committees, by Prakash Acharya (ht), CA
unanimous
in adopting past pacts: Assembly approves five
committees to expedite constitution writing (kp), CA
starts
ownership process for last CA's work, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), NHRC
objects
to Shrestha as conflict expert (ht), TRC
receives
a blow as members threaten to quit (kp), Victims
cry
foul over govt's choice of TRC bill drafters (rep),
Social
Accountability
Tools Civic Engagement For Local Governance, by
Pranav Bhattarai (rn), What's
new?
The new CMP is new wine in old bottle, in what it is
largely a rehash of the previous CMPs with cosmetic
changes, by Bhagirath Basnet (rep), Time
for
change: Do we ever wonder why we emphasize so much on
youth? Because they have the ability and capacity to
embrace change, by Hitesh Karki (rep)
28/03/2014: New
CA
set to cash in on last one’s gains, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), CA
to
own up past agreements, Secretariat printing copies of
reports of earlier thematic committees; Agenda to be
tabled in Constituent Assembly today (kp), Proposal
to
own work of CA-I to be tabled today (rep), Big
III
to own up previous CA’s statute decisions (ht), CA
takes
ownership of first CA’s achievements (nn), Three
parties
close to deal on statute, peace (kp), Parties
share
seats of 26 lawmakers (kp) [This
is once again a fundamental violation of the
constitution! These seats are not reserved for any
parties!!!], Team
to
draft TRC, CED bills (kp), Another
Test
Of Prachanda, by Narayan Prasad Ghimire (rn), Can
Koirala
deliver? Depends on how much fire he still has in his
belly, by Damakant Jayshi (nt)
27/03/2014: Govt
urged
to consult war victims (kp), UCPN
(Moist)
demands HLPC leadership (kp), NC,
CPN-UML
unwilling to
let Dahal lead HLPC: Propose UCPN-Maoist chairman to
head Constituent Assembly panel (ht), Big-3
top
guns to head CA thematic committees: Maoists want
high-level committee outside CA for Dahal, by Ashok
Dahal (rep), NA
Deployment
During CA poll endorsed by parliament (kp), House
panel
endorses army mobilisation during CA polls (ht), House
endorses
army mobilization for Nov polls (rep), Not
much
to show: The government gets a poor score on delivery
for its first month in office (kp), Consult
us
on TRC bill: Conflict victims to govt (rep), Those
directly
responsible for crimes are guilty, not civilian
commanders, interview with Govinda Bandi (rep) [??], Former
PLA
fighters feel insurgency was waste of time, by
Devendra Basnet (rep), Mahathir
Mantra
For Development Political Stability, Selfless Leadership,
by Mukti Rijal (rn), Secession
and
loyalty: The events in Crimea have much to teach us,
especially regarding secession risks if provinces are
not federated judiciously, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
26/03/2014: First
meeting
of Constitutional Council on Thursday (nn), Parties
agree
to revive HLPC: Cross-party mechanism ‘no substitute for
Assembly’, by Anil Giri (kp), Big
3
to form body to assist govt, statute drafting, by
Ashok Dahal (rep), Minister
pledges
TRC bill in 2 wks; work yet to start, by Dewan Rai
(kp), Govt
to
bring bills on TRC, disappearances soon: Likely to be
tabled in House in 15 days after forging consensus
(ht), TRC,
disappearance
commission revised bills by 15 days: Acharya (rep),
Families
of
disappeared struggle for redress, by Kalendra
Sejuwal (rep), EC
urges
govt to clear its position on local election, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Anti-federal
forces
against local polls: Thapa (kp) [Local
elections should take place as soon as possible, but
this statement is nonsense!], 33
fringe
parties unveil policy and program; no backtrack from
round-table meeting (nn), No
Relief
In Sight For People, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn), Koirala-led
government:
Things to ponder, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht)
25/03/2014: Panel
to
woo more parties into govt: The committee is scheduled
to hold talks with the UCPN (Maoist) on Tuesday
and approach other parties in the coming days (kp),
Committee
formed
to steer govt (ht), NC,
UML
form high-level body to oversee govt functioning
(rep), Anti-money
Laundering
bill endorsed by House (kp), Legislature-Parliament
passes
five bills (ht), Victims
urge
govt to act on TRC (kp), Conflict
victims
appeal to the state to come clean (ht), UN
inquires
about health of couple on hunger strike (ht), Women
leaders
demand for equal participation in local polls (kp),
Army
seeks
constitutional role in NDC: CoAS Gen Rana stresses on
national force’s presence in National Defence Council,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), Army
urges
govt to induct CoAS in NDC (rep), Entrenched
politics:
Ruling parties must focus less on bickering and more on
constitution writing and development, by Madhav
Karki (kp)
24/03/2014: Kin
of
disappeared still without answers, by Dewan Rai
(kp), Inescapable
truth:
Functioning transitional justice institutions are in
Nepal’s interest (kp), Ban
urges
respect for right to truth (kp), Handling
the
truth; The state must apologise, acknowledge and provide
justice to victims and survivors of the conflict, by
Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp), Appeal
to
ratify Rome Statute without delay (ht), NC,
UML
to talk CA committee formation (kp), In
PP
meet, Koirala takes a lot of flak: Almost a dozen NC
parliamentarians who spoke on the occasion criticised
the PM on a range of issues, by Anil Giri (kp),
NC
lawmakers
grind
axe against own govt, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Govt
bypassed
House in passing agenda: UML MPs, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Maoists
decry
anti-money laundering provisions (kp), Statute
impossible
from CA, says CPN-M (ht), UML
for
holding local polls by mid-June, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), Observers
weigh
viability of a new political force, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), Frustration
And
Fantasy, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
23/03/2014: UNHRC
doubts
Nepal’s compliance, by Dewan Rai (kp), Danger
zone:
Transitional justice (rep), Parties
get
busy choosing heads of CA, parliamentary committees
(ht), RPP
demand
for two ministries delaying Cabinet expansion: Delay has
also affected nomination of 26 members to the
Constituent Assembly (ht), Diversity
should
be basis of federalism, says CPN-UML Chief Khanal
(ht), Constitution
to
ensure right to clean water, sanitation (ht), Gajurel
says
constitution not panacea for all ills (ht), Public
Disillusionment
About Politics, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
22/03/2014: CA
adopts
rules of procedure (kp), Fresh
CA
Rules cleared: All 16 committees likely by Mar 28, EC
doubtful
of local polls in May, by Bhadra Sharma (ht), CA
approves
new regulations four months after polls (rep), Maoists
warn
of House disruption over TRC bills, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), Transitional
justice
mechanisms under UN scrutiny: Nepal quizzed on
independence of NHRC, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Call
for
ending discrimination, recognising rights of
Dalits (ht), Inclusion
In
Local Bodies: Why Not Amend Laws Progressively?, by
Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
21/03/2014: Govt
slashes
fuel prices, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Govt
partially
rolls back fuel price hike: Agrees to cut NOC staff
perks (ht), NOC’s
monthly
loss surges to Rs 1.22 billion: If not for downward
revision in prices, losses would have fallen to Rs 910m
(ht), Don’t
force
opposition to stall House, says Dahal (ht), Rights
activists
seek UN help for fasting Adhikari couple (ht), AHRC
urges
govt to appoint judges in SC (ht), Words
Should
Be Turned Into Deeds, by D.M. Thapa (rn), Mockery
of
Justice?, by Pratyush Nath Upreti (sp), Local
Elections
Becoming Urgent, by Nishesh Dhungana (sp)
20/03/2014: Straight
talk:
Wider consultations are necessary to ensure acceptance
of the constitution (kp) Second
CA
continuation of first one, say lawmakers (ht), Opposition
stalls
House proceedings on Day II: Govt ready to halve fuel
price hike, oppn wants it cut by 75 pc, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Govt
ready
to roll back fuel price hike 50 pc, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), House
disrupted
as protests continue (kp), Partial
effect
of Valley bandh; 107 held, freed: General public largely
defy strike, venture out on roads; Vandalism, arson
reported in city (ht), Nepal
on
back foot in Geneva, by Dewan Rai (kp), Frustration
mounts
inside NC over CMP, by Anil Giri (kp), Maoist
parties
forge alliance to thwart local polls (rep), Fault
lines:
Corruption, criminalisation of politics and ethnic
injustice continue to present serious problems, by
Pramod Mishra (kp), No
Good
Bedfellows, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
19/03/2014: Govt
unveils
CMP, code of conduct for Cabinet (kp), Govt
promises
the moon in CMP: Pledges zero tolerance against
corruption,an end to power outages in three years
and safe air travel within six months! (ht), Govt
makes
its CMP public (rep), CMP:
Key
dev projects will be made strike-free (kp), Nembang
for
bigwigs to lead key panels (kp), Fuel
price
fury puts off House meeting (kp), House
adjourned
