President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has said that the ongoing peace process will fall in serious jeopardy if the new constitution is not drafted within the stipulated time.Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 6th National Convention of Federation of Non-Governmental Organisation in the capital city, he said there is a greater need of understanding and cooperation between the political parties to draft the constitution on time and take the peace process to its logical conclusion.
Dr Yadav further said the political parties have no other alternative left than to resolve all their differences and move ahead in the path of national reconciliation. He also said the political parties needs to bear this in their mind since the task of drafting the constitution on time is very challenging.
Saying that the country is going through a difficult transition period and that rumor about disintegration of the country is also making rounds, he urged all ethnic, linguistic and religious communities in the country to maintain unity and communal harmony.
He also believed that a "progressive constitution" can be drafted only after achieving national unity and harmony.
Also speaking at the programme, head of Constitutional Council (CC) and senior UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal said he was confident on the new constitution being drafted within the stipulated time and also hoped that the differences seen among the political parties will soon end.
He also urged all political parties to give priority to politics of consensus so that the new constitution can be drafted as per the aspiration of the people.
At the programme, civil society leaders expressed serious concern over the trend of political parties giving shelter to criminal groups and said that this had led to rise in culture of impunity in the country.