News - Powered by Yahoo NewsNepal government seeks more time to draw up new constitutio
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali politicians on Tuesday proposed to ignore a Supreme Court deadline giving them until Sunday to draw up a new constitution for the Himalayan republic, saying they needed more time to agree on the boundaries and names of new states. The new constitution is widely seen as crucial to helping end instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil war ...
Tue, 22 May 2012 08:46:32 -0700 -
Nepal constitution drafting deadline pushed by 3 month
KATHMANDU, May 23 -- With just five days remaining for expiry of time limit to draft a new constitution, major parties in Nepal on Tuesday agreed to extend the constituent assembly's tenure by another three months.The decision was taken at a meeting of Maoists, Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and the conglomeration of Madhesi parties at Prime Minister Baburam ...
Tue, 22 May 2012 11:30:00 -0700 -
The Constitution This Week: Filibusters, the defense bill, and church and stat
Here?s a brief look at the top constitutional news stories and commentaries from this week: Filibusters, the defense bill, and church and state.
Sun, 20 May 2012 08:10:08 -0700 -
40-year-old Sri Lanka constitution burnt at cremation ground of Parvathi Amm
The 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka, which for the first time constitutionalised the unitary Sinhala-Buddhist State and brought in the name Sri Lanka, against the wishes of the nation of Eezham Tamils in the island, has been burnt on its 40th anniversary on Tuesday, 22 May 2012, at the spot where the LTTE leader Pirapharan's mother was cremated but desecrated by the occupying Sinhala ...
Tue, 22 May 2012 19:18:56 -0700 -
If Facebook hosted a constitutional conventio
Is Facebook bigger than the Constitution? In some ways, the social network already is, but it may not be big enough to host a constitutional convention.
Mon, 21 May 2012 07:00:36 -0700 -
General strike freezes Nepal as constitution deadline loom
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Thousands of schools closed, roads were empty and businesses shuttered across Nepal on Sunday at the start of a three-day general strike over a state boundary dispute that could push lawmakers past a May 27 deadline to write a new constitution. At least two dozen vehicles were damaged by stone-throwing activists, police said, and 46 people were detained in the capital ...
Sun, 20 May 2012 03:29:50 -0700 -
Nepal gov't seeks more time to draw up new constitutio
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali politicians on Tuesday proposed to ignore a Supreme Court deadline giving them until Sunday to draw up a new constitution for the Himalayan republic, saying they needed more time to agree on the boundaries and names of new states. The new constitution is widely seen as crucial to helping end instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil war ...
Tue, 22 May 2012 09:11:28 -0700 -
Bob Edgar: The Constitution Rules, Even Over Senator
We're convinced that the Senate's power to adopt its own rules is limited to rules that do not conflict with the Constitutio
Tue, 22 May 2012 13:56:01 -0700 -
Constitution Court disqualifies Jatupor
The Constitution Court Friday disqualified Jatuporn Promphan as a Pheu Thai MP. The Constitution Court judges voted 7 to 1 to disqualify Jatuporn on the grounds that he was not qualified to apply as an election candidate.
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:33:39 -0700 -
Constitution Court disqualifies Jatuporn as a party-list M
Judges rule 7-1 that as Jatuporn was barred from voting, he ceased to be a Pheu Thai member
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:34:19 -0700 -