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Second Constituent Assembly of Nepal (2014?2017)
The
Second Constituent Assembly of Nepal
, later converted to the
Legislature Parliament
(
Nepali
:
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), was a unicameral legislature of
Nepal
.
[1]
It was elected in the
2013 Constituent Assembly elections
after the failure of the
first Constituent Assembly
to promulgate a new constitution.
[2]
The Assembly converted into a legislative parliament after the constitution was promulgated in 2015. The legislature parliament's term ended on 14 October 2017.
[3]
Opening
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Former
Prime Minister
Surya Bahadur Thapa
, the oldest member of the house, assumed chairmanship of the CA on January 20, 2014
[4]
and administered the oath of office to 565 lawmakers at the first meeting of the assembly on January 21, 2014.
[5]
Leaders of the
NC
,
CPN-UML
and
UCPN (Maoist)
pledged to draft a new constitution within a year.
[6]
More than 80% of the members were new faces.
[7]
Power-sharing discussions
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On January 26, 2014,
President
Ram Baran Yadav
called for the election of a
Prime Minister
and the formation of a consensus government within a week
[8]
as per article 38(1) of the
constitution
which provided for the formation of government through political understanding.
[9]
The
Nepali Congress
obtained the support of the
CPN-UML
for a NC-led consensus government
[10]
and the two parties also agreed to hold local body elections within six months and adopt a new constitution within a year.
[11]
An all-party meeting followed at which the CPN-UML, UCPN (Maoist) and MPRF-Loktantrik expressed support for a government under
Sushil Koirala
. The
RPP-N
boycotted the meeting.
[12]
Further discussions were held between the NC, CPN-UML and UCPN (Maoist) at which the Maoists expressed support for the idea of a NC-led government but did not agree to join the government and decided to stay in opposition.
[13]
On February 2, 2014, the NC abandoned its pursuit of a consensus government under article 38(1) of the
constitution
after the UCPN (Maoist) and RPP-N, the third and fourth largest parties, decided not to join the government. The party then initiated talks with the CPN-UML to form a majority government under article 38(2) of the
constitution
.
[14]
[15]
Composition
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A total of thirty political parties and two independents were represented at the start of the second constituent assembly. However, some parties later merged and the number of parties declined.
[16]
[17]
Committees
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The following parliamentary committees were formed:
[23]
- State Affairs Committee
- Public Accounts Committee
- Environment Protection Committee
- International Relations and Labour Committee
- Legislation Committee
- Good Governance and Monitoring Committee
- Industry Commerce and Consumer Welfare Committee
- Women, Children, Senior Citizen and Social Welfare Committee
- Development Committee
- Agriculture and Water Resources Committee
- Finance Committee
- Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee
See also
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