over petroleum price hike:Finance Minister talks of
reviewing hiked prices but opposition demands the
decision to be revoked (ht), Opposition
obstructs
House over fuel price hike, by Ashok Dahal (rep), Govt
steps
up preparations for local polls, by Nabin Khatiwada
(rep), EC
yet
to garner parties’ backing in holding local polls,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Local
bodies’
elections: An urgent need, by Bihari Krishna
Shrestha (ht), Strategising
women’s
rights: The role of women in political parties must be a
key concern for the women's movement, by Seira
Tamang (kp), Politics
of
cartels: Political parties have become much too powerful
not only for health of the people but also the health of
the society and nation, by Chaitanya Mishra (rep), Open
up:
Citizens have the right to information on the affairs of
parliament, government or any other public institution,
by Yek Raj Pathak (rep)
18/03/2014: Govt
will
rewrite TRC bill: Acharya (kp), Ministry
initiates
process to amend local election laws (kp), UCPN
(M),
CPN-M unification: Bhattarai puts reforms ahead of party
merger (kp), Bhattarai
against
party unity with Baidya (ht), Baidha
talks
about possibility of party unity with UCPN (M) (nn),
Sadbhawana
law
maker Sah faces arrest, by Manish Gautam and Shyam
Sundar Shashi (kp), Lawmaker
absconding
after arrest warrant (ht), Police
out
to nab lawmaker Sah over Janakpur blast: Sah claims he
is being framed, by Kamal Pariyar (rep), CA
Court
suspends RPP-N member (kp), RPP-N
lawmaker's
CA membership stayed (ht), A
time for positive thinking: We need to focus on wealth
creation and a pro-poor, not pro-poverty, agenda, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp), Institutionalising
democracy:
The new constitution must be partly a peace agreement
and partly a national legal framework for federal
governance, by Surya Dhungel (kp), Rising
powers:
Talk of unification between the two Maoist parties,
though welcome, has raised concerns about constitution
drafting, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
17/03/2014: Crisis
in
judiciary: Fate of five ad hoc judges uncertain; Delay
in formation of parliamentary hearing committee blamed,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), House
to
have 4 new panels to address public concerns, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Rules
for
uninterrupted work (kp), Major
parties
fail to nominate deputy PP leaders, whips: Parliament
secretariat says this has affected House proceedings
(rep), Divided
they
fall: Unification of the two Maoist parties will help
them regain lost strength (kp), Maoists
to
press for parliamentary probe into alleged vote fraud in
house (rep), Local
polls
can be held in May-June if there is political will,
interview with Neel Kantha Uprety, Chief Election
Commissioner (kp), Prelude
To
Maoist Unity, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), IEDs
continue
to imperil human lives in Nepal, by Om Astha Rai
(rep)
16/03/2014: Thematic
panel
to take up ownership issue (ht), Dahal
comes
clean on poll loss: Blames abandonment of traditional
constituencies, by Akhilesh Upadhyay and Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Events
favour
merger of two parties, interview with Pushpa Kamal
Dahal (kp), Govt
struggles
to unveil policy (kp), UCPN-M
not
to quit prez election agenda (ht), Vacancies
to
be filled after Bill is passed (ht)
15/03/2014: Talks
intensify
to pick thematic panel chairs at the earliest, by
Arjun Bhandari (ht), Govt
explains
to un rights committee: Reply on criminalisation
misleading, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Govt
sent
false report to UN: Rights activists; Former chief
justice-led administration ‘has blamed apex court’for
delay in TRC formation (ht), CA
chair
angles for key leaders as committee heads: Wants some
active ex-lawmakers among 26 nominees, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), Madhesi
leaders
sceptical about new constitution: Doubt if it will
protect Tarai’s interests (ht), Panel
recommendations:
Local bodies may have 40pc women (kp), PM
has
three mobile phones for property, by Anil Giri (kp)
[How did he survive for 75 years
without regular income??], Doing
the
maths: Economic advantages in centralizing the taxes in
revenue side and in decentralizing public ggods and
services in expenditure side create a dilemma, by
Bhim Prasad Bhurtel (rep), Is
Democracy
In Peril?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
14/03/2014: Cart
before
the horse (nt), Parliamentary,
Constituent
Assembly Rules tabled in House (ht), Draft
CA
regulation proposes major changes: Suggests removing
bills committee and conducting question hour (rep),
Maoist
parties
in working alliance: Warn of joint movement against
local elections, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), UCPN-M,
CPN-M
inching closer: Bhattarai’s concerns to be addressed
(ht), Maoist
parties'
joint statement sets off unification buzz: Deferral of
local polls, early formation of TRC demanded, by
Ashok Dahal (rep), CPN-M
forms
People’s Administration (kp), PM,
DPM
and 8 ministers furnish property details (kp), With
opposition
joining forces, local polls look distant, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep), EC
prepared
for May polls: Uprety, by Bhadra Sharma and Darshan
Karki (kp), EC
seeks
autonomy to hold periodic polls, by Arjun Bhandari
and Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), If
you
love the people: The political class must act
immediately to announce local elections this spring,
by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Democracy
in
crisis: The failure to address corruption has been a
primary factor for setbacks in democracy the world over,
by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Missing
the
point: When it is possible to circumvent the democratic
process and still enjoy political power why would anyone
want to be accountable?, by Rubeena Mahato (nt), Politics
vs.
Development, by D. M. Thapa (rn)
13/03/2014: Property
details:
Koirala Cabinet misses deadline, by Anil Giri (kp),
Major
parties
divided over holding local polls (kp), Delayed
dividend:
Political parties are taking forever to start the
all-important CA process (kp), The
fuss
is over (ht), On
with
it now: Constitution making task (rep), With
Rules
finalised, CA set to move forward, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Unwieldy
committees
proposed at CA: Drafting panel suggests two 191-member
committees and three panels comprising 73 members each,
by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Justices
review
CA elections (ht), Courting
trouble:
The Supreme Court should refrain from issuing verdicts
on political matters and leave it to the Legislature,
by Dipendra Jha (kp), Challenges
Before
The Present Government, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Why
public
institutions fail in Nepal: Growing Moral Crisis, by
Mukti Rijal (rn), Crime
and
punishment: A notorious gangster, a tax evader, or a
smuggler who has funded the party knocks a leader's door
and asks him to release a consignment of smuggled goods
or his lakey from prison, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep),
Stop
it:
Absence of effective policies and programs contributes
the most to the great exodus, by Som Bhandari (rep)
12/03/2014: Nefin
wants
remaining 26 CA seats (kp), CA
nomination
hearing shelved (ht) [??], Parties
iron
out differences: Panel to table final draft at CA
meeting tomorrow, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), CA
chair
to certify, Prez to unveil new constitution: CA
Regulations 2014 draft finalized, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), CA
Rules
finalised, finally: Prez to unveil statute after
assembly chair certifies it, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Govt
CMP
to take a few more days (ht), Carter
Center
brings Nepal chapter to a close, by Anil Giri (kp),
Congress
does
not want CDOs to conduct local polls, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), CPN-Maoist
mulls
protests but lacks agenda (rep), Second
rung
Madhesi leaders miffed by delayed unity (rep), The
deep
state strikes back: These are lean times for those who
had hoped for a radical transformation of the state,
by Daulat Jha (kp)
11/03/2014: Rights
violation
cases gathering dust, by Dewan Rai (kp), A
time for justice: New government must make amends for
the failure of predecessors to advance transitional
justice, by Santosh Sigdel (kp), Govt
policy,
programmes likely today (kp), CA
procedure
dispute to be settled today (kp), NC,
UML
to drop ‘authentication’: ‘authentication’: Likely to
replace the term with ‘certification’ in the CA Rules to
reach ‘win-win situation’, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
NC,
UML
close to Common Minimum Program: Load-shedding woe to be
tackled (rep) [???], Power
games
at cost of statute: Sujata (ht), Time
running
out (ht), Thapa
warns
stir to overthrow government (kp), 33-party
alliance
wants cadres released (kp), Govt
not
inclusive: Sujata (kp), PM,
Dahal
meet (kp), House
passes
four ordinances amid fringe parties’ protest (ht), Dahal,
parties
in talks for grand federal alliance: UCPN-Maoist,
Matrika Yadav-led CPN (Maoist) agree on forming a
broader coalition, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), PM
in
