End the deadlock in Nepal

Since the term of Nepal’s Constituent Assembly (CA) ended in May without the constitution being written, the new republic has been stuck in a political and constitutional deadlock. The government announced fresh elections for a new CA, but the opposition has made Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s resignation a pre-condition for any agreement. The interim constitution does not envisage a second CA poll, and the only way to amend the statute is through the use of special presidential powers which President Ram Baran Yadav has refused to exercise unless there is consensus.

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