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The 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly was a unicameral body of 601 members that served from May 28, 2008 to May 28, 2012. It was formed as a result of the first Constituent Assembly election held on April 10, 2008.〔Sengupta, Somini. (Polls Open in Nepal the Day After Violence Killed 8 ). ''The New York Times''. 2008-04-10.〕 The Constituent Assembly was tasked with writing a new constitution,〔(Nepal votes in landmark elections ). ''BBC News''. 2008-04-10.〕 and acting as the interim legislature for a term of two years.〔(Interim Constitution of Nepal )〕 240 members were elected in single seat constituencies, 335 were elected through proportional representation,〔Vijay, Tarun. (Rebirth of Nepal ). ''The Times of India''. 2008-04-10.〕 and the remaining 26 seats were reserved for nominated members.〔("Cabinet approves constitutional amendment draft" ), Nepalnews, June 25, 2008.〕 The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN (M)) was the largest party in the Constituent Assembly, having won half of the constituency seats and about 30% of proportional representation seats.〔Mishra, Rabindra. (Nepal: The rocky red road ). ''BBC News''. 2008-04-22.〕 The Constituent Assembly declared a republic at its first meeting on May 28, 2008, abolishing the monarchy.〔 In late June 2008, the parties agreed to divide the 26 nominated seats in the Constituent Assembly between nine parties: the CPN (M) was to receive nine of these seats, while the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN (UML)) (which respectively placed second and third in the election) would each receive five, the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum would receive two, and the Sadbhavana Party, the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, Janamorcha Nepal, and the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) would each receive one nominated seat.〔〔("Parties recommend names for 26 CA members" ), Nepalnews, June 27, 2008.〕 Due to its failure in drafting a new constitution, the CA was dissolved on May 28, 2012 after its original and extended total tenure of 4 years.〔()〕 The next Nepalese Constituent Assembly elections initially slated for November 22, 2012 〔(Nepal's CA fails to write Constitution )〕 were held a year later on November 19, 2013 after being postponed several times. ==Opening of the Constituent Assembly, declaration of the Republic== The official and final list of members elected under the PR system was released on 8 May 2008; this meant the first meeting of the CA (which has to be held within 21 days of the publication of the final result) would be held before the end of May 2008.〔("Nepali Election Commission releases names of candidates elected under PR system" ), Xinhua (''People's Daily Online''), May 8, 2008.〕 On 12 May 2008, it was announced that the first session of the CA would be held on 28 May 2008.〔("Deadline looms for Nepal's king" ), BBC News, May 12, 2008.〕 The members of the CA were sworn in on 27 May 2008.〔("New Nepal assembly sworn in, set to abolish monarchy" ), AFP, May 27, 2008.〕 The composition of CA looked like this: At the first session of the Constituent Assembly on 28 May, it voted to declare Nepal a federal democratic republic, thereby abolishing the monarchy. 564 members of the Constituent Assembly voted on this motion, with 560 in favor and four opposed.〔("Nepal becomes a federal democratic republic" ), Nepalnews, May 28, 2008.〕 Of all the parties represented in the Constituent Assembly, only the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (RPP-Nepal) opposed the motion.〔("RPP-Nepal becomes the only party against republic; some lawyers question procedures adopted by CA" ), Nepalnews, May 29, 2008.〕 Koirala said that Nepal was entering a new era and that "the nation's dream has come true", while celebrations took place in Kathmandu;〔("Nepal abolishes monarchy" ), Al Jazeera, May 29, 2008.〕 May 29 and May 30 were declared to be public holidays by the government.〔("Govt announces two-day public holiday to celebrate republic" ), Nepalnews, May 28, 2008.〕 The Constituent Assembly also decided that Gyanendra should leave the Narayanhity Palace within 15 days.〔 Earlier on 28 May, the major parties agreed on the creation of the position of President, while the Prime Minister was to hold executive powers;〔 however, they reached no agreement on exactly what powers the President should have or who should become President, and these deliberations led to a delay in the opening of the Constituent Assembly.〔Binaj Gurubacharya, ("Nepal assembly abolishes monarchy" ), Associated Press (''The Washington Post''), May 29, 2008.〕 On 29 May, the royal standard was removed from Narayanhity Palace and replaced with the national flag.〔 Gyanendra reportedly said on 2 June that he accepted the Constituent Assembly's decision.〔("Ex-King Gyanendra says he accepts CA decision; prepares to leave Narayanhiti" ), Nepalnews, June 2, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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