parleys to name envoys, fill statutory bodies (rep),
Talks
on
to conduct local elections before June 14 (ht),
Local
polls
in status quo against federalism: Upendra Yadav (ht),
Of
the
people: Holding local elections within the next six
months will require consideration of a host of factors,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Common
cause:
There is a need to broaden the understanding of the
women’s movement in Nepal, beyond the activism led by
NGOs, by Neeti Aryal Khanal (kp)
10/03/2014: Final
hearing
on picking 26 CA members tomorrow (ht), EC:
Revise
laws to conduct local polls by May-end, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Govt
policy
to stress on early local elections (kp),
Local polls after statute, says Minister Nidhi (ht),
UCPN-M
for
local polls after drafting statute (ht), Myagdi
leaders
for elections before constitution delivery (ht), A
useful campaign: For local elections to happen, NC-UML
need to reach out to other parties (kp), Constitution
authentication
still vexing issue, by Prakash Acharya (ht), NC,
UML
to settle bill stamping row (kp), NC,
UML
attempt middle-way solution Likely to provide shared
roles to prez, CA chair (rep), Worrying
chasm:
Congress-UML differences (rep), Checks
and
balances: NC-UML must avoid the arrogance of
majoritarianism, a major reason democracies across the
world failed, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), CA
2
and political parties: Learn from the past mistakes,
by Charan Prasai (ht), Futile
Dispute, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), How
to
thrive? Nepal is wrongly seated on hyperbolic slogans of
republicanism, federalism and secularism, which don't
resonate with common man, by Aditya Man Shrestha
(rep)
09/03/2014: PM’s
delivery
dismal on pact with CPN-UML, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), NC
drops
flexibility hint on constitution authentication issue
(ht), Govt
to
uplift women’s status, says PM Koirala (kp) [Yes,
by disregarding them! Look at your own government! Look
at your own party!!], Women
unsafe
at their own homes: INSEC (rep), 3,000
VAW
cases in 2013 (kp), Dhading
Police
establishes women cells in all VDCs, by Sudip Kaini
(kp), CPN-Maoist
building
base for protests (kp), TMDP
defends
Chaudhary: Says the CA member had gone to India during
insurgency and returned after the peace process started
(ht), Conflict
victims,
await succor while fakes make hay, by Devendra
Basnet (rep), Averting
The
Caucus, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn) [This
article is a good example for misunderstanding ethnic
issues and the necessity to end male Bahunbad!],
Goals
for
the future: What Nepal needs is a constitution, local
elections and economic development, by Jimmy Carter
(kp), One
last
chance: The NC and UML are still acting like
adversaries, casting doubt on whether a a constitution
will be written in a year, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp)
08/03/2014: NC,
UML
ask MPs toattend House meets (kp), CA
caucus
debate rages; parties divided: Rastriya Prajatantra
Party-Nepal supports the position taken by the NC and
the UML on the caucus issue, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp) [Self-protection of male Tagadharis!!], CA
rules
panel summoned to iron out differences (rep), Prez,
CA
chair may jointly authenticate constitution (ht), House
hearings
sought for Regmi era appointments, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), Major
Madhesi
parties offered three berths (ht), Local
development
ministry ready for civic elections (ht), Women
still
less equal in citizenship, property rights: Birth
registration also a hassle, by Anjali Subedi (rep)
07/03/2014: Lawmakers
bask
in sun as House meets: Meeting adjourned as attendance
falls way below the quorum of 143, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Parliament
prorogued
for lack of quorum: Ordinances on extradition, crime
prevention not even discussed for passing (ht), UML
CC
for CA chair to authenticate constitution: Against
further debate on the issue (ht), Congress
plans
nationwide move targeting local polls (kp), UML
asks
govt to announce date (kp), Majority
of
people want election: Carter Center (kp), Gautam
urges
Adhikaris to end fast: Govt ready to settle them
anywhere they feel safe, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht) [Provide justice in all such cases,
not resettlement!!!], UCPN
(Maoist)
objects to diffusion notice: DPM appeals to Adhikari
couple to end fast (rep), From
Cabin
16-17: What could explain the international community’s
disinterest in addressing wartime excesses?, by
Kanak Mani Dixit (nt), Mohan
Bikram
against ethnic federalism (ht), Public
hope
dampens as CA fails to take off: One after another
disputes between the two parties have sowed seeds of
mistrust between them even before starting the
constitution making process, says Prof Khanal, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Macho
nationalism:
A Nepali man can marry anyone and his child will be
Nepali, but if a Nepali woman marries a foreigner her
child can be denied citizenship, by Mallika Aryal
(nt), Not
just
half the sky: Let’s not ‘celebrate’ International
Women’s Day on Saturday. Let’s mark it as a day of
mourning (nt), Cabinet
Expansion:
Government of Rebel: Whether knowingly or unknowingly,
the majority of Koirala’s new cabinet members rebelled
against the party at one time or another, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), Koirala
On
The Chair, by Tilak Rawal (sp), Functions
Of
Civic Education, by Dev Raj Dahal (sp)
06/03/2014: Price
of
prohibition: Imposing whips and barring caucuses in the
CA will only create resentment (kp), Prez
lobbies
for bill right: Sheetal Niwas makes its position clear
to the parties involved in preparing CA rules, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp) [Support
to his party, the Nepali Congress, by the 'independent'
president! The president has to be newly elected
immediately!!], NC
to
hold talks with UML brass (ht), Confusion
abounds
over Regmi govt appointments (kp), UML
stresses
parliamentary hearing: Khanal says it’s a must for
constitutional appointments (ht),
Conflict
victim’s
kin seek govt help: Mina Khadka of Alsamari in
Arghakhanchi has gone missing after she was arrested by
state security forces during insurgency, by Birendra
KC (kp), Kin
of
martyrs vent ire on Maoists (ht), On
The
New Government, by Gyan Basnet, by Gyan Basnet (rn),
Don’t
Turn
Constitution-making Process Into A Wild-goose Chase,
by Uttam Maharjan (rn), There
are
leaders in their 60s waiting for leadership roles,
interview with Bidya Bhandari, CPN-UML, Neglected
citizens:
Nepal’s uneven development (rep)
05/03/2014: Govt
doing
little to move TRC bill; We are studying the apex court
verdict: Minister Rijal, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Vote
mulled
to settle CA rule dispute (kp), Top
guns
asked to settle dispute over CA regulation, by Ashok
Dahal (rep), Matter
of
prestige for two big parties: CPN-UML threatens to take
it to full House for resolution through vote, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Govt
ready
to offer DPM to Maoists: Gautam, by LB Thapa (rep),
Preparations
for
local polls under way: DPM (kp) [?],
Faux
pas:
PM needs to be careful before making remarks on
contentious issues (kp), Fervent
revolution:
Modern revolutions, including Nepal's Maoist insurgency,
are essentially religious in origin, by Gérard
Toffin (kp), Focus
On
Local Elections, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
04/03/2014: Janajatis
seek
half of 26 CA nominations (kp), Panel
drafting:
CA Rules asks for more time: Fails to resolve
differences on who will authenticate statute (ht), CA
panel
seeks 10 more days (rep), CA
regulations
drafting committee term extended (nn), Speaker
demands
govt info on TRC: Instruction issued in context of
Adhikari couple’s fast (kp), Kin
of
disappeared demand TRC (kp), Cief
Justice
appointment: Judicial Council forwards senior justices’
details to CC (kp), Judicial
Council
proposes five names for Chief Justice (ht), House
seeks
details on Adhikari couple: Tells govt to clarify PM’s
reported statement on Tanakpur (ht), Nembamg
asks
PM to clarify Tanakpur remarks (kp), House
asks
govt to clarify PM remarks (rep), Go
local:
NC-UML must assure all others that local: elections will
be fair and independent (kp), UML
for
directly-elected executive PM (rep), Government
spends
Rs 52m on foreign trips: Around Rs 250,000 of
taxpayers’money used to finance international visits of
officials per day (ht), Building
on
hope: Young leaders from across parties need to unite to
make themselves heard, by Sujeev Shakya (kp), Team
of
two: As constitution drafting requires consensus, the NC
and UML must take all other parties into confidence,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Falling
short:
Underrepresentation of women in state bodies has made
mockery of one-third provision, by Ashok Dahal (rep)
03/03/2014: Monotonous
tune (ht), CA
rules
of procedure: Congress-UML tussle over bill plays
spoilsport (kp), Inter-party
rift
on CA rules continues: Disputes will be settled before
tomorrow’s CA meet: Karna, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
NC,
UML
dispute over prez authenticating statute bill, by
Ashok Dahal (rep), No
dispute
in CA nominations: RPP (ht) [????
