A fresh start in Nepal: lingering uncertainty after Constituent Assembly elections

Abstract: The mainstream Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) emerged as clear winners of the 19 November elections to Nepal’s second Constituent Assembly. The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M), which was the largest party in the 2008 election, came a poor third. At first glance the outcome should impact positively on a string of disputes that the first Constituent Assembly failed to resolve. But this political fresh start can only succeed if the parties can overcome their internal quarrels and reach an urgently-needed consensus on contested aspects of the new constitution. (author's abstract)

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 4 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP Comment ; Bd. 2/2014

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2014
• Creator: Wagner, Christian ; Pandey, Nishchal N.
• Contributor: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-391698
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.