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The Constitutional Monarchy System Of Nepal

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Until 1990, Nepal was ruled by an authoritarian system. Democracy was declared in 1990 however it was constitutional monarchy system so people were not happy with this system. In 1996, Nepal Communist Party-Maoist started civil war and ended in 2006. A decade-long civil war had 42 demands but 2 demands were noteworthy that were constituent assembly election (CA) and federal system in Nepal. There was a peace process agreement between Maoist and government of Nepal in 2006. Constituent elections were held two times. After CA election, a new federal constitution has been made in 2015 but it will not be functioning until new federal election is done. People have taken it negatively and positively both side. It is said that ‘the constitution is being rightly said to be amongst the most progressive in Asia guaranteeing equal rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and providing representation for the same in government mechanisms (P. Rohit, 2015).’

In the last sixty-five years, this is the first that has been widely adopted by an elected constituent assembly. This constitution has also made a progressive transition from being sixty years of being a Hindu-state to a secular nation (P. Rohit, 2015). It is also the ‘first constitution that moves away from the previously unitary system to a federal nature’ by setting up different provinces distributing ‘legislative and executive powers between the legislative and provincial governments’ (P. Rohit, 2015).

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