Oli
lambasts Dahal for ‘underwhelming achievements’ during
India visit : UML sought an answer from the prime
minister as to who gave him the authority to discuss
land-swapping with India to resolve the boundary dispute
(kp 06/06/2023) [The question is
justified, but rulers see themselves as the absolutist
owners of the land and its people. May their name be
Mahendra, Gyanendra, Oli, Deuba or Dahal!]
Speaker
Ghimire issues a ruling to remove portion of RSP
lawmaker's statements from the record (rep) [Once
again for the record: This is a protocol in which all
statements made by the elected representatives of the
people have to be recorded. If MPs make false or
insulting statements, they must be held accountable.
However, it violates all principles of the rule of law
and democracy if unpopular passages are deliberately
deleted in a manipulative form.]
HoR
witnesses frequent interruptions in rostrum during Prime
Minister’s answer session (kh 05/06/2023)
Opp’n
parties obstruct House of Representatives meeting
(kh 04/06/2023), HoR
meeting postponed for an hour (kh 04/06/2023), HoR
meeting postponed till Monday (kh 04/06/2023), National
Assembly adjourned for Monday afternoon after UML’s
obstruction (rep 04/06/2023), Parties
stall House over citizenship bill’s authentication :
Supreme Court issues interlocutory interim order
stopping enforcement of the law signed by President
Paudel, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 05/06/2023)
Economic
Survey for FY 2022/23 presented in Parliament (kh
28/05/2023)
Fringe
parties, independent lawmakers complain of negligence in
parliament (kh 28/05/2023) [This
is the state of a ruling oligarchy and not a democracy!]
HoR
passes government policy and programs kh
27/05/2023), Policies,
programmes pass Parliament after PM pacifies UML : Main
opposition obstructed House after allegations by a
Maoist MP of misappropriations in gold used in Pashupati,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/05/2023)
Janamat
Party recalls Murmu, Singh from HoR (rep 27/05/2023)
UML
obstructs House over Maoist MP’s allegation of
corruption in Pashupati jalahari installation : UML
lawmakers ask the prime minister to present truth and
seek an apology from Lekh Nath Dahal, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/05/2023), Top
leaders agree to remove controversial remarks on
Jalahari from parliament record (kh 27/05/2023) [Statements made in parliament may be
refuted or contradicted, and in the case of false
statements the courts may also be involved, but
statements that are disliked must not be deleted from
the records by decision of the executive or the party
leaders! This would be a manipulation of the statements
of elected representatives and a subversion of the
separation of powers!], Prime
Minister to clarify Parliament about ‘jalahari’ (kh
27/05/2023),
Experts
oppose lawmakers’ demand for pork barrel fund :
There are allegations of misuse of the money
provided under the controversial fund known
Local Infrastructure Development Partnership
Programme, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
27/05/2023) [This fund
serves the exclusive profiling of the
non-inclusively nominated directly elected
members of parliament and must be described as a
special kind of corruption.]
Court
clears way for RSP’s Kansakar to become lawmaker in
place of Shrestha : Dhaka Kumar Shrestha had moved the
court against his party’s decision to sack him (kp
26/05/2023)
'Zero
Hour' should be renamed as 'Hearing Hour': NC lawmaker
Khatiwada (rep 23/05/2023)
Clarification
demanded in parliament regarding BJP’s alleged attempt
to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu state : The US Report on
International Religious Freedom, which states that
India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is funding Nepali
leaders to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu state, has courted
controversy (nlt 21/05/2023)
Opposition
leader KP Oli comes down heavily against government’s
policies and programs : The opposition leader said Prime
Minister Dahal should take back the document, rewrite
and present it while asking lawmakers of other parties
not to endorse it (nlt 21/05/2023)
Short
of sight : Most people’s representatives work for
themselves rather than on behalf of their electorate
(kp 17/05/2023)
Parties
revive deal to give momentum to Parliament : A
subcommittee will iron out the differences among the
major parties on the disputed transitional justice bill,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/05/2023)
HoR
meeting adjourned after RPP lawmakers’ protest (kh
10/05/2023)
RSP’s
Bindabasini Kansakar appointed HoR member (ae
08/05/2023)
Amresh
Kumar Singh partially disrobes in House meeting (nlt
08/05/2023), Amresh
Singh says he went seminaked as speaker denied time to
speak against corruption (nlt 08/05/2023)
Upper
House lawmakers show concerns over 'vague' words in
budget (rn 08/05/2023)
SC
issues interim order not to implement RSP’s decision to
sack its MP Dhaka Kumar Shrestha (rep 08/05/2023)
MPs
trade barbs in House over top-level corruption : UML
challenges government to investigate tampering of tax
rates last year and corruption in Maoist cantonments,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/05/2023)
Federal
Parliament budget session begins today (kh
07/05/2023), HoR
to hold pre-budget discussions for 4 days (rep
07/05/2023)
Govt
recommends President to call parliament session on May 7
(kh 03/05/2023), President
Paudel calls session of Federal Parliament (kh
03/05/2023), Budget
session of Parliament to start next week : Besides
pre-budget and fiscal policy discussions, session may
also handle a few other crucial bills (kp) [Take
your time with these things, the main thing is that the
politicians enjoy their pointless power struggles!]
Upendra
Yadav takes oath (rep 02/05/2023)
Police
Headquarters writes letter to Parliament Secretariat
seeking cooperation to arrest MP Koiri (kh
01/05/2023), CPN-UML
MP Laxmi Mahato Koiri suspended (kh 02/05/2023)
First
session of House ended without passing a bill : Previous
legislature got embroiled in a dispute over twin
dissolutions. This hung parliament bears no bright
prospects either, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/04/2023),
What
a waste : Nepal’s lawmakers are more interested in
development work than lawmaking (kp 01/05/2023)
House
of Representatives forms thematic committees : The lower
House constitutes 10 thematic committees on the last day
of the current session, five months after the first
sitting (kp 29/04/2023)
Winter
session of HoR to end today (rep 28/04/2023), Acting
President Yadav prorogues House session : The session of
Parliament ends as the government is in a rush to begin
the budget session (kp 29/04/2023)
Lamichhane,
Wagle sworn in; Yadav absent (rep 28/04/2023)
National
Assembly meeting postponed (rep 27/04/2023)
Key
items ‘vanish’ from House agenda as parties differ :
Parliament Secretariat had published tentative agenda
for the House meeting including formation of committees,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/04/2023)
Advised
for downsizing numbers of HoR, PA members (rn
26/04/2023)
Dhaka
Kumar Shrestha officially loses lower House membership :
Rastriya Swatantra Party had on April 13 expelled
Shrestha after a leaked audio suggested he demanded
bribes from a businessman (kp 25/04/2023)
Committees
Boost Parliament’s Efficacy, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
25/04/2023)
Disorderly
House : The highest policy-making body in the land must
mend its shoddy image soon (kp 24/04/2023)
Pre-budget
deliberations could be cut short as House session
lingers : Experts on parliamentary affairs say such
problems arise when the House maintains no calendar,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/04/2023) [A
direct consequence of the undemocratic policies of the
"top politicians" of all parties who are exclusively
interested in power!]
Does
government even listen to the Parliament?, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ae 20/04/2023)
Difficulty
in passing Transitional Justice bill (rep
18/04/2023)
Congress-UML
row over hearings panel seats delays vital bills :
Second largest party seeks five seats on the committee.
The Nepali Congress wants to give it only four, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 17/04/2023)
Speaker’s
ruling to government to respond to questions raised in
parliament (kh 10/04/2023)
Expensive
Parliament, by Pratik Ghimire (ae 10/04/2023)
House
short of business : As the current session of Parliament
nears its end, the government wants crucial amendment
bills endorsed urgently (kp 08/04/2023)
Differences
stall House committees’ formation : A reason for delay
is the intent of some to pass transitional justice law
amendments without adequate discussion, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 07/04/2023)
New
parties in House struggling to make an impact :
Rastriya Swatantra, Janamat and Nagarik Unmukti
parties have failed to effective play their
parliamentary roles, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
06/04/2023) [Instead of
presenting a difference, they help the old
failed elites to survive!]
