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Constitution-crafting process begins
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
The Constituent Assembly elected on April 10, 2008 was supposed to initiate the crafting of a new constitution immediately but it has officially initiated only on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, more than eight months after the election. It set up 14 committees. One main committee is called constitutional committee of 61 members, on which Prime Minister and political leaders such as former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, General Secretary of CPN-UML, Chairman of Madheshi Peoples’ Rights Forum, and others sit on this committee. Other ten committees are subject matter committees, and three committees are procedural committees.
Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Subas Nembang said that the committees would expedite the constitution-crafting process following the Clause 64 of the Constituent Assembly Procedures for crafting a new constitution.
Following the calendar of operation of crafting a new constitution the Constituent Assembly has met the deadline for setting up the committees but not for electing their chairs. The Chairman of the Constituent Assembly has extended the deadline for electing the chairs of the committees by fifteen days to December 30, 2008.
