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The Himalayan Times 29 December 2015 Come together It has been high time that the major parties engaged in the serious deliberation to forge consensus on major constitutional issues. Otherwise the country will be in a precarious situation. In the past couple of days, the senior leaders of some parties have traded barbs against each other spoiling attempts at reaching consensus. This is the time to build trust not animosity. We have suffered a lot due to destructive politics. If the parties do not realize the mistakes they have committed time and again their relevance in politics will cease to exist. The general people have now become more socially and politically sensitive than ever. If the 19 party alliances continue thinking of taking to the streets, it could be politically counterproductive as the people have high expectation of getting a new constitution by January 22. The democratic process of deciding the issue through voting cannot be ruled out if ...

The Kathmandu Post 26 th December 2014 JUST DO IT Some leaders from the opposition deserve an applause for their seriousness towards drafting the constitution whose deadline is around the corner (“Not the time for stir, Shrestha tells Dahal” 24 Dec. Page 03). Narayan Kaji Shrestha seems to be working hard to convince UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal not to deviate from constitution drafting process. It is high time senior leaders of all the major parties completed the constitution in time rather than engaging in destructive politics. The country has suffered a lot due to the destructive politics and blame game played among irresponsible political leaders. If they do not realize this on time and act sensibly, they will lose all faith of the people. So the so-called senior leaders must engage in work to seriously complete the new constitution. Otherwise, it might be too late to correct their blunders. So, it is good news that Narayan Kaji has warned Da...

The Kathmandu Post 21 December 2014 UNPRODUCTIVE DELIBERATION The concern expressed by the Members 0f Parliament (MPs) from different political parties in the Constituent Assembly (CA) regarding contentious issues of the constitution seems natural in terms of their party affiliation (“MPS divided over statute procedure” 17 Dec. Page 2). All the major parties in the CA have their own understanding of issues and interpret the key constitutional issues differently. This has complicated the constitution drafting process and will continue to affect it unless and until they will rise above their petty political interests and put their sincere effort to forge consensus. The constitution is the compilation of laws and principles according to which a state is governed and said to be the document of understanding and compromises of different stakeholders. On the one hand, politicians never get tired of talking about consensus on major issues but on the other side but, on...