CA plans to complete constitution writing by February

Monday, 31 May 2010 08:37

The Constituent Assembly (CA) secretariat has prepared a revised calendar of events for writing the constitution with a plan to promulgate new constitution on February 26, 2011, three months before the CA term expires, Rajdhani daily reported.

The CA extended its term by one year on May 28.

The new calendar of events will be made public after the parties and the CA approve it.

According to the revised calendar the CA secretariat has allocated two weeks for finalising the reports of eight thematic committees and another one month for the Constitutional Committee (CC) to compile all 11 reports.

Then, about three months have been allocated for collecting public suggestion on the initial draft of the constitution and another two months for compiling the reports of the public.

In December, the draft with suggestions from the people will be tabled at the CA and it will amend the draft based on the suggestion. And in January and February, clause-wise discussion and voting will take place.

The CA calendar of events, made public on December 29, 2008 for the first time, has been revised for ten times since then.

Source: http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/1-top-story/6443-ca-plans-to-complete-constitution-writing-by-february.html