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Constitutional Reform – 2014

While major political parties tried to settle disputed issues in the constitution drafting processes, substantial progress was not made. As a result, the Committee for Constitutional, Political Dialogue and Consensus Building was created and former rebel leader Baburam Bhattarai was elected unopposed as the chairman of the CCPDC on 25 April 2014.¹ The CCPDC had three months to engage political parties in dialogue and forge consensus on major issues. The CCPDC produced a report in September and reported that the committee was able to settle 30 contentious issues but key issues (federalism, form of government, judiciary, and electoral system) related to the constitution were not settled. ²

1. “Bhattarai elected chairperson of CA’s political dialogue comm,” Nepal News, April 25, 2014.
2. “CCPDC submits report to CA,” Kathmandu Post, September 13, 2014.