Opinion


Political Structure of Nepal: History, Crisis, and Prospects

Political Structure of Nepal: History, Crisis, and Prospects

Nepal’s political transition has been long—so prolonged, in fact, that “transition” itself feels permanent. Interim governments, parliamentary dissolutions, street movements, and disputes over constitutional interpretation have repeatedly destabilized the state. When we were in college, prior 2032 we were taught about the failure of multiparty democracy during the reign of the monarchy. Specifically, King Mahendra

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