Parliamentary
hearing committee formation delayed until rules
are amended, by Ishwari Subedi (rep
06/04/2023)
Speaker's
role : Vital For Efficient Parliament, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rep 04/04/2023)
People’s
suffering peaks but Nepali lawmakers’ focus is on their
honorific titles : Parliamentarians of all major
political parties band together to prioritize order of
precedence at a time when the people are facing
hardships, by Kishor Dahal (nlt 04/04/2023)
Lower
house passes its regulations without curtailing
Speaker’s powers : Regulations authorise deputy Speaker
to commence and end House meetings with Speaker’s
consent (kp 03/04/2023)
Annual
reports of different commissions presented in NA meeting
(kh 30/03/2023)
Ruling
coalition seeks to keep the Speaker on a tight leash :
They want him to follow Business Advisory Committee’s
lead. Experts say that’s unfair, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 29/03/2023)
NA
lawmakers call for safe society for daughters (kh
22/03/2023)
Resolution
discussed in National Assembly to end discrimination
against Dalits (rep 22/03/2023), National
Assembly passes resolution to end caste discrimination :
The 19-point motion aims to pressure the federal
government to work effectively towards ending
discrimination and oppression against Dalits (kp
23/03/2023)
Seats
changed in parliament: NC in govt, UML in opposition
(rep 19/03/2023)
PM
Dahal to take vote of confidence on March 22 (rep
13/03/2023)
HoR
meeting adjourned till March 19 (kh 01/03/2023), House
meet deferred as Congress and UML both claim main
opposition status : As Congress’s claim is challenged in
court and UML changes sides, House meeting is postponed
till March 19 (kp 02/03/2023)
Nagarik
Unmukti Party MP calls for making Lal Commission report
public (kh 22/02/2023)
Nepali
lawmakers tend to shun study and research—with rare
exceptions : Shrestha and Thapa like to prepare
themselves thoroughly with the help of teams in order to
carry out their duties, by Binod Ghimire (kp
20/02/2023)
Parliament's
attention is not being directed towards making laws:
Speaker Ghimire (rep 19/02/2023)
Parties
agree to suspend MPs sent to judicial custody : The
proposed regulations will come into effect once endorsed
by the House of Representatives, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 17/02/2023)
Undecided
impeachment motion to be carried over to new HoR (ht
15/02/2023)
MPs
agree to transfer ownership of impeachment pending in
one parliament to another parliament (kh 14/02/2023)
HoR
drafts regulation on impeachment probe, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 09/02/2023)
UML’s
Dashoudi elected National Assembly member in Lumbini
(kh 08/02/2023)
Supreme
Court seeks clarification from Parliament
Secretariat for recognizing NC as opposition
party (rep 08/02/2023)
National
Assembly passes three bills (rn 06/02/2023)
Urmila
Aryal elected National Assembly vice-chair unopposed :
Aryal was elected as no other candidates challenged her
candidacy (kp 06/02/2023), Maoist
Center lawmaker Aryal elected National Assembly
Vice-Chair unopposed (kh 06/02/2023))
Independent
candidate Kalwar who won election from Bara joins JSP
(rep 05/02/2023)
Uplift
the dignity of parliament: Speaker Ghimire (kh
02/02/2023)
Lamichhane's
position as MP revoked: HoR speaker (ht 02/02/2023)
Nagarik
Unmukti Party MP Arun Kumar Chaudhary arrested (kh
02/02/2023)
We
advocate for Hindu nation and monarchy, we should not be
belittled: Dhawal Shumsher Rana (kh 01/02/2023) [Anti-constitutional demands and
statements that hurt the feelings and concerns of large
parts of the population of the multi-ethnic,
multi-religious and multi-cultural state must not be
tolerated! The social discriminations and lack of
inclusion are a direct result of Hindu state and
monarchy!], House
sees heated debate among ruling MPs on political system
: MPs opposing the provisions under which they joined
the Cabinet is unnatural, experts say (kp
02/02/2023) [Unconstitutional
demands by a small minority party should have no place
in parliament and such a party should not be part of the
government! They disturb the social harmony of the
multicultural country!17,000 people have lost their
lives to overcome the Hindu state and monarchy!],
RPP
condemned for criticising federalism, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 02/02/2023)
House
of Representatives meeting taking place today
(kh 01/02/2023)
Deputy
Speaker to have right to initiate and adjourn
meetings of HoR (rep 31/01/2023) [Why
else should there be a Deputy Speaker?]
NA
vice chair election scheduled for Feb 6 (rep
27/01/2023)
Wishy-washy
parliamentary committees : Many crucial bills died
because the House of Representatives dawdled until
the expiry of its term, by Khim Lal Devkota (kp
25/01/2023)
Parliament
Secretariat grants NC main opposition party status
(kh 23/01/2023) [The main
opposition is a party that supports the PM!?], Despite
supporting the government, Nepali Congress gets status
of main opposition (nlt 23/01/2023), Opposition
leader in parliament to get Rs 61,000 in monthly salary,
several other perks and benefits (rep 24/01/2023) [Deuba personally happy again?]
Is
Congress the main opposition? It’s Speaker’s call :
Different political parties, two with just a seat each,
have claimed the main opposition status in the House,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/01/2023) [The
Speaker may decide which party is the main opposition
party, but whether a party can be called the opposition
at all is decided by the party itself through its
approval or disapproval of the government!], In
search of the main opposition, by Devendra Gautam
(ae 23/01/2023)
Lower
House to elect Deputy Speaker today : Nepal’s
constitution requires that there is one woman out of the
Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, and they should be
representatives from different parties (nlt
21/01/2023), Indira
Rana Magar elected as Deputy Speaker of HoR (rn
21/01/2023)
Parliament
sans opposition : It happen only in Nepal, by Pushpa
Raj Joshi (ht 20/01/2023)
RSP’s
Magar registers nomination for HoR Deputy Speaker
(kh 20/01/2023), RSP’s
Magar registers nomination for HoR Deputy Speaker
(kh), NC
fields Mukta Yadav as Deputy Speaker of HoR (kh
20/01/2023)
Speaker
announces his dissociation with party (kh
20/01/2023) [In the previous
legislature, not even the president managed to do so!]
HoR
to elect Deputy Speaker on January 21 (kh
19/01/2023)
Such
a long wait for justice : The new Parliament must take
concrete steps to conclude the transitional justice
process, by Suman Adhikari (kp 19/01/2023) [One
should not expect anything. The parliamentarians are
only forced into absolute obedience to their incompetent
party leaders.], Ghimire
elected Speaker of the House of Representatives : The
CPN-UML’s Dev Raj Ghimire beat Ishwari Neupane of the
Nepali Congress, receiving 167 votes in the Parliament,
where 268 lawmakers were present (kp 20/01/2023)
Dev
Raj Ghimire elected House Speaker : Ghimire of CPN-UML
got 167 votes in the 275-member lower house (nlt
19/01/2023) [A nation under
complete control of male Khas Arya!], UML’s
Devraj Ghimire elected HoR Speaker (kh 19/01/2023)
NWPP
demands status of main opposition (kh 19/01/2023)
Parliament
Secretariat calls for registration of nomination for
Speaker (kh 17/01/2023), Federal
Parliament to elect Speaker on Thursday (kh
18/01/2023)
Our
metamorphosis to kakistocracy : To make matters worse,
we now have a newly formed Parliament with no opposition,
by Sucheta Pyakuryal (kp 15/01/2023)
Chitra
Bahadur KC and Prem Suwal: Only two faces of opposition
in Nepal’s 274-member parliament : They were the only
ones to raise some important issues in parliament on
Tuesday while the rest of the MPs cast votes for the PM
(nlt) [Voters have clearly
expressed that they no longer want the ageing failed
politicians, but they have taken control in ways never
before experienced and are supported by parties and
politicians who offered themselves as alternatives in
the elections!]
A
look back at policy making and attendance trends of
Nepal’s first federal parliament : In the past five
years, it has become evident that the decision for a
parliamentarian to participate in any deliberation of a
particular bill is driven by the relative importance of
that bill within the political sphere, by Yatindra
KC (nlt 11/01/2023)
Nepal’s
parliament becomes opposition-less : In the
parliamentary system, the role of an opposition party is
considered crucial to follow the principle of check and
balance. But Nepal’s parliament, on Tuesday, approved
the opposition-less government (nlt 10/01/2023) [A victory from the point of view of
the old, long-failed political guard, but a heavy defeat
for democracy!], No
opposition party in parliament!, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep 11/01/2023)
PM
Dahal taking vote of confidence in HoR today (kp
10/01/2023), Parliament
meeting postponed till 1 pm (kh 10/01/2023),
Nepal's
new PM secures vote of confidence in parliament
(ht 10/01/2023)
First
House meeting fails to sow seed of hope for stability,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 10/01/2023)
First
House meeting puts focus on corruption control and
political stability : The meeting was held a day before
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal faces a vote of
confidence at the House of Representatives today. Top
political leaders had addressed the first sitting,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 10/01/2023)
HoR
nominates seven members to chair meeting during
Speaker’s absence (kh 09/01/2023)
First
HoR meeting after Nov 20 election taking place today :
Top leaders to address the session (kh 09/01/2023)
New
parliament: A houseful of challenges, by Narendra
Saud (ae 09/01/2023)
Speaker
to be elected on Jan 21 (ht 07/01/2023)
Parties
are taking back rebels who won polls : With their
return, the party gets one more seat in parliament,
giving them a leg up in parliamentary politics,
observers say, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 06/01/2023)
Former
MPs yet to return their 'insignia', by Ishwari
Subedi (rep 31/12/2022)
Independent
candidates to hold national convention in Feb (kh
30/12/2022)
Post-legislative
Scrutiny Key To Lawmaking (rn 29/12/2022)
President
Bhandari summons first meeting of the House of
Representatives on January 9 (rep 27/12/2022)
NC
lawmaker Gurung suspended (rn 27/12/2022)
Keeping
the House in order : The new cohort of first-time MPs is
expected to avoid becoming pawns in the hands of a
handful of leaders (kp 23/12/2022)
Newly
elected parliamentarians to take oath on
December 22 (kh 19/12/2022), Federal
Parliament Secretariat calls all-party meeting
on Thursday (kh 21/12/2022), Newly-elected
MPs taking oath on Thursday (kh 21/12/2022)
Parliament
Secretariat adopting e-attendance to make MPs
give more time in House, by Narayan Neupane
(rn 18/12/2022)
Appointment
of justices at SC stalled due to absence of parliament
to conduct hearings (rep 16/12/2022)
Despite
dissolved twice, HoR completes its 5-year term (kh
18/09/2022)
Mud-slinging
the order of the day in Parliament’s last sitting :
House debates were largely centered on removal of
Oli government and the citizenship issue, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 18/09/2022)
Government
to end parliament session (kh 16/09/2022), Govt
recommends to prorogue parliament with effect from
Saturday midnight (kh 16/09/2022), HoR,
Province Assembly's term to expire from September 17
midnight (rn 16/09/2022)
Election
Commission opposes plan to extend House term : Election
code of conduct says terms of members of lower house and
provincial assembly will lose their positions after
filing nominations for elections (kp 06/09/2022) [A moronic discussion: elected MPs
only become functional when parliament first convenes.
