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Dispute Resolution Committee – 2010

The dispute over recruitment was settled when the Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging how recruitment was handled in the Nepali Army.¹ Nevertheless, other issues, including how to handle the YCL, whether or not to return seized property, and how to best establish peace and democracy, remain contentious.

Because many issues remained unresolved, the CA failed to deliver a draft constitution on the due date of 28 May 2010. To resolve the constitutional disputes, a high-level political mechanism was established and chaired by the Maoist leader and former Prime Minister, 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

1. “SC quashes writ against army recruitment,” The Himalayan Times, July 29, 2010.
2. “Nepal Constitution Drafting – Taskforce settles over 100 of 210 disputed issues,” The Kathmandu Post, December 12, 2010.