Nepal Govt moves to amend the Constitution to face monarchists

Kathmandu: With growing royalist sentiment, the Nepal government has clarified that it will defend the incumbent system and constitution, expressing its intention to advance the amendment process.

Nepal’s President Ram Chandra Paudel, while presenting the plans and policies of the KP Sharma Oli-led government, announced that the constitution amendment will be advanced further in the coming year.

Reading out the draft in the joint meeting of the Federal Parliament, President Paudel stated that the Constitution would be reviewed, and the amendment process would be initiated based on consensus to address existing weaknesses.

“This government is determined to protect the far-reaching achievements brought about by the sacrifices, struggles, and movements of the Nepali people by strengthening the federal democratic republic against those who exploit the negative thinking that emerges from time to time in society, spread rumors about the constitution and system, and create chaos,” the President said, hinting at the resurging royalist movement.

“To strengthen the constitution and the federal democratic republican system of governance, to oppose any reactionary-resurgent anarchic activities against it. To review the constitution, strengthen its strengths, and correct the shortcomings seen during its implementation, to proceed with the process of amendment based on consensus,” President Paudel added further.

Nepali capital Kathmandu on March 28 saw the bloodiest pro-monarch clash, which left two people dead, with arson and vandalism all across the capital. Since the overthrow of a two-century-old monarchy in 2006 with the reinstatement of Loktantra, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party has been waging the demand for the monarchy. (ANI)

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