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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   Will terrible earthquake bring a fuller democracy in Nepal?   
      
   Amid the rubble and homeless in Nepal, the country's   
   political parties appear poised to finally enact a   
   constitution. Has adversity brought opportunity?   
      
   By Bikash Sangraula, Correspondent   
   CSMonitor.com   
   Tuesday, June 9, 2015   
      
   Kathmandu, Nepal -- Quake-ravaged Nepal woke to some rare   
   good news Tuesday as long-warring political parties   
   sealed a major deal that could lead to the country's   
   first modern constitution.   
      
   Both the ruling party and the opposition Maoists have   
   been at bitter odds for years. But the severity of the   
   earthquake and some 300 aftershocks have provided the   
   impetus for reform in a way not seen in at least seven   
   years, analysts say.   
      
   Adversity has provided an opportunity it appears.   
      
   Four major parties in the Constituent Assembly broke the   
   deadlock Monday. They agreed to a new eight-province   
   federal structure and a bicameral parliament where the   
   prime minister is the executive and the president plays a   
   more ceremonial role.   
      
   The deal reached on Monday must first be formalized in   
   the Constituent Assembly before being open to a public   
   comment period. A final vote on the draft – which could   
   make it Nepal's first post-monarchy constitution – is   
   expected to come in July.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2015/0609/Will   
   terrible-earthquake-bring-a-fuller-democracy-in-Nepal   
      
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