Mr Thapa should read the interim constitution before he
quotes from it!!], EC
starts
local poll work: Forms two separate committees for the
purpose, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Govt
has
two weeks to fix local poll dates: CEC (ht), Local
Election
Rhetoric, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), PR
rules
not practical: Uprety (ht), Godar
massacre:
NHRC blames lab for report delay (kp), The
rights
debate: The Maoist call for TRC legislation falls in
line with the Supreme Court judgment (kp), Data
show
impunity going unabated (ht), No
compromise
on federalism, democracy and republic, interview
with Minendra Rijal (NC), Minister for Information and
Communications (kp), Restoration
of
plutarchy: Status quo, no matter how enlightened, often
degenerates into plutarchy that fuels the fire of
insurgency sooner or later, by C.K. Lal (rep), Minority
report:
The famous Gorkha King invaded not only their
territories but also their culture and language, by
Bir Nembang (rep)
02/03/2014: Speaker
presses
PM to appoint 26 CA members: Nembang seeks priority for
excluded, experts in seats (kp) [This
is not only a priority, it must be exclusive according
to the interim constitution!!], Bill
related
to new statute: Congress for empowering Prez to pass
bill; UML opposes senior coalition partner’s demand
(kp), Who
will
do the honours? Prez or CA Chairman?, by Arjun
Bhandari and Prakash Acharya (ht), Conflict
victims
rue govt apathy, by Tularam Pandey (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
demands TRC before constitution writing, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), ‘We’ll
seek
Prez, Veep re-election’ (kp), Maoists
for
fresh election of prez, VP (rep), Look
within:
Irregularities in parties (rep), Unanswered
questions:
Would a Muslim President continue the tradition of
giving blessings during Dashain?, by Pratyush Nath
Upreti (kp), Team
game:
The Congress and the UML must work to resolve their
crisis of confidence, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), UML
Ministers’
Pick: The Selected Dominate The Elected, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn)
01/03/2014: When
will
26 CA members be nominated? Information minister says
process will begin by tomorrow (ht), CA
rules
of procedure: Tough steps on anvil to keep House in
order, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Ca
likely
to retain whip provision, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Five
CA
committees to ensure timely constitution, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Statute
delay
‘exacerbating’ HR problem in Nepal (kp) [see
corresponding report
by U.S. Department of State], NC
has
assured to implement gentleman’s agreement: UML
(ht), Minister
selection
process censured (kp), Party
in
moral decline, say UML advisors: Suggest to party
leadership to set retirement age for leaders, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep) [This
should urgently be introduced within all parties!!],
Sujata
criticizes
NC of failing to ensure 'inclusive cabinet' (nn), ‘Include
UCPN-Maoist
in govt’ (ht), UML
political
report: Nepali Congress remains chief rival, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-M
for
grand coalition (ht), Constitution
Making:
Learn From The Past, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
28/02/2014: Powerful
panel
proposed in CA, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), UML
factional
feud: Gautam calls for action against Nepal (kp), Gautam
criticises
Nepal for airing views against party (ht), DPM
Gautam
demands action against Nepal (rep), Leaders
misuse
PR system to send kin to CA (ht), MSP,
TMDP
likely to merge before Holi: MJF-N has hinted party may
opt out of unification process (ht), Better
late
than never: No surprise that government formation took
so long; The surprising thing is that it didn’t take
longer (nt), The
men
in the ministry: Koirala cabinet is unrepresentative in
terms of available capacities but it must still deliver
on critical areas, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Premier
challenges:
Sushil Koirala faces the tough task of handling the
government while also writing a constitution in time,
by Pramod Bhagat (kp), Nepal’s
best
way forward: New model of development is to work with
engines of growth—from companies to local entrepreneurs,
by Rajiv Shah (kp), Consensus,
Compromises
Are Good Indicators, by D. M. Thapa (rn), Home
sweet
Home: The stand-off over the Home Ministry shows how
little Nepal’s politics has changed in 25 years, by
Anurag Acharya (nt)
27/02/2014: CA
to
start real task in few more weeks: Deadline for CA
regulation drafting committee extended (rep), Gharti
wins
CA vice-chair post by a landslide (kp), Onsari
Gharti
elected CA vice-chair: 484 of 489 lawmakers present cast
vote in her favour (ht), UCPN
(M)
demands CA chair’s wings clipped: Maoist lawmakers
proposed that the CA chair and the vice chair should
have equal power (kp) [??],
Powering
on:
Now that Cabinet has been formed, the focus must be a
constitution and local elections (kp), Minister
selection
process: UML‘overlooked’ elected leaders, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Non-inclusive
cabinet:
Learn a lesson for the CA (rep), US:
The
new government has a unique opportunity, by Akhilesh
Upadhyay (kp) [The demands
concerning development efforts are necessary but the US obviously still lack
understanding of Nepal's realities!!], The
art
of the impossible: A coalition Cabinet has been formed
but there is no telling how mutual disgruntlement will
manifest, by Deepak Thapa (kp), RPP
dissatisfied,
seeks two ministries (ht), UCPN-M
claims
credit for republican set-up in country (ht), Govt
accused
of delaying justice; Punish killers of Krishna Prasad
Adhikari: HURON (ht), Making
Local
Governance Meaningful: Give Constitutional Space, by
Mukti Rijal (rn), Local
elections
in six months: Deputy PM Singh (nn), Now
Focus
On Writing Constitution, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Home
Ministry
row blown out of proportion, interview with Krishna
Prasad Sitaula, NC General Secretary (rep), Appearance
and
reality: NC-UML is a marriage of compulsion, not
convenience; The parties that fought for weeks over
ministerial berths are unlikely to turn into trusted
couple overnight, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
26/02/2014: UML
on
board, 19 ministers sworn in, by Anil Giri (kp), NC-UML
coalition
gets 20 new ministers: Six of them are not even CA
members; Twelve ministers first timers, including the PM,
by Prakash Acharya (ht), Koirala
cabinet
finally takes shape: Gautam and Singh become DPMs; Mahat
gets Finance and Pandey Foreign Affairs, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), CPN-UML
team
draws flak for non-MPs selection, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), UML
lower
rungs in rift over cabinet names (rep), Many
NC
leaders not invited to oath ceremony (kp), Two
in
CA VC race; Gharti likely winner (kp), Onsari
Gharti
Magar elected CA Vice-Chairperson (nn), Speaker
concerned
about lack of agenda (kp), CA
panel
number bone of contention: Suggestions are for creating
five committees in total - three thematic and two
procedural (kp), Will
Congress-UML
Coalition Deliver?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
25/02/2014: Women’s
representation
in ca: Fallen strength worries female members, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), PM
to
appoint Congress, UML ministers today, by Anil Giri
and Bhadra Sharma (kp), Deal
opens
Cabinet door to expansion: Cong, UML to get 10
ministries each, six to go to fringe parties (ht), Congress
to
finalise its ministerial names today (ht), NC,
UML
allocate ministries, but fail to pick ministers
(rep), UCPN-M
to
field Gharti for CA vice-chair: Bhattarai likely to head
Constitutional Committee (ht), Stray
explosives
pose public security threat, by Weena Pun (kp), Police
station
in mine-infested area, by Mohan Budhair (kp), Bill
to
oust ordinances: Bill to oust ordinances: Nineteen of
the total 24 ordinances need to be replaced by
parliament, by Pranab Kharel (kp), House
forms
special security committee (kp), UCPN
(M)
seeks Prez re-election (kp), Hold
fresh
prez election: UCPN-Maoist; Alleges Congress, CPN-UML
compromised on the issue for a ministry (ht), Corruption
travails:
Seven high-level commissions have been formed to reform
the bureaucracy; yet, nothing has changed, by
Narayan Manandhar (kp), Non-communist
constitution:
If Maoists had managed to push through a constitution in
first CA, it would have been a communist constitution
with core communist jargon and undemocratic features,
by Sukhdev Shah (rep) [??
Neither did the UCPN-M have the necessary majority to
push something through nor is the current perspective of
continued conservatism and non-inclusion of any help for
Nepal's future!!], Constitution
Within
A Year?, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Worried
About
Constitution? You Get Or Forget?, by Prem Khatry
(rn)
24/02/2014: UML
decides
to join Koirala govt: PM agrees to give partner Home,
Information ministries, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-UML
agrees
to join Koirala-led govt, by Prakash Acharya (ht), UML
likely
to join government today: Gautam to becoma DPM, home
minister, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Coalition
after
PM cedes Home turf, by Anil Giri (kp), Gautam
to
be home minister (ht), UML
authorizes
Gautam to pick up ministerial nominees (nn), Deuba
faction
warns of staying out of govt (ht), Cabinet
expansion
delay affects bureaucratic work (kp), Big
II
against caucuses (kp), 7-point
pact
detrimental to nation, says Rayamajhi (kp), CA
vice
chair poll schedule out (ht), Promulgate
constitution
before local polls: Pun (ht), Power-sharing
with
CPN-UML: Compulsion for NC, by Birendra P. Mishra
(ht), Not
a
Very Hopeful Start, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), The
prerequisites:
While all efforts should be directed at a timely
constitution, the importance of participatory
constitutionalism, the raison d'être of the CA, must not
be overlooked, by Raju Prasad Chapagai (rep)
23/02/2014: UML
leaders
hint at staying out of govt: Say will focus on
constitution writing and local election instead, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Majority
against
joining govt sans home ministry: To continue support to
NC government, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), NC
betrayed
deal reached (ht), Cabinet
expansion
mired in Koirala-Deuba row (kp), Euphoria
withers
as cabinet expansion delayed, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep), Cabinet
expansion
likely today (ht), Koirala
positive
to give Home Ministry to UML (nn), Breakthrough:
UML
central committee decides to join govt (nn), NC-UML
talks
conclude; more discussions on Monday (nn), Home
row
for rigging local polls: Pun (kp), NC,
UML
have intentions to misuse power: Kamal Thapa (nn), House
rules
drafted; panel divided over CA procedure, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai and Binod Ghimire (kp), CA
panel
for 14 House committees, by Ashok Dahal (rep), Own
first
CA’s work for timely statute: Leaders (kp)
22/02/2014: NC
waits
for UML to expand Cabinet: In the event of NC not giving
Home Ministry to UML, Deuba has claimed the post for his
faction (kp), Govt
expansion
deferred again (rep), Koirala
still
hopeful of roping in UML (ht), UML
CC
meet to dwell on govt, convention (kp), UML
calls
prez fiat unconstitutional: Wonders why Koirala is
silent on the issue (ht), UML
demands
PM reject prez's 7-pt directive (rep), Prez
gave
no to-do list, PM tells House (kp), Rights
situation
worse in Regmi’s tenure: Insec (kp), Relaunch
De-mining
op: NHRC to Govt (kp), Forgery
case
filed against RPP-Nepal (ht), Making
the
leap: Conservatism, incrementalism and traditional
structure cannot address new realities; A fresh approach
is required to transform the original structure, by
Gaurav SJB Rana (rep)
21/02/2014: Statute
countdown
began on Jan 22, says Nembang, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), CA
rules
drafting panel may seek extra time (kp), Four
committees
proposed in CA: Political committee to replace
constitutional committee, by Ashok Dahal (rep), New
CA
hopes for more assertive Nembang, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), CA
vice-chair
to be elected on Feb 26 (ht), Comatose
government:
The country is exactly where it was 14 years ago
(nt), NC
fails
to pick its ministers (nn), UML
to
join govt only if NC adheres to 7-point agreement
(kp), CPB-UML
adamant
on home ministry (ht), UML
says
no to government sans home ministry (rep), UML
leader
Poudel objects President’s directive to PM (nn), BRB
flays
Koirala, Nembang, Regmi (kp), Election
of
those who killed CA unfortunate: BRB (ht), Little
possibility
of Madhesi parties forging party unity: Yadav (nn),
Human
rights
situation worse in western region (ht), Torture
victim
moves UN’s rights panel (ht), Bouncing
back:
To regain its political ground, the UCPN (Maoist) needs
to stick to agendas of change, by Dipendra Jha (kp),
Presidential
prerogatives:
Both the President and Prime Minister must respect their
roles as outlined in the Interim Constitution, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), The
architecture
of democracy: Indigenise Nepal’s polity by addressing
the birth defects this Constituent Assembly has
inherited from the previous one, by Bihari K.
