Ottawa (Canada), April 26- Canada Forum for Nepal (CFFN), a Canadian Non-Profit organization that advocates federal and inclusive democracy for Nepal has lauded a strong presence of women, Dalits, Janjatis, Madheshis, and other ethnic minorities in the Constituent Assembly (CA) through direct election in Nepal. A CFFN statement released by its Executive Director Dr. Pramod Dhakal says, “This is the first time in the history of Nepal that there is such an inclusive assembly of representatives.”

The release adds, “We laud the work of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) for being the strongest force in bringing a fundamental shift towards inclusion and we acknowledge that all 7 Dalits, 23 out of 29 women, and majority of Hill Janajatis and Tarai Janajatis directly elected in the assembly are from their party. We sincerely hope that all political parties will follow this good example in the coming days. CFFN is happy to note that a broad based and highly representative CA is in the making.”

For full text of the CFFN release, please click here: >>> CFFN on inclusion in CA.

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