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New Nepali Constitution to Come Into Effect After Years of Preparations

© REUTERS / Navesh ChitrakarNepalese army personnel decorates the premises of the parliament with balloons before President Ram Baran Yadav formally promulgates the new constitution in Kathmandu, Nepal September 20, 2015
Nepalese army personnel decorates the premises of the parliament with balloons before President Ram Baran Yadav formally promulgates the new constitution in Kathmandu, Nepal September 20, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Constitution of Nepal will come into force at 5 p.m. [11:15 GMT] on Sunday following seven years of preparations since the country abolished its monarchy in 2008.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav is set to formally declare the new constitution on Sunday, local media reported.

According to The Kathmandu Post newspaper, the Constitution of Nepal will come into force at 5 p.m. [11:15 GMT] on Sunday following seven years of preparations since the country has abolished its monarchy in 2008 after long civil war between the government and Maoist insurgents. The new constitution is expected to officially end the civil war.

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The adoption of the new constitution has been deadlocked by the controversies surrounding administrative division of the country.

In August, Nepal's major political parties agreed on a division of the country into six provinces, which triggered violent protests that have lasted for weeks. Several ethnic groups have been calling for the creation of separate provinces for them in order to ensure they would have political representation, claiming the lawmakers were redrawing country's political map in an unjust way.

The new constitution stipulates that Nepal will remain a secular, federal republic with seven states.

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