No democratic country can afford to be without a
legislature or executive for months! This once
again highlights one of the many shortcomings of the
2015 Constitution.]
Upper
House lawmakers draw govt’s attention to contemporary
issues (kh 06/09/2022)
RPP
Chair Lingden announces resignation as lawmaker (kh
04/09/2022) [A strange view of
the electoral period of a parliament! This may only end
on the day on which the newly elected parliament
convenes for the first time. Otherwise, the country
would be without a legislature for weeks or even months,
what the executive has enjoyed manipulating in the past.
There is no question of a tenure extension.]
Bill
proposes continuing current lower house’s term until
March 4 : Experts decry plan as unparliamentary.
Government has drafted a bill to amend relevant law,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/09/2022) [What
is morally wrong can never be legally right! The
previous parliament is history from the time of the new
elections at the latest!]
Lawmakers
voice against the government (kh 02/09/2022), Lawmakers
stress on making Media Council independent (kh
02/09/2022)
Amendment
bill on Citizenship Act be presented in upper house
Sunday : Ruling parties’ lawmakers say the upper house
chairperson cannot hold the bill for long, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/08/2022), National
Assembly passes citizenship bill again, without changes
(rep 03/09/2022), Upper
House also passes citizenship bill as it is : President
has 15 days to give her assent to the bill, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 03/09/2022)
Impeachment
recommendation panel to summon Chief Justice Rana on
August 31 : It plans to submit the report in September
first week, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/08/2022)
Parliament
meeting postponed for a week at UML’s request
(kh 23/08/2022)
Proposal
on Citizenship Bill amendment approved (rep
18/08/2022), Citizenship
Bill passed with a majority
(kh 18/08/2022),
Snubbing
President Bhandari, House endorses bill to amend
Citizenship Act without changes (nlt
19/08/2022), Citizenship
Bill, returned by President, passed by House
without change : The bill will be sent to
President Bhandari again once it is endorsed by
the National Assembly, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/08/2022),
The
bill that was and the bill this is: What did King
Birendra do with the bill to amend Citizenship Act 1964
that became a topic of discussion after President
Bhandari returned the bill to amend Citizenship Act
2006?, by Tika R Pradhan and Tufan Neupane (kp
19/08/2022) [Whatever is being
discussed now, the fundamental problem is the unequal
treatment of Nepali women and men based on
arch-patriarchal thinking. The very predominantly male
persons of the ruling elite do not want to change this
now either. Article 18 of the constitution, as the
overriding fundamental rights article, prohibits
precisely this unequal treatment, which is still
maintained. In other words, Nepal's citizenship law
continues to be blatantly unconstitutional. The current
discussion is pure palaver.]
We
should focus on elections after a month, let’s
finish the impeachment quickly: Lawmakers
(kh 17/08/2022)
National
Land Commission’s delivery questioned in House
(kh 16/08/2022)
President's
letter over Citizenship Bill read out in HoR
(rep 16/08/2022)
Parliament
endorses bill on oath, seven years after
constitution promulgation : Confusion had arisen
over oath-taking in the absence of a law. The
new law will come into force after President’s
approval, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/08/2022)
Rana
impeachment motion sent to probe committee, but
time is running out : Proposal can’t pass the
House without the support of UML, which seems
disinterested in ruling coalition’s agenda,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/08/2022)
Running
out of time : Outgoing lawmakers are oddly
rushing to pass bills after sitting on their
hands for years (kp 08/08/2022)
Passage
of bill on electricity becomes uncertain. Energy
minister mulls ordinance : An amendment that
aims to allow the private sector to engage in
power trade inside and outside the country has
become uncertain with the country entering
election mode, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
08/08/2022) [At
least since KP Oli's autocratic rule, Nepali
governments have preferred ordinances anyway!]
Parties’
move to keep House working even after declaring polls
raises questions : Experts say with elections announced,
the caretaker government cannot present bills in
Parliament, as some new laws may lead to policy
decisions, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/08/2022)
‘Profit
belongs to NOC, consumers bear the brunt of loss’, rant
parliamentarians (kh 07/08/2022)
With
House term nearing end, parties are trying to rush Rana
impeachment : UML and ruling coalition lawmakers say
time is too short for probing and putting the motion to
vote, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/08/2022), Impeachment
motion against Rana sent to the recommendation committee
: The move means start of the process to probe charges
against Rana, but it cannot be passed without UML’s
support (kp 07/08/2022)
No
possibility of dissolution of parliament: Deputy Speaker
(kh 04/08/2022)
Lawmakers
sound alert on 'anti-federalism voices' raised in
parliament, call for a ban (rn 29/07/2022)
Dirty
money everywhere: Is Nepal on the verge of being
blacklisted for money laundering? (nlt
26/07/2022)
Upper
house awaits vice-chair for months as parties show lack
of interest in electing one : Lawmakers say the
vice-chair position must not be left vacant because it
is a constitutional position and is important in terms
of inclusion, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/07/2022) [The autocratic leading politicians
never respect the constitution!]
Speaker
is a failure—and ineffective, observers say : Chosen
after a struggle between Oli and Dahal, Agni Sapkota is
confused about his role and has failed to be assertive,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/07/2022)
Parliamentary
arithmetic behind ongoing deputy speaker election
(kh 15/07/2022)
No
deputy Speaker for over two years, and now they want to
elect one. Why? Not aimed at protecting the
constitution, experts say, as ruling parties seem to be
eying something else that they think may benefit them
somehow, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/07/2022) [The
disregard for the Constitution by the ruling male
Tagadhari elite is simply criminal and undemocratic in
every sense of the word!]
Deputy
Speaker of HoR: Bhusal and Bhattarai file nominations
(kh 14/07/2022) [This position
is reserved for women, as the patriarchal ruling elite
see only men as qualified for top leadership roles. But
the question is why, once again, only candidates from
Bahun circles are sent forward.]
Everything
you need to know about Nepal’s parliamentary
committee practices, from the first parliament
to federal parliament, by Jivesh Jha (nlt
14/07/2022) [book review]
Govt
tables Citizenship Bill in Parliament (nlt
13/07/2022)
Parliamentary
committee formed to investigate against
ex-FinMin Sharma starts work (nlt
12/07/2022)
It’s
shameful to fail to nominate Deputy Speaker and
Vice-Chairman: Bamdev Gautam (kh 12/07/2022)
[It is not only
shameful, it is a serious violation of Articles
91 and 92 of the Constitution. This
constitutional violation was deliberately
committed by the previous Oli government, like
so many others of his numerous misconducts, and
has been continued by the present Deuba
government. Since both positions should have
been filled by women, it is also an afront
against women's rights and political
participation. The politicians responsible for
this scandal should be held accountable as a
matter of urgency.], Election
for Deputy Speaker announced for Friday (nlt
13/07/2022)
Speaker
Sapkota certifies five bills (kh 12/07/2022)
Speaker
Sapkota rules govt to furnish replies on issues raised
by lawmakers (nlt 11/07/2022)
Parliamentarians
rue over withdrawal of Citizenship related Bill (kh
08/07/2022)
Despite
six-decade history, parliamentary practice remains weak
in Nepal : Experts say that in countries where political
parties aren’t democratic, the parliamentary practice
cannot be effective, by Binod Ghimire (kp
01/07/2022)
UML
lawmakers boycott National Assembly meeting (rep
01/07/2022)
UML
lawmakers boycott National Assembly meeting (kh
27/06/2022) [A democratic party
must not under any circumstances prevent the work of the
elected representatives of the people, even if there are
serious allegations. Parliament is not a kindergarten!
Why should the voters give their vote to such a party
again?]
HoR
meeting adjourned owing to insufficient quorum (kh
26/06/2022)
No
legal clarity on how long the House of Representatives
can function after election dates are announced :
Government doesn’t need to dissolve House, it can simply
prorogue ongoing session which means the end of its
tenure, an expert says, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/06/2022)
Deuba
avoids House that awaited response on some pressing
issues : Amid calls for answers from him on defence
budget and SPP, prime minister plays truant,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/06/2022), House
panel grills army chief, foreign minister on SPP :
Orders government to write to the US saying Nepal is not
part of SPP. Sharma claims 2019 army letter was sent
with government nod, Nepal is not part of any military
alliance, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/06/2022)
Lawmakers
warn government against joining State Partnership
Program : Congress lawmaker Gagan Thapa vows to scuttle
any attempts aimed at signing the programme (kp
16/06/2022)
UML
lawmakers boycott Parliament meeting kh 16/06/2022)
[Why should people vote at the
next elections for a party that time and again dissolves
or blocks parliament?]
