Yet another extension

Nobody quite expected Nepal’s fractious parties perpetually daggers drawn at each other and struggling to put out fires within would complete the process of drafting and adopting a Constitution by May 2011, which remains the primary task of the Constituent Assembly. Last year, the interim Constitution was amended to extend the deadline for drafting and adopting a Constitution by one year; but even while the extension was being debated and approved by the Constituent Assembly, everybody knew that the task would remain incomplete.

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