Shrestha (nt), Leading
the
young, by Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt)
20/02/2014: 4
CA thematic committees proposed (kp), CA
Chair
Nembang has tough task ahead, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), CA
chair
says parties have 11 months to deliver constitution
(ht), Nembang
for
owning deals reached in previous CA (rep), Give
me
a sign: Constitution making (rep), Election
of
CA Vice-Chair on Feb 26 (nn), Poll
expenditure
details: EC seeks action against violators (kp), PM
preparing
to expand Cabinet: May induct NC ministers tomorrow even
if UML refuses to join (ht), UML
pushes
for statute amendment: Seeks motion in house to endorse
prez, vice-prez, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), UML
needs
respectable position, says Nepal: ‘NC domination
unacceptable’ (ht), Nepali
Congress
wants an all-powerful Prime Minister, interview with
Shankar Pokharel , CPN-UML (rep), People’s
movement
injured vent ire (ht), 2013
saw
rise in number of human rights violations (ht) [see
summary of INSEC report], Lingering
Political
Imbroglio, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Will
Nepal
survive? How would Nepal survive the loss of its
national emblems, Sagarmatha and Gautama Buddha?, by
Aditya Man Shrestha (rep)
19/02/2014: Nembang
on
CA chair, again: With backing from NC, he is elected
unopposed to top post by the 571-member CA, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai and Binod Ghimire (kp), Nembang
elected
CA chair unopposed: Gets bouquets and brickbats from
lawmakers; Urged not to repeat past mistakes (ht), Nembang
unopposed
as CA chair, by Kosh Raj Koirala and Ashok Dahal
(kp), An
old
hand at parliamentary business (ht), UML
in
dilemma as Congress gives what it asked for, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), UML
not
to budge on home ministry (rep), Respectable
position
needed: UML; Bamdev Gautam says his party won’t accept
any position Congress gives (ht), Unwritten
deal
with NC was a mistake: UML (nn), Dahal
vents
ire at Big II; Kamal Thapa of RPP-Nepal warns parliament
against politics of negation (kp),
UCPN
(Maoist)
alleges NC, UML violating spirit of consensus (rep),
Insurgency
victim
Maina remembered (ht) [The criminals from among the army will never be
punsihed!!!], Identity
crisis:
Having seemingly abandoned the class struggle, the
Maoists are now searching for a new political identity,
by Prakash Chandra Lohani, RPP (kp)
18/02/2014: CA
to
elect chairman today: NC and UML to vote for Subas
Nembang; UCPN (M) and allies may field Krishna B Mahara
(kp), UML
seeks
support for Nembang to chair CA: Congress, RPP-Nepal,
fringe forces pledge to vote in favour (ht), Nembang
almost
certain to become CA chairman: Maoists undecided
(rep), UCPN
(Maoist)
decides to support Nembang's candidacy for CA Chair
(nn), Subash
Nembang
elected unanimous House Speaker (nn), PM
adamant
against conceding Finance, Home, by Losh Raj Koirala
(rep), NC
urges
coalition partner to join govt (ht), What
Ails
The New Government?, by Shyam K.C. (rn), RPP-Nepal
taken
to task over nominations (ht), Stay
order
on UCPN-Maoist PR candidate’s CA membership (ht), Power
game
at the helm: Threat of repetition, by Dilli Raj
Khanal (ht), Tail
wags
the dog: Even though the framers of our constitution
have accepted the principles of federalism they haven't
imbibed the spirit, by Bishal Thapa (rep)
17/02/2014: Nefin
stir
to secure favourable statute (kp), Election
panel
seeks govt letter for local, by-polls (kp), EC
for
local bodies polls before mid-June (ht),
CA
chairman
poll: CPN-UML, UCPN (Maoist) in the race, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), CA
chair
election tomorrow (ht), NC
issues
whip, to vote for UML candidate (kp), Spokesperson:
Sense
& Sensibility, by P. Kharel (rn), UCPN
(Maoist)
not to join govt now (kp), UCPN-M
to
stay out of government (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
won't join govt: Bogati (rep), UML
will
form govt after three months: Panta (ht) [And
when will you start to do what you have been elected
for???], Thaw
in
NC, UML relations: Koirala for no coalition partner
other than UML, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Crisis
of
confidence: NC-UML dispute is now dragging the country
to a new crisis in governance (kp), Crack
In
Coalition, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn) [in
which coalition???], LGBTs
warn
of protests if excluded from CA (rep), Fewer
CA
committees mooted for swift constitution drafting:
Suggestions to reduce the number of procedural
committees to two, by Pranab Kharel (kp), A
law for parties: Corruption in financing and a volatile
political space require a comprehensive law regulating
parties, by Tika P. Dhakal (kp), Anti-money
laundering
measures: FATF asks Nepal to enact five ordinances
(kp), The
Dajyu
sndrome: The state is the only hope for Madheshis and
they would have to to join hands across party lines to
make it more Madhesh-friendly, by C.K. Lal (rep)
16/02/2014: A
month on, CA without agenda (kp), Sushil-led
Government, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km) [see part
2 (24/02/2014), part
3 (14/03/2014), part
4 (17/03/2014), part
5 (23/03/2014), part
6 (05/03/2014), part
7 (14/04/2014), part
8 (21/04/2014), part
9 (27/04/2014), part
10 (02/05/2014), part
11 (07/05/2014), part
12 (12/05/2014), part
13 (26/05/2014), part
14 (01/06/2014), part
15 (07/06/2014), part
16 (14/06/2014), part
17 (10/06/2014), part
18 (24/06/2014), Part
19 (01/07/2014), part
20 (03/07/2014), part
21 (08/07/2014), part
23 (18/07/2014), part
22 (27/07/2014), part
24 (31/07/2014), part
25 (04/08/2014), part
26 (09/08/2014), part
27 (19/08/2014), part
28 (05/09/2014), part
29 (21/09/2014), part
30 (08/10/2014), part
30A (08/10/2014), part
31 (12/10/2014), part
32 (21/10/2014), part
33 (23/10/2014), part
35 (06/11/2014), part
36 (10/11/2014), part
38 (18/11/2014), part
39 (21/11/2014), part
40 (30/11/2014), part
37 (04/12/2014), part
41 (10/12/2014), part
42 (21/12/2014), part
43 (28/12/2014), part
44 (08/01/2015), part
45 (15/01/2015), part
46 (23/01/2015), part
47 (29/01/2015), part
48 (06/02/2015), part
49 (11/02/2015), part
50 (14/02/2015), part
51 (20/02/2015), part
52 (04/03/2015), part
53 (12/03/2015), part
54 (27/03/2015), part
55 (30/03/2015), part
56 (06/04/2015), part
57 (12/04/2015), part
58 (18/04/2015)], Koirala
courts
Dahal as option; Dahal’s advice: Reconcile with UML to
form a stable govt, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Dahal
offers
support to Koirala-led government: Says delay in
expanding Cabinet not giving good impression in relation
to statute drafting task (ht), UML
won’t
join govt even with home ministry: Poudel (ht), UML
distanced,
Oli’s ambitions may be hit, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Near
nil
chance of UML joining NC-led govt: Paudel; 'NC reluctant
to elect UML man as CA chair' (rep), UCPN-M
claims
CA chair Congress, UML fail: Ready to lead govt if to
rise to the occasion (ht), PWDs
end
hunger strike after govt assurance (rep), Government
to
facilitate statute writing within year: PM (rep) [Which government??? What are your
ideas on main issues of the constitution??? When did you
talk to other parties on theses issues??? Especially,
when did you discuss these issues with representatives
of the numerous social groups of the country, i.e.