UML
stalls House proceedings over 'budget manipulation',
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 15/06/2022)
Budget
debate in Nepal is about MPs seeking more for their
constituencies : Parliamentarians often forget their
main job—making laws. They consider themselves
development workers, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/06/2022)
NRNA
controversy in Parliament, lawmakers demand information
on talks with the UK (rep 11/06/2022)
Parties
that accused UML of subverting Parliament are themselves
doing it : Ministers are skipping budget-related
discussions and experts call it insult to the people and
Parliament. Ministers must be accountable to Parliament,
says UML chief whip, by Binod Ghimire (kp
11/06/2022)
Call
for bill on out-of-country voting, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 10/06/2022)
Lawmakers
propose expenditure budget cuts for different ministries
(kh 08/06/2022)
Leaving
both houses without deputies reflects poorly on parties’
commitments : As House Speaker and Assembly chair are
men, their deputies have to be women. Parties’ apathy
leads some to suspect if they are being neglectful of
women’s representation, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/06/2022) [Nepal's
macho men like to violate the constitution and laws when
it comes to preventing women's participation!]
Lawmakers
draw government’s attention to rising inflation :
Lawmakers accuse government of not taking any measures
to tame inflation and rising prices of petroleum
products (nlt 03/06/2022)
Citizens
appeal to protect the dignity of Supreme Court : ‘The
act of directing the government to defy the court
verdict on the construction of Nijgadh Airport is
against Regulations of the House of Representatives.’
(nlt)
House
likely to expire with dozens of bills pending as tenure
draws to close : Some bills, including crucial ones,
have been stacked since first meeting in March 2018,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/06/2022) [This
is the result of the direct failure of the Oli and Deuba
led governments and the entire party political
leadership of the country!]
Lawmakers
register resolution proposal demanding removal of time
limit in rape case (kh 30/05/2022)
UML
obstructs House after Industry Minister criticizes Oli
(nlt 27/05/2022) [The
anti.democrats are back!], House
meeting adjourned for 15 minutes following UML protest
(kh 27/05/2022)
National
Assembly endorses nominations for its thematic
committees (rep 26/05/2022)
House
meeting today; lawmakers to begin deliberation on
policies and programs (kh 26/05/2022)
Public
importance motion on price hike of petro products filed
at Parliament (nlt 24/05/2022)
National
Assembly approves eight ordinances (rep 23/05/2022)
Pre-budget
discussions on Wednesday and Thursday (nlt
17/05/2022)
House
meets today, but the motion to impeach Rana may remain
in limbo : If the parties deliberately put the motion on
hold, it would mean a deviation from the constitutional
process, says former Congress lawmaker, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 17/05/2022), UML
lets parliament run sans obstruction after 9 months
(kp 17/05/2022), National
Assembly meeting held amidst UML obstruction
(nlt 17/05/2022), After
holding House hostage for 8 months, UML lifts
obstructions : Main opposition says it will remodel its
protest and will allow proceedings in view of economic
crisis and inflation, by Binod Ghimire (kp
18/05/2022), Vote
counting in all wards of Dharan sub-metropolis put off
following Maoist protest (rep 18/05/2022), Vote
counting put off in Palungtar after ballot box of a
booth found not sealed (rep 18/05/2022), House
to run smoothly (ht 19/05/2022)
Nepal’s
lawmaking process lacks consultation : Four years of
federal parliament have been disappointing for
participatory lawmaking, by Binod Ghimire (kp
11/05/2022) [KP Oli in
particular, but also the Deuba-led government, have
repeatedly tried to eliminate the popularly elected
parliament. It is completely incomprehensible why these
politicians want to run again in parliamentary
elections!]
Govt
to present Policies and Programs for new fiscal year in
parliament on May 21 (rep 11/05/2022)
President
Bhandari summons House session on May 17 (kh
09/05/2022)
Budget
session recommended for May 17 : The government needs to
present the annual budget on May 29 (kp 08/05/2022)
Budget
session is just weeks away but uncertainties loom :
Holidays and House rules are obstacles, and there’s the
protesting UML too (kp 06/05/2022)
When
does the term of current House expire? No one actually
knows : Constitution sets five-year term but does not
say when date starts. Experts differ, some saying
polling day, others insisting date when Parliament first
met as the beginning, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
20/03/2022) [Nepal is a
parliamentary democracy. In such a democracy, parliament
should not be dissolved, but should remain constant. It
makes sense for a parliamentary term to last from the
day of the first sitting of a parliament until the first
sitting of the next elected parliament. Unfortunately,
the Nepali parliament is often seen as an obstacle by
the executive and is therefore misused to enforce its
policies.]
‘Impeachment
motion filed against CJ Rana to remain parliament’s
property’ (kh 16/03/2022)
House
is prorogued; questions arise over motion to impeach
chief justice : Impeachment proposal against Cholendra
Shumsher Rana, registered on February 13, is in
Parliament. With no session now, it is in a state of
limbo, by Anil Giri and Tika R Pradhan (kp
16/03/2022) [KP Oli understood
parliamentary democracy as proroguing or dissolving the
popularly elected parliament to rule autocratically with
ordinances and the present government is not much
better!]
Govt
recommends proroguing parliament session (kh
15/03/2022) [Parliament is not a
tool for autocratic top politicians, but the basis of
Nepal's political system. Countless laws have long
demanded to be passed by parliament, but autocratic
politicians like Oli and also the leaders of the current
ruling alliance don't give a damn!]
Impeachment
motion against CJ Rana tabled in HoR meeting (rep
13/03/2022)
Speaker
Sapkota makes special request to end House impasse for
smooth functioning of state affairs (kh 13/03/2022)
Parliament
obstruction is an infringement of people's sovereign
rights: Bhim Rawal (rep 06/03/2022)
HoR
meeting adjourned again, next meeting scheduled for
March 13 : HoR forms impeachment recommendation
committee (kh 06/03/2022), HoR
moves forward impeachment motion against Chief Justice
Rana : 11-member impeachment recommendation committee
formed (kh 06/03/2022), Parliament
forms committee to study allegations against Chief
Justice Rana : The 11-member Impeachment Recommendation
Committee has four members from CPN-UML, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 07/03/2022)
Newly-elected
National Assembly members take oath of office and
secrecy (nlt 05/03/2022)
A
dysfunctional House is betrayal of democracy,
electorate, observers say : Parliament has failed to
function for the last six months due to the protests by
opposition UML against the Speaker, by Binod Ghimire
(kp) [KP Oli has made it clear
for years that it is against parliamentary democracy!]
Four-year-term
of 20 NA lawmakers expiring today (kh 04/03/2022)
HoR
meeting adjourned in 8 minutes, next meeting scheduled
for Sunday (kh 02/03/2022),
Next session of HoR likely to discuss proposal to
impeach CJ Rana (kh 02/03/2022) [The
anti-democrats of the CPN (UML) will not allow any
parliamentary work until the next general elections.
This is their understanding of democracy. They should
never be elected again!], Parliament
may endorse crucial pending bills now despite UML’s
obstruction : Endorsing the MCC compact was a turnabout
by the government and the Speaker, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 02/03/2022) [Unfortunately,
it doesn't look like it!]
Nepal’s
Parliament ratifies MCC Compact with “interpretative
declaration” (kh 27/02/2022), Nepal
Parliament ratifies MCC compact : The US grant, one of
the most debated agreements in the country’s history,
gets through the House after the coalition agreed on
interpretive declaration, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
27/02/2022), What’s
in the declaration that led to passage of the US grant
from Nepal House, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/02/2022),
‘Nepal
will not be part of any US military alliance by being
party to MCC Compact’ : 11 points of Nepal's
interpretative declaration on MCC (kh 27/02/2022), Five
years after signing, America-funded MCC Compact ratified
by parliament : The $500 million MCC Nepal Compact had
become the victim of extreme politicization. Nepali
communist leaders had vehemently stood against
parliamentary ratification of the Compact, by Adhim
Neupane and Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 27/02/2022), MCC
Nepal compact: What is in the “interpretative
declaration” endorsed by Nepal’s parliament? (nlt
27/02/2022), Deliberations
on much-debated MCC Compact in parliament : Who said
what? , by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 27/02/2022), Gagan
Thapa forwards a strong reason for MCC Compact
ratification ; The Nepali Congress General Secretary
says Nepal should ask for more grants from China and
India as well (nlt 27/02/2022),
Furnish
all documents related to MCC in parliament: Unified
Socialist leader Khanal (kh 27/02/2022), Only
that foreign assistance which respects Nepal's
sovereignty will be welcomed: Khanal (rep
27/02/2022), ‘Nepal
will not be part of any US military alliance by being
party to MCC Compact’ : 11 points of Nepal's
interpretative declaration on MCC (kh 27/02/2022), Parliament
discussing MCC compact agreement (rep 27/02/2022), Supporters
of MCC are national traitors: Bhim Rawal (rep
27/02/2022) [You are welcome to
express your opinion in parliament, but so are all other
parliamentarians. Those who deny the right of popularly
elected parliamentarians to discuss MCC have no place in
a parliamentary democracy! How low have you sunk since
we first met in 1990?]
