Nepal's top court rules there is no need to elect new president, ending political dispute
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Nepal's top court has ruled that there is no need to elect a new president, settling a major point of differences among the political parties.
Supreme Court spokesman Shree Kanta Poudel said the judge ruled late Thursday that a new president should be elected only after the new constitution has been promulgated.
Ram Baran Yadav was elected the first president in 2008 after the centuries-old monarchy was abolished and Nepal turned into a republic. It was initially thought Yadav would be in office for two years but has remained as president for more than five.
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The last Constituent Assembly failed to complete the task of writing a constitution and a new one elected in November assumed duty this week.