The appointment of the interim Prime Minister, Sushila Karki, has sparked a debate on the formal procedure followed. Technically speaking, only members of the House of Parliament can be appointed to that position, and she is not a chosen parliamentarian. However, most political parties accept this as a fitting one-off solution.
Nepal has had seven constitutions so far. Draughting the latest constitution in 2015 took a decade-long civil war, a people’s movement, two constitution-draughting assemblies, and thousands of lives.