HoR
meeting taking place today : To discuss MCC, other
issues (kh 27/02/2022), Ruling
parties set to ratify MCC Compact thru consensus (kh
27/02/2022), Ruling
coalition decides to ratify MCC compact (nlt
27/02/2022),
Ruling
coalition decides to ratify MCC today with
interpretative declaration (kh 27/02/2022),m Maoist
Center holding PP meeting to inform about party’s
decision on MCC : Maoist Center to vote on MCC with
interpretive explanation (kh 27/02/2022), MCC
on Parliament’s agenda; UML likely to obstruct meeting
(kh 27/02/2022) [Oli claims to do everything exclusively in the
interest of the people. This is probably why he has been
blocking the work of the people's elected
representatives for months. Why does this party still
want to stand for elections at all?], HoR
meeting postponed by an hour (kh 27/02/2022)
HoR
meeting postponed till February 27 : Deterrence likely
to affect MCC ratification deadline (kh 25/02/2022)
Parliament
meeting slated to discuss MCC Compact today (nlt
24/02/2022), House
meeting postponed until Friday (nlt 24/02/2022)
Nepal’s
ruling alliance agrees to table MCC compact in the
parliament : Parliamentarians are supposed to discuss
the project under MCC grant on the basis of facts and
logic to debunk false narratives propagated especially
by social media and YouTubers (nlt 20/02/2022), Ruling
coalition decides to table MCC in Parliament (kh
20/02/2022), Prachanda
did not agree in coalition decision to table MCC:
Prachanda’s secretariat (kh 20/02/2022) [Obviously,
Dahal and his party want to be nothing but history soon!],
BAC
to table MCC in Parliament amid Maoist’s objection
(kh 20/02/2022), Parliament
meeting begins, MCC to be tabled in today’s session
(kh 20/02/2022), Minister
Karki tables MCC on behalf of Finance Ministry (kh
20/02/2022), Govt
tables MCC in parliament amid protest of UML and Maoist
lawmakers (rep 20/02/2022), Next
HoR meeting on February 24 (rep 20/02/2022)
Parliament
meeting today, MCC Compact not on the agenda (nlt
18/02/2022), Parliament
meeting postponed till Sunday (kh 18/02/2022) [Politicians and parties that
fundamentally reject parliamentary democracy should not
be allowed to participate in future elections! The
behaviour of Oli and his CPN (UML) is highly damaging to
the state and destroys the future of the country!]
Parliament
meeting postponed till Friday (kh 16/02/2022)
Deuba,
Prachanda agree not to table MCC Compact today : CPN
(Maoist Center) that had earlier allowed tabling the
Compact changed its tone today. The party has warned of
leaving the government if the Compact is tabled without
consensus in the ruling alliance (nlt 16/02/2022)
UML
to obstruct House meeting today as well (nlt
16/02/2022) [The anti-democrats
are supposedly not against MCC, even call on the
government to finally make a decision, but prevent the
agreement from being passed by the elected
representatives of the people!!??]
Parliamentary
Committees Performance Up To Mark -NA Chair (rn
15/02/2022)
Parliament
meeting postponed again (kh 13/02/2022), HoR
meeting rescheduled for Feb 16 (rep 13/02/2022), How
the House restored twice became totally dysfunctional :
Politicians, both from ruling and opposition parties,
have trampled on the sovereignty of the hallowed
parliament, observers say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/02/2022), [The incompetent
and anti-democratic so-called top politicians should be
disposed of in the dustbin of history as soon as
possible! None of them wants democracy, rule of law,
inclusion, real secularism and federalism!]
Break
the impasse : Parliament cannot continue to remain the
centre of disorder created by petty politics (kp
10/02/2022), Speaker
Sapkota’s duty is to move forward procedures of
parliament: NC leader Mahat (kh 11/02/2022
House
meeting deferred again amid preparations to table MCC
compact : The $500 million US grant, for which
Washington has set a February 28 deadline, is in limbo
as Nepal’s political parties are deeply divided, by
Tika R Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp 09/02/2022), House
of Representatives to meet on Feb 14 (kh 09/02/2022)
[The time for a decision on MCC
is rapidly running out. In the event of a rejection, the
discontinuation of various power plant constructions
should also be considered. Without the transmission
lines financed with MCC money, they do not make much
sense!]
Citizens
demand investigation on murder case against House
Speaker, say he is not fit to remain in post : “The
major political parties must immediately take action
against Agni Sapkota in order to protect the values and
principles of the parliamentary system." (nlt
08/02/2022) [He should never
have been elected to that office until a court confirmed
his innocence. What kind of constitutional state is
this?], Civil
society leaders urge parties to take appropriate
decision to oust Speaker Sapkota (rep 09/02/2022)
What
if… we didn’t need the National Assembly? Influential
political leaders want to be MPs as non-parliamentarians
cannot become ministers for more than six months, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 03/02/2022) [In
the federal system, the National Assembly has special
significance as the representation of the provinces at
the national level, but the central party elites must be
strictly prevented from influencing its staffing.
Completely superfluous, however, is the office of the
largely functionless vice president, whose task could be
performed in exceptional institutions, for example, by a
functionary of Parliament.]
Settle
the MCC now : The government should table it in
parliament and let the sovereign body decide (ae
03/02/2022) [But according to
the understanding of democracy of the supreme rulers of
the political parties, they alone decide how their
elected representatives have to vote, not their
conscience.]
LMC
effortful to keep high standards of bill related to
security printing (kh 03/02/2022)
Govt
preparing to register a proposal to remove Speaker,
by Ishwari Subedi (rep 01/02/2022), Sapkota’s
role as a nonpartisan post holder comes into question :
Amid Deuba’s plan to move MCC grant for its ratification
from the House, the Speaker has expedited his own
consultations which experts call unwarranted, by
Binod Ghimire and Anil Giri (kp 03/02/2022)
HoR
meet postponed till February 9 (kh 29/01/2022), National
Assembly meet slated for Monday postponed until further
notice (kh 30/01/2022)
New
law afoot to make parliamentary hearing accountable
(kh 29/01/2022)
Unified
Socialist candidate Garima Shah gets elected from
Sudurpaschim Province (kh 26/01/2022), All
Candidates Of Ruling Coalition Elected To NA From
Sudurpaschim, Lumbini Provinces (rn 26/01/2022), Ruling
alliance secures victory in 18 of 19 seats in National
Assembly poll (With list of elected candidates) (rep
27/01/2022), Ruling
parties win 18 out of 19 seats in National Assembly
elections (nlt 27/01/2022), UML
the main sufferer yet a winner in National Assembly
elections : The main opposition continues to be the
largest party in the upper house despite losing seven
seats. The ruling alliance wins in all provinces except
Province 1, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/01/2022)
Panel
to ask PM on inclusive, proportional system in envoy
appointment (ht 20/01/2022)
UML
seeks government accountability while it holds the House
of Representatives hostage : A dysfunctional Parliament
is unlikely to convene meetings anytime soon amid
Covid-19 scare, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/01/2022)
NA
Meeting Scheduled For Monday Postponed Again (rn
16/01/2022), HoR
meeting postponed due to COVID-19 (kh 16/01/2022), HoR
meeting rescheduled for January 30 (rep 16/01/2022)
HoR
meeting postponed till January 17 (rep 10/01/2022)
I
will not betray the trust of the people: Speaker Sapkota
(rep 09/01/2022) [Only when the
court acquits you of murder in the case that has been
pending against you for years, will you earn the trust
of the people!]
Political
coordination committee to take initiative to run
parliament smoothly (kh 07/01/2022), Ruling,
opposition parties doing little to end stalemate, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 07/01/2022)
NA
session rescheduled for January 11 (kh 07/01/2022)
Parliament
meeting scheduled for tomorrow postponed : Next meeting
to be held on January 12 (kh 05/01/2022)
HoR
meeting postponed at the request of Maoist Center : Next
meeting on January 6 (kh 02/01/2022)
Election
process for National Assembly polls begins from today
(kh 01/01/2022)
House
approves four ordinances amid UML's obstruction (rep
22/12/2021), CPN
(UML) Continues To Protest In Parliament (rep
22/12/2021), Taking
hostage of parliament undemocratic: Former PM Bhattarai
(kh 23/12/2021) [Not
undemocratic, but anti-democratic! Democracy is the rule
of the people, but the authoritarian KP Oli prevents
their elected representatives from exercising this rule!]
HoR
passes two ordinances (kh 21/12/2021), House
endorses two ordinances amid main opposition obstruction
: The next meeting has been called for Wednesday (kp
21/12/2021)
Parliament’s
Business Advisory Committee meeting begins, UML also
participates (kh 21/12/2021)
National
Assembly meeting postponed until further notice (nlt
20/12/2021)
Dispute
between UML and Speaker continues as House reconvenes :
Experts on parliamentary affairs say while the Speaker
and the prime minister should take initiatives for
dialogue, the UML must also understand that House
obstruction is not going to offer a solution, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 16/12/2021)
Parliament
session begins today amid obstruction threats by UML :
There are 57 bills pending in the two Houses of the
parliament. According to some lawmakers, Prime Minister
Deuba is keen to table the MCC compact during this
session, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 14/12/2021), Govt
tables six ordinances amid UML’s obstruction, House
meeting postponed for a week : The main opposition
party, UML, had obstructed the earlier House session as
well demanding that 14 lawmakers it took action should
be dismissed (nlt 14/12/2021) [A
party that prevents the urgently needed work of the
legislature should be excluded from future elections, as
it quite obviously rejects the parliamentary rule of the
people, which is bindingly prescribed by the
constitution! What the UML criticises must be settled
through the courts!], 9th
Session of parliament kicks off, UML obstruction
continues : Govt. tables five ordinances for discussion
(kh 14/12/2021), Parliament
adjourned till December 21 : UML obstruction continues
(kh 14/12/2021)
Meeting
of both Houses to begin tomorrow; lawmakers to undergo
COVID-19 screening today (kh 13/12/2021)
MCC
likely to be main agenda of the winter session of the
House starting next week : Prime Minister Deuba has over
the past few months assured several US officials that
the compact would be passed through Parliament, by
Tika R Pradfhan (kh 09/12/2021)
Prez
summons federal parliament session on December 14
(rep 02/12/2021)
Speaker
Sapkota-led delegation returns home from Madrid : Says
will now be focused to end parliamentary deadlock
(kh 02/12/2021) [What fairy tale
of achieved inclusiveness did you recount in Madrid?]
