Nepal to fast track new constitution

Kathmandu: Nepal’s constitution drafting body, the Constituent Assembly, is preparing to adopt a fast-track model to promulgate a new constitution for the country within the next 11 months.
A fast-track model means the number of committees in the Constituent Assembly will be decreased and tasks of the previous assembly will be accepted by the new one.  Many procedural hassles will also be removed from the assembly rules of procedure this time. Parties have pledged to deliver a new constitution within a year and one month has already elapsed since the first meeting of the assembly Jan 22.
Subhash Nembang, chairman of the Constituent Assembly, said the countdown for the deadline for drafting a new constitution has already begun and urged the political parties to focus on constitution-related tasks. (PTI)