UKGayNews.org – Commentary by Sunil Pant
Sunil Pant is an LGBT and HIV/AIDS activist in Nepal. He founded the Blue Diamond Society, Nepal’s only NGO for sexual minorities..
Kathmandu ? The summit talks between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA ? government) and the Maoists seems to have be going on forever without any agreement The future of the monarchy and arms management are amongst the most difficult and controversial issues to agree upon, making the rest of the issues ? such as sexual minorities ? isolated and not addressed.
The interim constitution has not been endorsed and the date for constitutional assembly has also been lingering with the dispute between the SPA and Maoists.
With this political vacuum, in recent days the law and order situation has become one of the worst after the historic people?s democratic movement in April 2006.