outside the circle of male Bahuns????], Conflict
victims
deprived of govt relief, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp), A
daal-bhaat issue: For many Nepalis, democracy, human
rights and good governance are matters of survival,
by Kirsten Geelan (kp) [see report Rights and Governance in Nepal], Biting
The
Bullet, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
15/02/2014: Cabinet
expansion
gets bogged down in Home row (kp), NC-UML
negotiations
over Home deadlocked: Mahat and Sitaula for conceding
(rep), Ungentlemanly:
Home
Ministry dispute (rep), Berth
pangs
delay Cabinet expansion (ht), PM
for
NC to retain berth (kp), Koirala's
test:
Koirala must show tthat as an executive head, he holds
the rein of power, not his aides or deputies, by
Tika P. Dhakal (rep), House
defers
PM felicitation event: NC-UML tussle over Home portfolio
led the House speaker to put off the event set for Friday,
by Pranab Kharel (kp), Tussle
over
home haunts House (ht), Vocational
training
benefits war victims, by Biplav Maharjan (kp), Local
Body
Elections Best Remedy To Local Malaise, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn), EU
EOM-N
seeks statutory safeguard for PR seats (rep)
14/02/2014: NC-UML
power
dispute lingers on (kp), Deadlock
over
home portfolio continues: Nepali Congress MPs urge prime
minister not to give home ministry to CPN-UML, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Don’t
alienate
UML: Cong lawmakers (kp), Oli
rebuffs
PM's talks offer: UML leaders hinting at alternative to
Gautam for home minister (rep), Home
ministry
bone of contention as local election nears, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep), The
year
of living dangerously; It’s very simple: KP Oli needs
Bam Dev and Bam Dev wants the Home Ministry, by
Anurag Acharya (nt), Whose
Home
is it anyway? Sushil Koirala’s first of many hurdles is
to untangle the Home Ministry knot, by Trishna Rana
(nt), Another
crossroad:
He may have once hijacked a plane, now Sushil Koirala
needs to steer the country towards stability (nt), Prez
directive
discomfiting: Mahat (rep), Call
to
ensure CA seats for disabled (kp), Private
sector
hopes for action from new government: About two dozen
laws witing to be endorsed, by Rudra Pangeni (rep),
The
new
government: Not At Home, by Abijit Sharma (sp), Odd
Allies:
Portrayed as Mr. Clean, prime minister Sushil Koirala's
journey will face many storms, by Keshab Poudel
(sp), Civic
Education
For Democratic Practice, by Dev Raj Dahal (sp), Utter
Lack
of Urgency, by Dipak Gyawali (sp)
13/02/2014: Intra-party
feuds
fuel Home Ministry row (kp), No
pact
yet with UML: PM Koirala (kp), No
home
ministry deal with UML: PM (ht),
Rigidity
over
home ministry sours NC-UML ties: Nepali Congress says
there was no deal (rep), NC
should
not haggle over Home Ministry: Sujata (ht), Khanal
downplays
differences with NC (ht), Race
heats
up in NC for ministerial berths (kp), Prez
reminds
PM of seven-point work (ht), 49-member
panel
to draft CA rules of procedures, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), 49-member
panel
to amend CA regulations (ht), Differently-abled
warn
of fast-unto-death to ensure berths in CA (ht), The
blind
and the clueless: The modern industrial sector, where
most government money and foreign aid goes, has been
captured by the elites, by Lal Shanker Ghimire (kp),
Flourishing
Spoils
System, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), New
constitution
must be made by stepping on CPA, interview with
Baburam Bhattarai (rep)
12/02/2014: Marginalised
groups
demand nomination for 26 CA seats (kp), UML
threatens
to stay away from govt, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Koirala
sworn
in, UML stays out: NC’s Prakash Man Singh also declines
to take oath, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Koirala
assumes
office as PM: UML opts to stay out of govt unless given
home ministry, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Home
Ministry
row dogs coalition: The row had deepened due to upcoming
local elections and the prospect of Bam Dev Gautam
leading it, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Home
Ministry
row: Koirala denies any promise; Khanal prays to God
(nn), UML
leader
says party may remain in opposition but still create
amicable environment for statute (nn), Regmi
steps
down as CJ (kp) [This does
not justify that he did not step down in March 2013!!],
Regmi
steps
down as chief justice: 'Scored a political success but
set a bad precedent', by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), ICJ
welcomes
Regmi’s decision (kp), ICJ
hails
ex-govt chief for not returning to apex court (ht),
To
receive
ex-PM facilities (kp), On
hunger
and thirst: The hunger strike is the last resort for
those with no means of rabble-rousing, by Pranaya
SJB Rana (kp), Economy
first:
How will the future states of Nepal create an
environment for growth and investment to sustain
themselves?, by Saloman Rajbanshi (kp), Can
Untainted
Koirala Tackle All Challenges?, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn)
11/02/2014: Koirala
elected
prime minister: Votes for: 405; Votes against: 148,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Koirala
elected
PM, to be sworn in today, by Arjun Bhandari and Ram
K. Kant (ht), Sushil
Koirala
becomes Nepal's 37th PM: Political government back after
11 months, by Thira L. Bhusal and Ashok Dahal (rep),
‘Squeaky
clean’
politician (kp), Committed
to
democracy (ht), Top
job
at last for simple-living NC veteran, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), Fingers
crossed:
Sushil Koirala as new PM (rep), Oath
today
as Home dispute festers (kp), NC,
UML
still wrangling over home ministry (rep), Built
to
last: A stable Koirala govt will greatly help complete
the constitution-writing process (kp) [The
problem is that it is already unstable on the very first
day!!], CPN-UML
decides
not to join government (nn), UML
will
not let NC 'live in peace': Gautam (nn), Madhesi
parties
shun Koirala: Madhesi leaders say that they are
apprehensive about Koirala government’s ability to
address their concerns, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Keep
your
promises, private sector tells new government, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp), Pvt
sector
emphasises on merit: Stresses on economic development,
constitution-drafting process (ht), Regmi
‘not
to return’ to Supreme Court (kp), Regmi
as
chief to justice resign today (ht), Cases
of
poll violence ‘neglected’, by Laxmi Sah (kp),
Lawmakers
asked
to reject TRC Ordinance (ht), Let
us
be: The international community should not distract the
CA members with seminars and study tours, by Binod
Sijapati (kp), Sense
of
balance: The fresh mandate of the elections must be kept
in mind while taking ownership of decisions of the last
CA, by Shyam Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), A
New Beginning?, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Predicting
the
unpredictable: If the formation of the government alone
proved to be such an uphill task, imagine the drafting
of the constitution, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Unity
of
purpose: We need to establish a tradition of the largest
party forming government but with full backing of major
parties in case of no confidence motion, by Sukhdev
Shah (rep)
10/02/2014: Congress,
UML
close deal: 7-point pact paves way for a new govt under
Koirala, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Big
2
to have similar share in Cabinet (kp), Koirala
poised
to become PM today (ht), Koirala
set
to become PM today, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Koirala
elected
prime minister with 405 votes (nn), Bamdev
Gautam
named for DPM, home minister, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep), Koirala
to
be tested by party, statute writing (kp), UML
volte-face
paves way for power-sharing, by Bhadra Sharma (kp),
Bar
suggests
Regmi not retake chief justice post (kp), NBA
plans
protest against Regmi rejoining judiciary (ht), Major
parties
have pledged to take ownership of CA-I, interview
with Ram Sharan Mahat (kp), Sutra
for
progressive constitution (ht), Ongoing
Power
Struggle, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Treasure
trove:
Education in mother tongue is a must to help
marginalized youth gain social acceptance without
compromising on their identity, by Roshan Adhikari
(rep)
09/02/2014: Prez
election:
Congress, UML stick to their guns (kp), Big
II
fail to work out issues related to deal on
power-sharing: NC not banking solely on UML; Congress
President starts process of consulting other parties,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Ties
between
NC and UML turn trickier: Oli's election as PP leader
was game changer, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Secretariat
gets
no pm names on Day 1 (kp), NC,
UML
collect prime ministerial poll forms (ht), UML
not
to file candidacy for PM (rep), NC,
UML
finally break the ice; agree on power sharing; document
to be signed shortly (nn), Mist
cleared;
Koirala registers PM candidacy at parliament secretariat
(nn), NC,
UML
join hands, six-point agreement made (nn), Pressure
on
Maoists in and outside party to join govt, by Ashok
Dahal (rep), NC
turns
to UCPN (Maoist) for support (nn), UCPN
(M)
Dahal hints the party might join the government
(nn), Bhattarai
asks
prez to take initiative (ht), FSPN
panel
to lead unification efforts (kp), Old
challenges
for new CA: Chalise (kp), Strange
bedfellows:
Communists practicing in a democratic polity must accept
intra-party rivalries as normal, by Jainendra Jeevan
(kp), Quest
for
more: Despite the gloomy political state of affairs,
there is a growing sense of hope in the Nepali people,
by Abhi Subedi (kp), UML
PP
Leader Election Rise of New Syndicate?, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn), Opening
the
door: Although SC verdict on TRC is a landmark, victims
are unconvinced about the nation's ability to implement
it, by Raju Prasad Chapagai (rep), Next
Nepali
Prime Minister, by Surya B. Prasai (nn)
08/02/2014: CPN-UML
not
to claim PM post: It believes NC is the rightful party
to lead government (kp), UML
PP
leader addresses house: Oli seeks vote for key posts
(kp), Oli
against
retaining President Yadav: His diatribe against Congress
queers power-sharing equation, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Onus
on
NC: Government formation (rep), UML,
Maoists:
Prez poll to honor democratic norms; Don't make prez