Upcoming
upper house polls could leave a weakened UML even weaker
: A loss may be solely the UML’s but holds the potential
for affecting national understanding by deepening the
divide, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 25/11/2021)
Parliamentary
hearing of proposed ambassadors postponed (rep
21/11/2021), Parliamentary
hearing of proposed ambassadors to India, UK and UK
deferred yet again (kh 03/12/2021) [It
is so unimportant for Nepali politicians to send
ambassadors to India, the US and the UK!], Parliamentary
hearing for ambassador nominees set for today : The
parliamentary committee has already deferred the hearing
twice in the absence of a quorum, by Pramod Ghimire
(kp 06/12/2021), Parliamentary
hearing endorses proposed ambassadorial candidates
(kh 06/12/2021), MCC
dominates ambassadorial hearing : Parliamentary
committee has endorsed ambassadors—Shankar Sharma for
India, Sridhar Khatri for the United States and Gyan
Chandra Acharya for the United Kingdom, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 07/12/2021)
National
Assembly member election to be held on January 26
(rep 20/11/2021)
Calls
for House session as judicial crisis protracts :
Observers say the House should be summoned so that
lawmakers can discuss the disputes in the Supreme Court,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/11/2021)
Parliament
unaware about 80 per cent laws formulated under its nose
(kh 12/11/2021)
Rights
activists urge Parliament to pass citizenship bill
(ht 11/11/2021)
Term
Of 20 NA Members To Be Terminated On March 5 (rn
09/11/2021), Govt
to hold National Assembly elections by Jan 22 (kh
10/11/2021)
House
session to be prorogued today (ht 29/10/2021), House
prorogation stalls prospect of chief justice being
impeached for now : An impeachment motion can be
registered even when the House is not in session, but
the House has to be in session for forming the
impeachment recommendation committee, discussing the
motion and for putting the motion to vote, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 29/10/2021), Parliament
session prorogued (kh 30/10/2021)
HoR
meeting taking place at 2 pm today (kh 28/10/2021),
UML
obstruction in parliament continues (kh 28/10/2021),
HoR
meeting adjourned till Nov 15 : UML's sloganeering
continued Thursday as well (kh 28/10/2021) [According
to the constitution, Nepal is a parliamentary democracy.
As PM, Oli has tried several times to eliminate the
parliament. Now in opposition, he continues to try to
prevent any work by the people's elected
representatives. This is an attack on the very
foundations of the Nepali state.]
Seats
of 20 National Assembly lawmakers falling vacant
(rep 26/10/2021)
Postponing
House meeting without compelling reasons, a wrong trend
that continues : Analysts stress need for the House
calendar to end the practice, by Binod Ghimire (kp
22/10/2021)
CPN-UML
demands leadership of Public Accounts Committee :
Opposition party lays claim to parliamentary panel while
Nepali Congress says it has no plans of leaving the
position yet, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/10/2021)
Parties
using deputy Speaker’s position as a bargaining chip is
wrong, observers say : The ruling alliance has agreed to
give the long vacant deputy Speaker’s post to the Janata
Samajbadi Party as part of a power-sharing deal, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 20/10/2021)
UML
to continue obstructing House proceedings (ht
19/10/2021)
Speaker
Sapkota says he is ready to discuss with UML to end
House disruption (kh 13/10/2021)
HoR
holding meeting today : PM Deuba to table Madhesi
Commission’s report (kh 11/10/2021)
National
Assembly approves recommendation to withdraw bill
(rep 11/10/2021)
UML
continues obstruction at National Assembly (rep
11/10/2021)
Government
withdraws Civil Service Bill from Parliament (kh
08/10/2021), Govt
to withdraw four bills (rep 08/10/2021)
UML
protests continues in HoR, House postponed in eight
minutes : Next meeting scheduled for Friday (kh
05/10/2021) [As prime minister, Oli repeatedly shut down
parliament to push through his authoritarian and
sometimes unconstitutional moves. As a no-longer-prime
minister, he blocks the work of the elected people' s
representatives from the inside! Yet Nepal calls itself
a parliamentary democracy!]
Four
bills tabled in National Assembly for discussions amid
UML protest (rep 04/10/2021)
UML
continues Parliament obstruction as KP Oli pitches for
early elections : Experts argue that UML has challenged
the Speaker’s move in court so it should wait until the
court gives its verdict, by Binod Ghimire (kp
30/09/2021), Obstruction
Continues In Parliament: Auditor General's Report
Presented (rn 30/09/2021) [The MPs were elected to represent
the people and not the parties. Perhaps voters should
think twice at the next elections before voting for a
party that prevents the legislature from doing its
much-needed work!]
NA
endorses two ordinances related to finance (rep
27/09/2021)
UML
lawmakers obstruct HoR meeting, next meeting to be held
on Thursday (rep 27/09/2021), Speaker
executes HoR proceeding despite UML obstruction : Next
meeting scheduled for September 30 (kh 27/09/2021)
NA
passes Fiscal Bill and National Debt Raising Bill 1978
2078 (kh 24/09/2021)
President
authenticates appropriation bill ending government
shutdown : Bill was passed by upper house majority
Thursday (kp 23/09/2021)
Lower
House passes two budget-related bills (kh
23/09/2021)
UML’s
partisan politics enters upper house, as members demand
Speaker’s resignation : Observers say Nepali parties
have failed to comprehend the spirit of the National
Assembly and made it a platform to squabble over petty
interests, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/09/2021) [Perhaps
it is not necessarily the parties, but rather the old,
long-since failed and anti-democratic so-called party
leaders who should be sent packing if Nepal is finally
to come to its senses politically!]
NA
meeting postponed after UML obstruction (kh
21/09/2021)
Lower
house endorses budget amid UML protest : The bill now
will be sent to the upper house. The government shutdown
would be lifted once the bill gets through (kp
20/09/2021)
House
session underway despite UML’s obstruction (kh
20/09/2021), House
endorses Appropriation Bill amidst UML protest : To meet
next on Sept 23 (kh 20/09/2021), HoR
approves two bills (kh 20/09/2021)
UML
looks set for a showdown amid spending halt : Ruling
alliance may steamroller the budget through lower house,
but its passage from upper house looks difficult without
a deal with main opposition, by Anil Giri and Binod
Ghimire (kp 16/09/2021)
Bedlam
in parliament: Speaker's political bias to blame, by
Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 15/09/2021)
SC
issues interim order allowing lawmakers Pandey and
Sharda Devi to join Unified Socialist (kh
14/09/2021)
House
of ruckus : Unruly behaviour reflects poorly not just on
the representatives but on the people too (kp
14/09/2021)
House
obstructions, if continue, can lead to financial
deadlock : As Speaker fails to resolve the crisis, there
are concerns the government may have its hands tied when
it comes to spending, with just two days to get the
budget endorsed, by Tika R Pradhan and Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 14/09/2021)
UML
obstructs National Assembly meeting on Monday (kh
13/09/2021), National
Assembly meeting postponed till September 15 (kh
13/09/2021), UML
obstructs parliament meeting today as well : Next
meeting on September 20 (kh 14/09/2021)
Speaker
calls all-party meeting for tomorrow (kh 12/09/2021)
CPN-UML
obstructs House session today as well (kh
12/09/2021), Parliament
meeting adjourned; to meet again on Sept 14 (kh
12/09/2021)
Onus
on Speaker Sapkota to fix broken House of
Representatives, observers say : As the presiding
officer of the legislative body, they say the Speaker
should take the initiative to diffuse the situation,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/09/2021)
Replacement
Bill passed amidst mayhem, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
11/09/2021) [What a shame! This
behaviour in parliament is unworthy of representatives
of the people and damages Nepal's reputation in the
world!]
Political
parties are holding Parliament hostage : The government,
the opposition and the Speaker are only concerned about
petty party interests, a former Speaker says, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 10/09/2021)
Ordinance
relating to Political Parties (second amendment) tabled
at National Assembly amid protest (kh 10/09/2021), Three
Bills Related To Budget Tabled, HoR Endorses Three
Ordinances Amidst UML Obstruction (rn 10/09/2021), HoR
approves three ordinances (kh 10/09/2021)
HoR
meeting adjourned for 15 minutes again : UML lawmakers'
continue to obstruct (kh 10/09/2021), Ordinance
tabled despite UML obstruction in parliament (kh
10/09/2021)
Parliament
meeting adjourned; to meet again on Sept 10 (kh
08/09/2021) [Preventing
parliamentary work or even dissolving it is an
anti-democratic speciality of Oli and his CPN-UML!]
