KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today said that the new Constitution would be promulgated within the stipulated time.

"I am confident that this would go a long way in providing a valuable feedback to our primary task of drafting a new constitution within the specific period of the next few months," the PM said.

He was addressing a closing session of international seminar organised here by the Nepal Constitution Council with the theme: 'Dynamics of Constitution Making in Nepal in Post-Conflict Scenario'.

"Apart from being a fundamental legal and political document, the constitution of a land truly determines and should, in fact, define the future course of a nation," he said.

Stating that the nation witnessed to a dozen constitutions under different political dispensations within a period of six decades, Nepal said one of the key reasons attributed for the failures of most of those past constitutions was lack of ownership of the people.

The PM said that the 1990 Constitution was different in the sense of its promulgation as it was drafted by experts and politicians after thorough deliberations and discussions and said It had incorporated substantially important elements to make it a more democratic instrument.

"Despite these positive features, this document also had inherent weakness in the sense that it outlived its utility since it rested on the indispensability of an institution that was not in keeping with the aspirations of people in the context of the changing political dynamics," Nepal added.

Saying that the political movement of 2006 was a climax in the glorious saga of the struggle of the people of Nepal for democracy, fundamental rights, civil liberties, rule of law and human rights, Nepal said the country's social and political history as this change led to a fundamental transformation in the political governance.

Nepal also said that the experience of other countries amply indicates that successful constitutional processes require a delicate act of striking a judicious balance and accommodation between competing interests and broad public participation.

"I have been encouraged by recent developments in terms of smoothly running the stalled legislature parliament and in undertaking some tangible measures in the way of addressing the problem of combatants in the cantonments," the PM said. Saying that the imputes of the conference would be significant in Constitution making, Nepal assured that the government will give due consideration to the suggestions.

Nepal also reiterated that the government is committed to take the ongoing peace process to its positive and meaningful conclusion by promulgating the Constitution on time.