In Nepal, all the 25 political parties in the constituent assembly today expressed their commitment to completing the writing of the new constitution by May 28 dateline.<br/> <br/>Addressing a meeting convened by the constitutional committee in Kathmandu this afternoon, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expressed confidence that the new statute could be drafted on time after completion of the peace process and giving top priority on arriving at consensus among the parties on basic framework of the constitution.<br/> <br/>Unified CPN(Maoist) Chairman Prachanda said the constitution could be drafted on time if three major parties seek consensus on disputed issues like the form of the government and restructuring of the states.<br/> <br/>The Chairman of the Constitutional Committee Nilambar Acharya informed the meeting that the committee could not prepare the first draft of the constitution within the stipulated dateline as it has received only two of the eleven thematic reports from the constituent assembly.<br/> <br/>The meeting attended by CPN(UML) Chairman Jhalanath Khanal, Vice Chairman of the Nepali Congress Prakash Man Singh and leaders of political parties agreed to hold discussions and seek consensus among the political parties on contentious issues so that the constitution is promulgated on schedule.<br/> <br/>AIR correspondent C.K. Dorjee reports from Kathmandu that the meeting convened by the Constitutional Committee mandated to draft the new statute with the leaders of all political parties in the constituent assembly today was aimed at finding ways to ensure timely drafting of the new constitution with just 80 day left to meet the May 28 dateline. The constituent assembly is meeting later today to revise the schedule of drafting the constitution for the tenth time after it failed to prepare the first draft of the statute on March 5th dateline set earlier. The delay in the process of drafting the new constitution was caused mainly due to lack of consensus among the major political parties on the basic framework of the constitution, such as the modality of federalism, the form of government and the judicial system.