post part of horse trading: NC (rep), UCPN-M
keeps
options to join govt open (ht), Gender
minorities
to stage protests for CA seat, by Anjali Subedi
(rep), Chitwan
squatters
won't vote if poll-time promises not fulfilled, by
Chandni Hamal (rep), NBA
to
protest Regmi's return to SC (rep)
07/02/2014: Big
2
still at odds over power pact, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Top
Two
bargaining hard for their pie in new dispensation,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Khanal,
Oli
positive on coalition govt (kp), UML
not
in race for PM: Poudel (ht), Leadership
handover
issue comes to fore in UML, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), Constitution
writing:
Dahal wants his role defined (kp), NBA
to
protest Regmi’s return (kp), Chhori
Maya
missing case: AHRC rues delayed justice (kp), Sharing
sorrow
to ease pain: Nearly eight years after the conflict
ended, female relatives of victims find strength in
numbers, by Juanita Malagon (nt), Everyday
cost
of bandhs Rs 1.79 bn: Strikes trigger inflation, affect
tourist inflow (ht), Know
your
right: The new government must work to remove obstacles
for implementing the Right to Information Act, by
Vinaya Kasajoo (kp), Lessons
unlearned:
Despite widening rifts, there is still time for the
Congress to consolidate and maintain its unity, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), The
female
factor: No rights without citizenship, by Dipak
Gyawali (rep)
06/02/2014: PM
poll
details out, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), PM
election
schedule published (ht), NC,
UML
talk power sharing (ht), Demand
for
prez election may delay govt formation (rep), UML
to
form govt if NC fails (kp), Two
to
tango: Shaky NC-UML ties could get shakier with Oli’s
election as UML PP leader (kp), NC
instructs
its lawmakers to be Present at PM vote (kp), Battle
for
Madheshi party hot seat: Mahato and Yadav in leadership
tussle, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Madhesi
parties
unification only after new government (rep), Parliament
passes
poll related ordinances (ht), Anti-money
laundering:
House okays ordinance despite Maoist objection (kp),
Constitute
TRC
without delay: Rayamajhi (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
pushes for early formation of TRC (rep), Four
leaders
withdraw constituency (kp), Differently
abled
begin relay hunger strike (kp), Regmi’s
possible
return to judiciary sparks controversy (ht), Bitter
realities:
Where is a Nepali Arvind Kejriwal to infuse new hope, or
a ‘Rahul Koirala’ to fight the system from within?,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), Constructing
federalism:
Federalism debate must focus on combining effective
governance with recognition of diversity within the
population, by Yogendra Paneru (kp), On
Consensus
Politics, by Gyan Basnet and Shailendra K. Shrestha
(rn), Another
Bite
At The Cherry, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
05/02/2014: Marginalized
groups
to mount pressure for representation in CA, by
Anjali Subedi (rep), Double
winners
withdraw from one constituency (nn), PM
election
on ‘February 10’: Voting process to begin at 11 am
(kp), Date
for
voting to elect PM set for February 10 (ht), PM
election
on Feb 10 (rep), NC
pushes
Koirala as PM, fixes Cabinet set-up terms, by Anil
Giri (kp), NC
swings
into high gear to form govt: Wants inclusive Cabinet
with as many parties as possible, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), NC
urged
to keep all options open for forming new govt, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Oli
pips
Khanal in PP vote: Backed by Gautam, Oli wins 98 of the
total 173 votes to beat UML chairman by 23 votes, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Oli
turns
the table on party chair, big-time: Defeats Khanal in PP
election with 23 votes, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Oli
defeats
UML chairman Khanal for PP leader: In a first since
1991, PP leader is other than party chief, by Thira
L. Bhusal (rep), NC-UML
coalition
will form strong govt: Oli (nn), No
end
to miseries of conflict victims in sight, by Raj
Kumar Parajuli (ht), Nepal
objects
to rotation culture (ht), Parliamentary
perversions:
Systemic perversions in parliamentary democracy cannot
ensure political stability and legitimacy, by Lok
Raj Baral (kp), Blood
over
water: The consequences of the Madhesi parties’ nepotism
in selecting PR candidates will manifest in the next
election, by Dipendra Jha (kp), Too
much
politicking: Constitution-writing suffers, by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht), The
to-do
list: People are frustrated by narrow personal interests
of leaders, their hypocracy and expedience, and
deteriorating quality of leadership, by Bhagirath
Basnet (rep)
04/02/2014: President
calls
parties to form majority govt (kp), Prez
asks
House to form majority govt (ht), PM
poll
date likely tomorrow (kp),
Election
for
the prime minister on 10 Feb (nn),
UML
PP
leader: Khanal and Oli in the fray (kp), CPN-UML
set
to elect PP leader today (ht), Khanal,
Oli
in intense lobbying for support, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), KP
Oli
wins the race against Khanal in PP leader voting
(nn), Congress
CWC
meet to focus on govt formation (kp), NC
summons
CWC as Prez calls for majority govt (rep), Cong
working
on broader guideline for power sharing (ht), Koirala’s
challenges, by Rajendra Pokharel (nn), RPP-N
for
panels to adopt past CA pacts (kp), Power
dressing:
The UML’s instruction to its lawmakers to wear daura
suruwal is reminiscent of Panchayat-era politics, by
Pramod Bhagat (kp) [Long live
Bahunbad!!!], Away
from
consensus: A postmodern world cannot go hand-in-hand
with the grand narrative of consensus, by Raj Kumar
Baral (kp), The
Elusive
Consensus, by Shyam K.C. (rn)
03/02/2014: The
marginalised:
Issues political agenda no more, by Weena Pun (kp),
Parties
fail
to form consensus govt, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Parties
near
majority govt: Power-sharing deal still remains a tall
order for the two largest parties (kp), Process
of
electing PM (ht), Make
haste:
Government formation (rep), March
of
history: Though it now looks inevitable, majority govts
have a poor history (kp), Change
in
UML power equation, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Gautam
backs
Oli in PP leadership race (ht), Race
for
PP leader becomes two-way battle: Bam Dev Gautam sides
with K.P. Oli, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Maoists
vying
for Assembly chair (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
forms 'shadow cabinet', by Ashok Dahal (rep), House
legitimises
Regmi govt, CA elections: Two-third majority votes in
favour of prez order; MJF-N,NWPP oppose 25-point decree,
by Prakash Acharya (ht) [Is it a
legitimate and constitutional procedure to legitimise
stepps that should not have been taken without
legimation almost one year back??], Statute
hurdle
removal endorsed, by Binod Ghimire (kp), 3
Madhes-based parties at variance, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), Congress,
UML
gear up for local election, by Birendra KC (kp), Threat
to
take Adhikari murder to global fora (ht), The
expanding
middle: By the time of the next election, the Nepali
middle class will constitute a decisive majority of
voters, by Tika P. Dhakal (kp), The
UML
has no qualms about staying in opposition, interview
with Ishwar Pokhrel (kp), Maoists
In
Dilemma, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
02/02/2014: Unity
govt
elusive, majority one likely: With support of 13
parties, NC making final bid for consensus govt today,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Consensus
government
unlikely, parleys to form a majority government
(nn), Congress
ready
to form majority government: To try for consensus today
as well; Some parties to sit in opposition, others still
undecided (ht), Parties
headed
toward majority govt: Not to seek deadline extension for
consensus, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Prez
to
decide on deadline extension (ht), Koirala
urges
President to initiate majority govt process; UCPN (M),
RPP-N to stay in opposition (nn), ‘Prez
poll
a must’ (ht), Dahal
secures
PP leadership (kp), PWDs
to
stage hunger strike for CA representation (rep), Nine
financial
ordinances tabled at the house (nn), Power
to
women: Women’s participation in decision-making is
crucial to building a strong state, by Samira Paudel
(kp), NC
Mustn’t
Be Stuck In Time Warp, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
01/02/2014: Oli
may
field Bhandari if his PP leader bid fails (kp), Bidya
Bhandari
in race for PP leader: 'She might file candidacy if K P
Oli senses his defeat' (rep), Dahal
to
be the UCPN (M) parliamentary party leader (nn), Consensus,
power-sharing
a tall order for Congress, by Anil Giri (kp), ‘EC
working
to hold local polls’ (kp), HRW,
ICJ
note concerns about TRC Ordinance (kp), ICJ,
HRW
urge govt to enact new mechanism (ht) [see statement
by
HRW], Int'l
rights
groups urge Nepal to respect SC's ruling on human rights
(nn), Give
More
Teeth To TRC, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
31/01/2014: NC
could
go for coalition govt (kp), Parties
push
for majority govt (kp), Time
to
go for majority govt: Leaders, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), UML
task
force holds talks with Congress (kp), NC
in
no mood to compromise on prez poll (ht), Stuck
with
you: Sushil Koirala may become the next Prime Minister,
but he is already a lame duck, by Anurag Acharya
(nt), ‘Vote
on
Tuesday if no consensus’, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-UML
to
elect PP leader on February 4: Khanal,Oli in fray; Bid
for consensus candidate still on, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), UML
to
vote for PP leader Feb 4: Gautam support crucial, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), More
lawmakers
oppose ‘controversial’ ordinances (kp), RPP-N
demands
‘proper share’ of power (kp) [What
is proper for a party that owns 4% of the MPs??],
CPN-M
set
to bring fringe leftist forces, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), Govt
to
replace TRC Ordinance with fresh Bills on two
commissions (ht), Country
on
autopilot: There must be some meaning and advantage to
Nepal being a country with a historically evolved land
frontier, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Foreign
Interference,
Politics And Media, by D.M. Thapa (rn), Back
to
square zero: For every step we take forward, we seem to
