Constitutional Reform – 2010
2010
In March 2010, “the Constitutional Committee (CC) adjourned its proceedings until further notice, unable to complete the first draft of the constitution, due on 5 March, since only one of ten thematic committee reports had been approved by the Constituent Assembly (CA). Meanwhile, contentious issues such as state restructuring and the future form of governance remain unresolved.”1 The CA failed to deliver the final constitution on 28 May 2010. An amendment to the interim constitution extended the term of the CA for another year, until 28 May 2011. To resolve the constitutional dispute, a high-level political mechanism was established and chaired by Mr. Puspa Kamal Dahal. This mechanism was comprised of representatives from seven parties in the Constituent Assembly, and was formed in October. Its aim was to settle the 210 disputed issues that had been identified by the Agni Kharel-led panel who consulted the concept papers of eight thematic committees of the CA. The task force resolved 100 of the disputed issues.2