Bolivia electoral court blocks constitution vote (updated)

"UPDATES: Government believes that Electoral Court’s position is not legal. La Paz, Sep, 2, (ABI).- Morales’ Administration assures that position adopted by main electoral organization in Bolivia presented by...

Nepal elects Maoist leader as PM

After securing a majority at the Nepali Constitutional Assembly, the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists- Pushpa Kamal Dahal known as Prachanda - becomes the new republic's first prime...

21 Parties Support Maoist Candidate

Nepal’s 21 political parties that represent in the Constituent Assembly have supported Maoist prime ministerial candidate Prachanda. Earlier, general Secretary of the Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) Jhalanath Khanal had proposed Maoist Chairman as the prime ministerial...

Maoists Decided to Lead Government

Following the Maoist party’s two-day Central Committee meeting that ended today, it has expressed its readiness to lead a new government. Speaking to media, Maoist spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara said that his party would exercise to form a government with consensus...

Nepali Maoists given 7 days to form new government

The Nepali Maoists have been the strongest force at the Constituent Assembly but failed to have their candidate elected as the First President of Nepal. Now, the newly elected President Ram Baran Yadav -...

Ram Baran Yadav elected first President of Nepal (updated II)

"  Updates: According to RFI, the newly elected President of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, made an appeal to all parties to participate in a national unity government. President Ram Baran Yadav called on them to...

Question Over Ceremonial President

Dev Gurung, a senior leader of Nepal’s largest party Communist Party of Nepal, also known as CPN-Maoist, today accused the newly elected first President Dr Ram Baran Yadav of violating the interim constitution by becoming active in government forming business. He said,...

Experts Warn Parties

Prominent experts and civil society members have warned about the possible derailment of the ongoing peace process in Nepal should the Maoists, the largest after the Constituent Assembly poll, be prevented from forming the government. Daman Nath Dhungana, advocate and the...

Nepal Electing the First President After Abolition of Monarchy

The Constituent Assembly (CA) members in Nepal have just finished voting for the first ceremonial President of the newly declared republican country. There are three presidential candidates: Ram Raja Prasad Singh backed by the Maoists, Ram Varian Yadav of the Nepali Congress...

Nepal: The Coming Constitution and the Issue of Transformation

The Nepalis have never obtained an opportunity to draft their constitution by themselves. So far they have been ruled by the constitutions designed by individual elites and traditional power-wielders. In other words,...

Change-Resisting Forces Pose a Challenge to Inclusive Democracy in Nepal

Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, also the President of the Nepali Congress Party, has failed to fulfill his promise of resigning. He was expected to facilitate the formation of a new government after the Constituent Assembly (CA) poll held more than two and...

World's Most Inclusive Elected Assembly

First published in www.groundreport.com The Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Prachanda, inaugurating the Bhumya festival of the Magar community in Kathmandu said today that Nepal's recently elected constituent assembly is the most inclusive in the world. He...

PM to Hoist Flag in the Palace; Claims Presidential Post

by Mohan Nepali    June 14, 2008 Nepal's Prime Minister cum ad hoc Head of the State Girija Prasad Koirala is to hoist the national flag in the Narayanhity Royal Palace on 15 June, says Home Affairs spokesperson Mod Raj Dotel. The government has organized an...

International Recognition of Maoist People's War

Originally published in www.groundreport.com/mohannepali Nepalis Said Goodbye to Monarchy for Ever At 23:26—Kathmandu Time—on 28 May 2008, Nepal’s 240 year-long monarchy was constitutionally abolished by the recently elected Constituent Assembly. However, millions of...

Don’t Be Pol Pot, Be Ortega: Madhav Nepal

General Secretary of the United Marxist-Leninist (UML), speaking in an election campaign gathering in Kathmandu today said that Nepal’s Maoists were terrorists and monarchists working against the very norms of democracy. Out of his 85 minutes of speech, he spent almost...

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