10th
session of the Federal Parliament begins today (kh
08/09/2021)
Why
parliamentary transparency matters : Parliamentary
record-keeping in our case has been somewhat superficial,
by Shraddha Pokharel (kp 07/09/2021)
Political
Party Act odinance : Ruckus expected from UML in HoR
(ht 06/09/2021)
Govt
starts preparation for new session of parliament
(kh) [Thanks to the prorogation
of the House of Representatives and the immediate
subsequent amendment of the Political Party Act, the
parties were able to split to secure the Deuba
government. Now the legislature of the elected
representatives of the people can get back to work!],
Cabinet
requests Prez to summon house session on September 8
(rep 04/09/2021), President
summons Federal Parliament meetings (kh 05/09/2021)
'Action
against expelled UML lawmakers not necessary' (ht
30/08/2021)
EC
updates Parliament Secretariat about newly-registered
parties (kh 27/08/2021)
As
EC registers CPN-Unified Socialist, UML shrinks to 98
seats in HoR (kh 26/08/2021)
UML
mounts pressure on Speaker to initiate action against
its 14 lawmakers : Speaker to forward action as per law
(kh 20/08/2021) [According to
article 35 of the Political Party Act, the speaker has
15 days time to do so!], UML
cannot take action against 14 lawmakers: Lawmaker
Devkota (kh 20/08/2021) [In
view of the Supreme Court ruling of 12 July, this is
absolutely correct! The judgement is binding law also
for Mr. Oli!], Ruling
alliance expresses serious concern over ‘threats’ issued
by UML lawmakers against Speaker Sapkota (rep
23/08/2021), Ruling
coalition objects to UML’s ‘threat’ to House Speaker :
Issuing a statement, Congress, Maoist Centre, Janata
Samajbadi, Rastriya Janamorcha and Madhav Nepal group
urge all to respect constitutional decorum (kp
23/08/2021)
House
prorogued : The govt has deliberately undermined
the role of the parliament by putting it under the
shadow of the executive (ht 18/08/2021) [This
is an unchanged continuation of Oli's anti-democratic
and unconstitutional policy! Deuba has already failed
mercilessly even in his fifth attempt as prime minister!],
Five
writs filed at SC against ordinance on party split
(kh 19/08/2021)
Govt
bringing ordinance to amend Political Parties Act 2017 :
Province and local level representatives will be able to
choose the party (kh 17/08/2021) [Many
amendments to the Political Parties Act would be
necessary. The current amendment is mainly to facilitate
a split of CPN-UML and JSPN. But why is the amendment
again made through an Ordinance and not through
Parliament, whose session was therefore ended the day
before?], Opposition
lashes out at the government for proroguing Parliament :
After failing to give business to the House, the Deuba
administration, which is unsure of its strength to pass
bills, has ended the session that started a month ago,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 17/08/2021) [The
criticism is well-founded, but the tradition of ruling
without parliament and democratic rules was introduced
by KP Oli! That Deuba continues this is shocking!],
Govt's
move to prorogue Parliament condemned, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 17/08/2021)
Government
to prorogue parliament session (kh 16/08/2021) [The way the Deuba government deals
with the legislature seems to be little different from
the Oli period. Democracy looks different. There should
be so many laws passed!], President
prorogues parliament : Minister defends prorogation
saying government needed time to build consensus on
pending (kp 16/08/2021)
Two
bills presented in HoR on last day of current session
(kh 16/08/2021)
Speaker
Sapkota directs to remove Matrika Yadav’s
‘non-parliamentary words’ from record (kh
13/08/2021)
Government
directed to expedite post-quake reconstruction works
(ht 06/08/2021)
Speaker
Sapkota inspects federal parliament building under
construction (rep 06/08/2021)
Lawmakers
press for passage of citizenship bill (ht
28/07/2021)
HoR
meeting taking place today : PM to table report on
Office of Auditor General (kh 23/07/2021)
The
House got a new lease of life. Now it should get deputy
Speaker : Experts say parties in power must not
undermine the fact that constitutional obligations are
attached with the post, which the previous government
failed to pay heed to, by Binod Ghimire (kp
22/07/2021)
House
session : For the first time in Nepal's parliamentary
history, lawmakers are free to cast their votes without
having to abide by the whips (ht 19/07/2021)
Deuba
wins vote of confidence in the reinstated House : The
win ensures Congress leader’s tenure as prime minister
for a year and a half–until the next elections are held
(kp 18/07/2021), Deuba
wins vote of confidence in parliament with 165 votes
(rep 18/07/2021), PM
Sher Bahadur Deuba wins trust vote in House of
Representatives, secures 165 votes (ht 18/07/2021),
PM
Deuba secures vote of confidence in Parliament : Out of
249 votes: Yes 165; No 83; 1 Neutral (kh
18/07/2021),
HoR
Business Advisory Committee sets agenda for today’s
sessions : PM Deuba's vote of confidence proposal in the
second session (kh 18/07/2021)
Govt
tables ordinance-based budget presented by Oli led govt
at parliament (rep 18/07/2021)
Deuba
likely to take vote of confidence today : Speaker calls
meeting of Business Advisory Committee (kh
18/07/2021), We
will vote for Deuba for parliament’s sake: UML leader
Jhankri (kh 18/07/2021), Ruling
coalition asks lawmakers not to leave parliament
building until PM Deuba takes vote of confidence (kh
18/07/2021)
Cabinet
recommends House meeting at 4pm Sunday : The lower house
was restored by the Supreme Court on July 12 (kp
15/07/2021), Lawmakers
to undergo PCR test on Friday (kh 15/07/2021), Three
days after the abrupt ending of NA, Deuba calls for its
new session (kh 15/07/2021), President
Bhandari calls HoR, NA meeting on July 18 (kh
15/07/2021)
Speaker
can call meet of Lower House: Apex court (ht
13/07/2021)
Lawmakers
slam government incompetence in importing COVID-19
vaccines (ht 08/07/2021)
NA
member Rayamajhi stages symbolic protest against HoR
dissolution in NA session (kh 05/07/2021)
16
ordinances presented at NA meeting (kh 01/07/2021) [That is complete nonsense! Does the
Oli government really think the people of Nepal are
stupid? According to Article 114 of the Constitution,
ordinances require the approval of both houses of
parliament. Approval by the National Assembly alone is
absolutely meaningless. At least some of the ordinances
should have been tabled a long time ago when both houses
were in session. Indeed, according to Article 114 (2)
(a), this has to be done in the first session of
Parliament after the promulgation of the Ordinances,
otherwise the latter are deemed to be repealed. However,
the Oli government deliberately failed to make such a
submission!]
How
upper house has become inactive, to the extent of being
irrelevant : The National Assembly has certain roles to
play. When the lower house is dissolved and the
judiciary is in crisis, it has an even bigger
responsibility, but it has failed, analysts say, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 08/06/2021)
Speaker
Sapkota consulting with constitutional experts on House
dissolution (kh 27/05/2021)
Oli
mulling budget through ordinance as his vote of
confidence in Parliament remains pending : The federal
budget for the next fiscal year must be presented on May
29. Parliament session is yet to be called for
presenting policies and programmes and pre-budget
discussions, by Anil Giri (kp 18/05/2021) [Oli needs no parliament, just a president who
willingly signs his every ordinance!]
Ill-timed
trust vote may scupper pre-budget session : Avoiding the
pre-budget discussion is like barring people from
participating in the budget process, a former Parliament
Secretariat official says, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/05/2021) [PM Oli does not
need a budget. He can rule without one and also without
parliament! The money earmarked for the country's
development is never spent as planned anyway!]
Parliament
Secretariat to arrange separate hall for Covid-19
positive lawmakers for voting on Oli’s confidence motion
: As many as 26 lawmakers have been infected with
coronavirus. Officials say everyone has to present their
PCR tests to enter the House (kp 09/05/2021), Nepal-Khanal
faction, Janata Samajbadi hold internal meetings a day
ahead of Oli’s trust vote : Leaders of Nepal-Khanal
group are mulling over resigning as lawmakers. Janata
Samajbadi has said it would stay neutral and is
discussing its further strategy (kp 09/05/2021), Nepal-Khanal
faction lawmakers’ en masse resignation likely to be
postponed : PM Oli has deputed two leaders to talk to
the faction to postpone mass resignation (kh
09/05/2021), PM
Oli’s envoys Nembang and Poudel held talks with senior
UML leader Nepal (kh 09/05/2021)
Badal
and Devkota file candidacies for NA by-election (kh
07/05/2021)
15
lawmakers test positive so far; reports of 600 personnel
out : A total of 1,134 swabs were collected for
parliament's May 10 session (kh 07/05/2021)
President
Bhandari ends winter session of HoR (ht 19/04/2021)
[This means that all
ordinances ipso facto cease to be effective according
to article 114 (2) of the constitution since they have
not been tabled at the session of parliament held
after their promulgation! Is Oli about pushing MCC
through without Parliament?], Govt
decides to prorogue ongoing house session from today
(rep 19/04/2021), Lower
House of Parliament prorogued, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 20/04/2021)
PM
Oli warns of seeking Speaker’s alternative if MCC not
presented in HoR (kh 18/04/2021) [Mr.
