Nepal: Maoists Plan Nationwide Rallies to Dissolve Government

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | April 21st, 2010 | Trackback

Maoists plan nationwide rallies and sit-ins April 22 and May 1 in an ongoing effort to force the government to resign. Such protests have paralyzed the country in the past and could do so again. The Maoists are hoping to bring down the government or prevent an extension of the current term of parliament beyond May 28, the deadline for a new constitution to be ratified. The likelihood that a new constitution will be in place by then is remote because of a political stalemate since 2008, when the current parliament was elected. Without an extension, which the Maoists oppose, or a new constitution, the government and parliament will dissolve on May 28.

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