On May 28, Nepal entered a new era when the constituent assembly 聴 in its first meeting since the April 10 elections 聴 overwhelming voted to abolish the 240-year-old monarchy and declare Nepal a democratic republic.
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Originally published in Liberation, the magazine of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist Liberation. A longer version can be found at the socialist e-journal, Links, http://links.org.au.
The Nepalese left has stunned the world yet again. The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), a US-designated 鈥渢errorist鈥 outfit, won a landslide victory in April 9 general elections.
Nepalese PM Girija Prasad Koirala has vowed to amend the country鈥檚 constitution to meet the key demands of Madheshi protesters from the country鈥檚 southern plains, BBC News reported on February 8. He pledged to introduce a federal system of governance and more representation of the southern plains in the parliament.
Under an historic November 8 agreement between the ruling Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the Maoists will dissolve their parallel government by November 26 and join an interim government that will be set up no later than December 1. The CPN(M) waged a 10-year guerrilla war seeking to end Nepal鈥檚 feudal monarchy. It has established a parallel administration in some 80% of the country.
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