Nepal’s much-awaited new Constitution was promulgated in September 2015 but unfortunately has put the country into unprecedented turmoil. The new Constitution neither addresses the aspirations of indigenous nationalities (Janajati) nor fulfills the demands of the Madhesi and Tharu populations of Nepal to recognize their citizenship. From the day this Constitution was enacted, angry Madhesi, Tharu, and Janajati people of Nepal have been agitating against it. Led by Nepal’s major political parties, the Government of Nepal has chosen to suppress the protests, and use of excessive force has caused the death of nearly 60 people.

The Madhesi agitation, one of the longest in Nepal’s history, recently entered a new phase—a Sanghiya Gathbandhan Alliance formed between the indigenous populations (Janajati) and working together to stage more protests in Kathmandu. So far, the Government has shown no interest in addressing the demands put forward by the Sanghiya Gathbandhan.

After the 2006 people’s movement, Nepal saw landmark political change. The first Constituent Assembly elected by the Nepalese people in 2008 was charged with writing a new Constitution to institutionalize changes to end discrimination based on nationality, language, culture, religion, caste, and gender. In 2012, the first Constituent Assembly ended under mysterious circumstances and failed to draft a new Constitution. In 2013, Nepal elected a second Constituent Assembly, which returned to power officials who disregarded the changes brought about in Nepal in 2006. The World Newah Organization is deeply concerned that the new Constitution of Nepal continues to deny equal rights for indigenous nationalities, including Newars as well as Madhesi and Tharu people of Nepal.

Nepal is a multi-national, multi-lingual, multi-cultural, and multi-religious country, and all people and groups of Nepal must be treated equally. As an international organization of Newars living around the globe, the World Newah Organization sincerely expresses its solidarity for the Sanghiya Gathbandhan and the ongoing quest for equality in Nepal. We fully support demands for equal rights, justice, and fairness for all citizens. We urge the Government of Nepal to rewrite and amend the Constitution to ensure that all people enjoy equal rights under the law and that the Constitution fairly represents all Nepalese citizens.

The Executive Committee
World Newah Organization

न्हिल्याः – नेपाल संवत् ११३६ तछलागाः एकादशी शुक्रवाः

प्रेस वक्तव्य

ताः ईतक पियाः वंगु दं ११३६ या कौलागाःपाखे घोषणा याःगु नेपाः न्हूगु संविधान झीगु लागि दुर्भाग्यया दसु जुयाब्यूगु दु । छाय्धाःसा उबलेनिसें देशय् अशान्ति न्यन । जनजाति, मधेस व थारु समुदायया समस्यायात सम्वोधन याःगु खनेमदु । बरु अःखतं नेपाल सरकारं समस्यायात तच्वयेकेगु दुष्प्रयास याःगु खनेदु ।

मधेस आन्दोलन नेपाःया इतिहासय् दक्कले ताःहाकःगु घटना खः । आः थ्व आन्दोलन न्हूगु चरण थ्यंकाः संघिय गठवन्धनय् लानाच्वंगु दु । तर सरकारं थ्व समस्या ज्यंकेगु लागि छुं यानाच्वंगु खनेमदु । सन् २००६ सालया जन आन्दोलन लिपा नेपाल तःधंगु ह्यूपाः वल । न्हापांगु निर्वाचित संविधान सभा स्वये खन । अन नेपालय् जुयाच्वंगु जाति, भाषा, धर्म संस्कृतिया विभेद विषययात कयाः सम्वोधन जुल । तर सन् २०१२ पाखे व संविधानसभा भंग जुल । उकेया कारण आःतकं स्पष्ट मजू । संविधान च्वयेगु ज्या नं असफल जुल । सन् २०१३ पाखे हानं संविधान सभा वल तर सुनिश्चित याये धुंकूगु जनताया अधिकारया सम्वोधन याःगु खनेमदु । हलिं नेवाः दबू (वल्र्ड नेवाः अर्गनाइजेशन) पाखें थ्व अधिकार विहिन जूगु विषययात कयाः दुःख प्वंकाच्वना ।

नेपाः देय् छगू विविध जाति, भाषा, संस्कृति, धर्म आदिं जाःगु देय् खः । अन सकसितं समान व्यवहार जूगु संविधान दयेमाः । हलिं नेवाः दबू (वल्र्ड नेवाः अर्गनाइजेशन) छगू हलिं न्यंक च्वनाच्वंपिं नेवाःतय्गु मंकाः संस्था जूगुलिं नेवाःतय्गु सरोकारया विषययात कयाः सः थ्वयेका च्वनी । थ्व संस्थाया ज्यासना पुचःया दुजःपिन्सं भिंगु मिखां स्वयाः आःया संघिय गठवन्धनयात तिबः बिइगु जुइ । थौं थ्व वक्तव्य पित बियाः समान अधिकार, न्याय व गुगुं पं मलिइगु संविधान जारी यानाः नेपाःया जनतातय्त समान अधिकार व न्याय बिइगुपाखे नेपाल सरकारयात इनाप याना । संविधान संशोधन जक मखु हानं च्वयेत ध्यान सालाच्वना ।

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