If Nepal's political leaders want a new written constitution within six months or a year, they should let the current bureaucratic government continue until the land law is written. Although it seems disappointing and undemocratic after the November 19 elections for the Constituent Assembly, when the elected parties are eager to sit in the saddle of government, developments after the polls are a cause for serious concern. It seems that as newly elected leaders battle for government, the Constitution may, once again, fall by the wayside. This is what happened in the previous Constituent Assembly. The political parties played the game of make and break the government, neglecting the task of writing the statute, which was the main objective of the assembly in the first place. The task, which was supposed to be completed in two years, also remained unfinished in four years. Well, there were serious issues such as the form of government and the nature of federalism – based on ethnic identity or viability. But the situation could have been resolved if the ruling parties before the dissolution of the CA had stuck to the last-minute agreement reached with the opposition. But these parties withdrew from the agreement and dissolved the assembly. The reason was the hope of prolonging the longevity of the government. The ruling parties that dissolved the assembly at midnight on May 26, 2012 thought they could remain in power until there were elections. And the elections became impossible to postpone, at the time of the polls they were in command. This time too it seems that politicians behaved as usual. Political parties are yet to nominate AC members of the proportional representation category...... half of the document...... focus on the statute? Or do we let the political parties run the government, neglect the drafting of the Constitution and prolong the transition? In economics there is a theory of the second best. It suggests that when the first best option is impossible to achieve profitably, one chooses the second best, which if not ideal, but is advantageous. The ideal situation would have been that of an elected government presiding over the drafting of the new constitution on time. But this seems unlikely. Hence the need to choose between the two unpleasant options. It will be worth opting for the second best option for the protracted transition to end and a new era of democratic politics under a democratic constitution to begin. The continuation of the Regmi government while politicians focus on the Constitution without the distraction of power may be the best solution for now.