Top leaders hail constitution promulgation as historic achievement, say stage set for the implementation of the charter
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, UML Chairman KP Oli and other lawmakers attend the last meeting of the CA-turned-Parliament in Kathmandu on Saturday. Post Photo: Shaligram Tiwari
Oct 15, 2017-The Legislature-Parliament held its last meeting on Saturday, four years after it was elected as the Constituent Assembly in a precursor to the country’s journey towards federal democracy, which is expected to complete after the two polls in November and December.
After the dissolution of the first CA, elections for the second assembly were held on November 19, 2013 with the task of completing the job of drafting a new constitution, the first attempt for which was made in the country some seven decades ago.
As hopes were fading that the second CA, comprising 601 members, would once again fail to draw up a new charter, the country was rocked by a 7.8 quake on April 25, 2015, which prompted the ever-squabbling political forces to come together to rush through a new constitution on September 20 that year amid protests by some sections of the society and Madhes-based parties.
Nonetheless, it was a historic achievement on the part of the CA, as the new constitution ushered in a new era, abolishing the centuries-old monarchy to put the country on the path of federal democracy.
After the constitution promulgation on September 20, 2015, the CA had automatically turned into the Legislature-Parliament.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, UML Chairman KP Oli and other lawmakers attend the last meeting of the CA-turned-Parliament in Kathmandu on Saturday. Post Photo: Shaligram Tiwari
Oct 15, 2017-The Legislature-Parliament held its last meeting on Saturday, four years after it was elected as the Constituent Assembly in a precursor to the country’s journey towards federal democracy, which is expected to complete after the two polls in November and December.
After the dissolution of the first CA, elections for the second assembly were held on November 19, 2013 with the task of completing the job of drafting a new constitution, the first attempt for which was made in the country some seven decades ago.
As hopes were fading that the second CA, comprising 601 members, would once again fail to draw up a new charter, the country was rocked by a 7.8 quake on April 25, 2015, which prompted the ever-squabbling political forces to come together to rush through a new constitution on September 20 that year amid protests by some sections of the society and Madhes-based parties.
Nonetheless, it was a historic achievement on the part of the CA, as the new constitution ushered in a new era, abolishing the centuries-old monarchy to put the country on the path of federal democracy.
After the constitution promulgation on September 20, 2015, the CA had automatically turned into the Legislature-Parliament.