take two back, by Trishna Rana (nt), Houses
Divided:
Major political parties need to bridge the trust deficit
to make sure that the past did not repeat, by Abijit
Sharma (sp), Finally
Convened, by Tilak Rawal (sp)
30/01/2014: Bit
parties
block past CA pacts: Big 3 put proposals on hold after
strong opposition, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Big
Three
fail to push proposal through CA: RPP-N, RJ threaten to
obstruct House session, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Show
some
guts: Tabling federal motion (rep), Second
CA
meet forms business advisory panel (kp), Unified
in
name only: Top UML leaders engage in battle of
one-upmanship, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), No
deal
on PP leader in CPN-UML (ht), UML
to
elect its PP leader on 4 February (nn), First
things
first (ht), Conflict
victims
cry foul as TRC ordinance tabled (rep), War
victims
tell govt to heed to SC (kp), ‘Living
martyr’
status sought for paralysed Kayastha (ht), Plaints
against
8 out of 14 bills (kp), United
we
stand: Fragmented Madhesi parties look to come together
to be relevant in the CA (kp), Foreign
ambassadors
running 'parallel government" in Nepal: Thapa (nn) [???], The
great
unknown: Supposed influence of foreigners has become a
handy tool for politicians to discredit legitimate
demands, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Towards
Writing
The Constitution, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Alarming
signs:
The state failure in health and education sectors
signals the beginning of state failure, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep)
29/01/2014: Big
3
‘to adopt’ old CA pacts: Six-member task force to
prepare a proposal to ensure new constitution in one
year, by Anil Giri (kp) [To
adopt the suggestions of the different committees of
CA-I would even be more important than the adoption of
the agrrements between the high lever party
politicians!!], Big
Three
get down to business: To table proposal today with
commitment to get statute in a year (ht) [What
did such commitments mean so far? Absolutely nothing!!],
Big
3
to reaffirm federal democratic republic at new CA: Panel
to suggest what to own from past CA, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), NC
told
to come up with concrete proposal (kp), Parties
advised
3-step formula, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), ‘Don’t
impose
first CA’s decisions’ (kp), UML
not
to drop demand for prez poll (ht), UCPN
(M)
against joining NC-led govt (kp), Six
ordinances
tabled in House (ht), Legal
experts
decry tabling of TRC bill (kp), Two-state
plan
in Karnali costs UCPN (M) dear, say locals, by Janak
Nepal (kp), Time
to
go: President Ram Baran Yadav has served the republic
well, it is time to step down, by Narayan Manandhar
(kp), Falling
short:
Underestimating victims' need for justice and
overestimating the power of wrongdoers will create a
vicious cycle of conflict, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti
(rep)
28/01/2014: Hearing
on
CA nominees slated for Feb 3 (ht), PMO
ordered
to attend hearing on 26 CA seats (rep), Power
sharing
deal: NC seeks UML support: The two largest parties in
CA‘agree’ on forming consensus government (kp), NC
starts
formal talks on govt formation (rep), NC
bids
to bring all under unity govt: Calls on all 30 political
parties in Constituent Assembly to support it, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), All-party
meet
for formation of new govt kicks off (nn), UML
calls
meeting to discuss Cong letter: May support from outside
if its concerns not addressed (ht), Better
now:
President reelection (nn), Dahal
to
assume PP leadership (kp), Dahal
likely
to be Maoist PP leader, by Ashok Dahal (rep), 5
ordinances tabled in the house (kp), Difficult
mix:
Given the Maoist reluctance to embrace accomodation and
tolerance, why are their democratic commitments taken
seriously?, by Sukhdev Shah (rep) [??],
What
next?
The Supreme Court decision has no timeframe for thew
dissappearance commission, creating lot of uncertainty,
by Ram Kumar Bhandari and Erik B. Wilson (rep), Imagined
territories:
Adivasis/Janajatis must prevent political parties from
exploiting their culture to gain power, by Gérard
Toffin (kp)
27/01/2014: Koirala
elected
NC PP leader: Congress president defeats Deuba by 16
votes, sets to become country’s next PM, by Anil
Giri (kp), Koirala
to
head parliamentary party (ht), Koirala
defeats
Deuba to become NC PP leader: Both sides emphasize on
cooperation (rep), Devoted
to
democracy (kp) [on Sushil Koirala], Double
vision:
NC PP leader election (rep), Past
one
hurdle: Koirala should reach out to the Deuba faction by
offering them seats in govt (kp) [Such
procedure would guarantee another oversized government!],
Prez
calls
for consensus government by Feb 2 (ht), Prez
gives
parties a week to form new govt: Parliament session
begins (rep), House
session
gets under way (kp), Parties
ready
to own up first CA’s decisions, by Binod Ghimire
(kp), Big
Three
vow to capitalise on last CA’s gains, by Arjun
Bhandari and Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Majority
for
fresh president poll (kp), Dahal
likely
to become UCPN-M PP leader: Maoist central committee
meeting postponed (ht), UCPN
(M)'s
top leadership to decide upon consensus candidate for
party's PP leader (nn), UCPN
(M)
will help ensure new constitution within a year despite
remaining in opposition: Dahal (nn), Whither
The
New Government?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
26/01/2014: Divided
NC
goes to vote today: Koirala and Deuba to contest poll
after Poudel joins hands with the party president,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Binod Ghimire (kp), Koirala,
Deuba
in NC PP leadership fray: Paudel throws his weight
behind NC prez; Consensus bid between the two sides
still on (ht), Koirala,
Deuba
fail to strike a deal: Leaders to continue consensus
efforts until Sunday morning (rep), Koirala
elected
NC's Parliamentary Party leader (nn), Dahal
under
pressure to take PP leadership (kp), UCPN-M
fails
to select PP leader (ht), UML
top
brass still divided (kp), First
meeting
of Legislature-Parliament commences (nn), TRC,
appointment
of Karki could stir debate (kp), Eyes
on
the prize: Nepal has had six constitutions so far but
distractions have always invited about crises, by
Chiranjibi Kafle (kp), Women
in
power: Barriers against Nepali women’s participation in
the political sphere continue to persist, by Yam
Chaulagain (kp), Bundled
With
Contradictions, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Federalism's
a
done deal: Many Madheshis switched from Madheshi parties
to UML or NC because they believe federalism is already
a done deal, by Anand Jha (rep), Drama,
democracy
and constitution, by Surya B. Prasai (nn)
25/01/2014: UML
to
propose fresh Prez poll, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Agendas
set
for parliament session (kp), 30
parties
set agenda for tomorrow’s House session (ht), CA
Court
refuses stay against Nepal (ht), ‘Gains
of
Madhes movements in peril’ (ht), Koirala
seeks
Deuba backing to be PM: Promises to return favor after
new statute, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep)
24/01/2014: Prez
term
till statute is promulgated, says SC, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht) [This is not a
political issue but a question of democratic and
constitutional legitimation! This pwoves once again that
the SC has turned aside from being an apolitical and
independent institution!], President
election
a political issue: SC, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep), UML
to
seek fresh prez poll in CA (ht), UML
to
table proposal for fresh prez president election: 'Dr
Yadav rendered caretaker after CA dissolution'
(rep), NC
leaders
step up lobbying to pick PP leader: Paudel bloc to be
decisive (rep), Koirala,
Deuba
call separate meets (kp), NC's
top
three guns stress on resolving internal disputes
(nn), Five-member
Congress
panel recommends three committees (ht) [It
would be better to let the elected members of CA discuss
the suggestions that were presented by the committes of
CA-I until early 2010! Such discussion had been
prevented by the failed party leaders at that time!],
We,
the
people:The new CA has to base its exercise on accepted
ideals of national unity, integrity, and equity
(nt), Country
back
to square one: Baidya (ht), Statute
already
ready, says Gajurel (ht), Baidya
threatens
protest after March (rep), The
hunger
games redux: Govt failure to act on past promises led Dr
KC and Adhikari couple to go on fast again, by Samik
Kharel (kp), Languages
of
the Nation: Has the state become more receptive to the
use of languages other than Nepali?, by Om Astha Rai
(rep), Nepal:
A
case of misplaced priorities, by Prashaant Singh
(rep)
23/01/2014: Assembly
session
begins, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Second
CA
inauguration inspires renewed hope: Assembly Chairman
Surya Bahadur Thapa in his address takes all down
history lane, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Constitutional
deadline:
There need to be quick agreements on the new govt and
the CA process (kp), CA's
first
sitting convenes sans major agenda, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep) [This will be
normal for the coming months! The power struggle of the
failed leaders is all that counts!!], First
indications:
The new CA process begins (rep), 33-party
bloc
protests CA (kp), Electing
PP
leader tricky for Big 3: NC election for Parliamentary
Party leader on Sunday (kp), Congress
sets
January 26 date to elect PP leader (ht), UML
seeks
consensus on PM candidate (kp), Dahal,
Bhattarai
pitching for their own favourites (kp), Maoists
likely
to pick PP leader other than Dahal, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), Prez
election
can be debated in CA: NC leader (ht) [The
president elected by CA-I has lost his legitimation on
27 May 2012! So, what has to be debated??], Communes
dwellers
have ‘ditched’ feeling (ht), A
need to argue: Without serious, constructive engagement
and critique of ideas, democracy can lead to stalemates,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), Day
Of
Reckoning, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Lucky
to
get constitution in four years' time, interview with
Upendra Yadav (rep) [Not even
this with the current generation of so-called leaders!!]
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