Issuing a report on local political and peace process trends on Tuesday, the center said mistrust among political leaders, failure to implement previous commitments and repeated unsuccessful efforts to form a new government has posed a threat to the peace process. [break]
The center has also asked political leaders to continue and intensify their efforts to forge consensus, form a new government and integrate the Maoist combatants at the earliest.
A report released by the center on Tuesday covers issues including key constitutional, identity group, peace process, and security environment trends across the country.
"The report is based on more than 3,000 interviews at the national and local level and serves as an update to the center´s previous trends analysis published in August 2009," reads a press release issued by the center, Tuesday.
The report states that Nepali citizens are increasingly disillusioned by the constitutional process and are not much hopeful about promulgation the new constitution on time.
"Additionally, citizen understanding of the process remains low, particularly with regard to federalism and its implications for Nepal," reads the report.
The report further states that many Adivasi and Janajati organizations appear to have become less publicly active over the past year, but as their underlying constitutional demands are yet to be fully addressed they may increase their activities again in the future.
"Meanwhile, Brahmin and Chhetri groups continue to organize in districts around the country, largely in opposition to ethnic federalism. Finally, Madhesi citizens are disappointed by the lack of political progress but continue to support the demands that fueled the 2007 Madhesi movement," reads the report.
According to the center´s report, local-level commitments in the peace process on land return, interim relief to conflict affected persons, and local peace-building efforts have been partly implemented, though significant challenges are yet to be addressed.
"Meanwhile, government efforts on land reforms appear to have stalled, and planned commissions such as the Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the State Restructuring Commission remain outstanding," the report states.
The security environment remains poor in the Tarai, with small and unknown criminal groups increasingly responsible for insecurity.
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