Executive Branch Reform – 2006
2006
Once the House of the Representative was reinstated, a new Seven Political Parties government was formed and the government started consulting with the coalition leaderships and the Maoists on stripping the King’s power and drafting an interim constitution. This process began before the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement on 21 November 2006. On 16 June 2006, the government of Nepal and the Maoists agreed to form an Interim Constitution Draft Committee (ICDC) to create the draft interim constitution within 15 days. On 7 July 2006, the government asked the ICDC to begin its work. The committee submitted the draft interim constitution on 25 August 2006. The interim constitution, however, was not adopted in 2006. Nevertheless, by the time the peace agreement was signed on 21 November 2006, the king had restricted prerogatives as well as limited executive powers.