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the Potential to Cause Unrest  After many years of political
unrest, Nepal is just days away from an election. But with
thirty-three fringe parties threatening to boycott the election,
a move that could incite violence, there is no guarantee of a
peaceful day at the polls.   Nepal is on the verge of
institutionalising their new democratic system, with elections
to be held on 19 November. Currently led by Chief Justice Khil
Raj Regmi, Nepalese citizens will finally have the opportunity
to vote, after repeated delays. It has been seven years since
the Nepalese Civil War ended and although there is now far
greater cooperation between the different factions of
parliament, tensions are still running high in the lead-up to
the election. Even though the election is set to go ahead,
thirty-three minor parties, led by Mohan Baidya’s Communist
Party Nepal (Maoist), look likely to boycott the poll and
potentially incite violence during the election period.