Kathmandu, Nov. 14 -- Political wrangling over power-sharing has continued to delay appointments to crucial constitutional commissions that are tasked with everything from overseeing inclusion to working to safeguard minority rights.

The Constitutional Council, a body headed by the prime minister and mandated to make appointments to the commissions, has not held a meeting since March 25. That meeting picked Dinesh Thapaliya for the post of chief election commissioner.

When Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called a meeting of the council for Tuesday earlier this week, there were expectations that long-awaited appointments would finally be made. But the meeting was postponed for Wednesday, and on Wednesday, it was postponed again after Nepali...