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| NEW DELHI — Nepal’s main Maoist party agreed on Tuesday to join the Constituent Assembly and participate in writing the final chapters of the country’s constitution, ending more than a month of uncertainty. | NEW DELHI — Nepal’s main Maoist party agreed on Tuesday to join the Constituent Assembly and participate in writing the final chapters of the country’s constitution, ending more than a month of uncertainty. |
| The agreement came after the country’s two other main political parties agreed to Maoist demands to form a parliamentary panel to investigate what the Maoists claim was systematic fraud during November’s assembly elections. Independent election monitors have dismissed the Maoist claims of widespread vote fraud. | The agreement came after the country’s two other main political parties agreed to Maoist demands to form a parliamentary panel to investigate what the Maoists claim was systematic fraud during November’s assembly elections. Independent election monitors have dismissed the Maoist claims of widespread vote fraud. |
| The Maoists won more votes than any other party in the 2008 elections, but they were shocked to see their share of the vote slide to third in November’s polls. The party, widely derided as “Cashists” in Nepal because of allegations of corruption, denounced the result as fraudulent and threatened to boycott the assembly. | |
| In the four-point agreement signed among eight major parties, the Maoists agreed to delay the investigation until the Constituent Assembly is formed. The parties also agreed to delay the naming of 335 assembly members, to be based on the share of votes each party received in the election. | |
| The agreement represents another step in a process that began in 2006 when the Maoists ended a 10-year civil war and accepted a peace accord that led to the election of the first Constituent Assembly in 2008. But that assembly, unable to finish writing the constitution, was dismissed in 2012 and paralysis followed. Then came an agreement that led to the November elections for a new Constituent Assembly. | The agreement represents another step in a process that began in 2006 when the Maoists ended a 10-year civil war and accepted a peace accord that led to the election of the first Constituent Assembly in 2008. But that assembly, unable to finish writing the constitution, was dismissed in 2012 and paralysis followed. Then came an agreement that led to the November elections for a new Constituent Assembly. |
| Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries. International organizations helped to organize and observe November’s elections in hopes that a political resolution would help Nepal dig itself out of poverty. | Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries. International organizations helped to organize and observe November’s elections in hopes that a political resolution would help Nepal dig itself out of poverty. |
Bhadra Sharma contributed reporting from Katmandu, Nepal. | Bhadra Sharma contributed reporting from Katmandu, Nepal. |