Kathmandu, Sep 20: Today marks the National Constitution Day in Nepal when the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nepal 2072 B.S. was successfully promulgated. Asoj 3rd is a day, when Nepal had moved forward on the path of law and republican rule.
The Constitution of Nepal 2072 B.S. (2015) defined Nepal in article 4 as an "independent, indivisible, sovereign, secular, inclusive, democratic, socialism-oriented, federal democratic republican state."
Chief Justice Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha said the Nepalese Constitution was not only a document of constitutional change but also of long-awaited state restructuring, forms of governance and social and cultural transformation.
Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka said, the present Constitution was an epochal and historical outcome in the political history of Nepal. In a message today on the occasion of the Constitution Day 2080, he said the Nepal Constitution that was promulgated with full support from and struggle and sacrifice of all political parties and Nepali people has fully secured the political, economic and social rights of the citizens and opened up new horizons of political stability, sustainable peace, good governance and development.
Nepalese commemorates this day as a great achievement in the history of constitution because the constitution waited 67 long years to be made through the hands of elected representatives of public.
According to the draft constitution signed by eight parties including the Maoists, the full constitution has been issued replacing the interim constitution issued on Magh 1st, 2063 BS.
Restructuring the state into a federal republic of Nepal, the constitution has transformed the total of seven provinces and the previous constitutional monarchy into a republic and the unitary state structure into federalism. This constitution, which has made it easy for them to get citizenship with the desired gender identity, has given continuity to the abolition of the death penalty like the constitution of 2047 BS.
Providing equal rights to daughters in patrimonial property like sons, this constitution is firmly in favor of gender empowerment in all respects and defines Nepal as a secular nation.
Federal Republic of Nepal's Constitution 2072 ending all forms of discrimination and oppression created by feudal, autocratic, centralized, and unitary state system; Preserving and promoting unity, sociocultural solidarity, tolerance, and harmony among diversity by assimilating multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, multi-cultural and geographically diverse characteristics; Resolving to build an egalitarian society based on the principles of proportional, inclusive and participatory to ensure economic equality, prosperity and social justice by ending class, ethnic, regional, linguistic, religious, gender discrimination and all forms of ethnic untouchability.