Oli should finally get to grips with the constitution.
The replacement of the Speaker of Parliament is not a
matter for the executive, but requires the support of a
two-thirds majority of MPs (Article 91 (6) (c)). Much
more important would be the election of a Deputy Speaker
of Parliament who has been pending for more than a year!
In the current constellation, this post would belong to
a woman!]
PM
cautioned against dissolving HoR again, by Ram Kumar
kamat (ht 13/04/2021)
HoR
approves shuffle in parliamentary committees (kh
12/04/2021)
Maoist
Center suspends National Assembly membership of Home
Minister Thapa, seeks clarification from lawmaker Khadka
(rep 09/04/2021), By-election
needs to be held within 35 days in Badal’s place (kh
18/04/2021)
UML
for reshuffling thematic committees (ht 09/04/2021)
NC
leader Gagan Thapa invites PM Oli to HoR (kh
08/04/2021)
HoR
meeting begins in New Baneshwor (kh 08/04/2021)
Speaker
Sapkota strives to make parliament lively (kh
27/03/2021)
House
panels aren’t doing their part when government decisions
are being questioned : Parliamentary committees should
spring into action when the House has been rendered
ineffective, analysts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/03/2021), Give
business to HoR : Some of the bills are sensitive and
require cautious deliberation before they are passed by
the parliament (ht 26/03/2021)
Parliament
in limbo, bills pending, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
25/03/2021), Get
thee to work : Lawmakers should understand that their
primary role is making laws (kp 25/03/2021)
Oli
wants to prove House irrelevant, critics say : The prime
minister neither attends meetings, nor does his
government provide any business to the House of
Representatives, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/03/2021)
HoR
holding fourth meeting; when is address by top leaders?,
by Narayan Neupane (rep 19/03/2021)
[What good is parliament if it
is not even willing or able to remove from the prime
minister's office a putschist who has only a small
proportion of MPs on his side? Democracy looks
different!], HoR
meeting underway; seven lawmakers including Gyawali to
speak (kh 19/03/2021)
Parliamentary
hearing no more than ritual, experts say : Former
bureaucrats, committee members say panel is obliged to
toe the party line, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/03/2021)
House
is reinstated, but neither government nor opposition has
faith in it : The government hasn’t given Parliament any
business, and the opposition too hasn’t used it to hold
officials to account, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/0372021) [When will people
realise that they have neither democracy nor a future
with this generation of failed politicians?]
HoR
meeting concludes in just seven minutes, next meeting on
March 19 (rep 16/03/2021) [The
farce continues! All top politicians care more about
personal power claims than democracy and the well-being
of the people!]
Politics
of no confidence in House, boycott and sloganeering :
Dahal-Nepal faction walks out in protest, Nepali
Congress and Janata Samajbadi Party bar government from
presenting ordinances, as Parliament convenes after it
was reinstated, by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/03/2021) [Nepal's politicians once again prove
their lack of political and democratic culture!],
Meeting
of House of Representatives adjourned till March 16
(rep 10/03/2021) [?? Artificial extension of the validity of
ordinances initiated by PM Oli??]
House
of confrontation : As Parliament session begins, Oli
will try to prove his legitimacy while the Dahal-Nepal
faction, though still confused, prepares to nix his plan,
by Binod Ghimire and Anil Giri (kp 07/03/2021),
Nation
Awaits Political Cliffhanger, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
07/03/2021), First
meeting of the reinstated parliament begins today amid
heightened intra-party row within NCP (rep
07/03/2021), Parliament
Secretariat denies existence of two NCP in parliament
(kh 07/03/2021), Both
factions of NCP to sit on seating rows meant for ruling
side (rep 07/03/2021), Oli
faction to disrupt House session if Prachanda addressed
as PP leader (kh 07/03/2021), Speaker
Sapkota holds meeting with NCP rival faction leaders as
Oli-led faction threatens house obstruction (rep
07/03/2021), Prachanda,
Nepal hold talks with Speaker Sapkota (kh
07/0372021), Half
a dozen ordinances being tabled at parliament meeting
today (kh 07/03/2021), Ordinances
not to be tabled due to failure to hold BAC meeting
(kh 07/03/2021), SC
verdict on NCP name dispute strengthens PM Oli (kh
07/03/2021) [Why? On the basis
of the judgement, the unification of the two parties
never took place. Oli, who lost all legitimacy anyway
because of his coup, therefore only has the 121 MPs of
the original CPN-UML on his side. Because of the switch
of many these MPs to the original CPN-MC, their number
is likely to be even much smaller!], Prachanda-Nepal
faction of NCP boycotts parliamentary session (kh
07/03/2021), NC
obstructs House session demanding withdrawal of
ordinances (kh 07/03/2021), HoR
adjourned till 1 PM Wednesday (kh)
HoR
Seventh Session commences Sunday with ‘crucial’ agenda
on table (kh 06/03/2021)
Dahal-Nepal
faction prepares to register vote of no-confidence
against PM Oli (rep 05/03/2021)
House
braces for Nepal Communist Party factional infighting :
Half of the party still is ruling the country and the
other half is acting as the ‘opposition’ trying to
unseat Oli, raising risks of confrontation when the
House convenes, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 02/03/2021)
President
summons House meeting for 4pm on March 7 : The
Parliament meeting has been called a week after the
Supreme Court overturned Oli’s decision to dissolve the
lower house (kp 01/03/2021)
Cabinet
decides to summon HoR meeting on March 7 (kh
26/02/2021)
Parliamentary
arithmetics, by Mukesh Pokhrel (nt 26/02/2021)
Sapkota:
The fate of no-confidence motion against Oli depends on
the party that registered it : The House speaker on
Supreme Court verdict, how the parliamentary process
will move ahead, his relations with Prime Minister Oli
and his petition in the court (kp 25/02/2021)
[interview], What
will happen when House resumes : Prime minister likely
to face no-confidence motion, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
25/02/2021)
SC
reinstates House of Representatives : Orders
government to summon House session within the next 13
days (kh23/02/2021) [Happy
birthday, Mr Oli!], House
of Representatives reinstated with the verdict of
Supreme Court on Dissolution case (ht 23/02/2021),
In
a landmark verdict, Supreme Court reinstates House of
Representatives (Read the verdict) (rep
23/02/2021), Supreme
Court scraps all appointments made by govt to various
constitutional bodies after Dec 20 (rep
23/02/2021)
Effects
of the dissolution : Two dozen bills will lapse or have
their enforcement processes halted until the House
resumes, by Sushrey Nepal (kp 09/02/2021) [The
responsibility for this lies with the power-hungry KP
Oli and the president who blindly supports him!]
New
appointments yet another Oli bid to wield control over
key institutions : Analysts say Oli’s actions are making
a mockery of the rule of law, as agencies meant to
keep the government in check are being hugely
compromised, by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/02/2021), Appointments
to constitutional bodies receive widespread flak :
Questions raised over Nepali Congress’ role as party
supporters feature on list of appointees, by Anil
Giri (kp 04/02/2021), Speaker
Agni Sapkota files writ petition at Supreme Court
against appointments made at constitutional bodies
(rep 05/02/2021), SC
issues show-cause notice over appointments to
constitutional bodies (kh 05/02/2021), Speaker
moves court bringing key institutions of state in
confrontation : Agni Sapkota files petition against the
constitutional body appointments made by the
Constitutional Council where prime minister is the chair
and chief justice a member, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/02/2021)
‘No
parliamentary hearing can be held on political
appointments made by Constitutional Council in absence
of lower house’ (rep 31/01/2021), Speaker
sends back constitutional body recommendations : The
Council, headed by prime minister, had appointed office
bearers to various constitutional bodies on December 15
after introducing an ordinance, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 01/02/2021), How
Oli’s actions put heads of two houses at odds : Speaker
and National Assembly chairman spar over Constitutional
Council’s December 15 recommendations, in a brazen
display of their partisan allegiance, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 02/02/2021)
Winter
session of National Assembly concludes (rep
10/01/2021), PM
Oli draws flak for spitting inside NA (kh
10/01/2021) [This
illustrates Oli's disrespect for institutions of
democracy such as the National Assembly. Why was it
convened for only one week in the first place? Of
course, the all-powerful PM can regulate laws much
better by ordinance, which are then signed by the
president. Democracy works in Nepal, doesn't it?]
With
their tactical plans, parties reluctant to join hands
against Oli in upper house : Though they had agreed to
jointly table a resolution motion against the
‘unconstitutional’ lower house dissolution, they now
seem to be taking possible polls into consideration,
by Binod Ghimre (kp 08/01/2021) [The
interests of the top politicians of all parties are
similar: personal power and direct access to state
privileges and coffers. The course must now be set for
this. The criticism of the destruction of democracy and
the state now initiated by Oli serves at best as a means
to an end!]
National
Assembly session begins but experts worry it could end
soon : With no lower house, upper house is the only
legislative body to hold the government to account,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/01/2021), Prime
minister draws flak in Upper House (ht 02/01/2021)
No-confidence
motion was registered at 3:30 pm on December 20:
Parliament Secretariat (kh 23/12/2020), Parliament
Secretariat says no-confidence motion against Oli was
registered after House dissolution decision : The
Secretariat says registration was done at 3:30pm on
Sunday, contrary to reports that suggested the time to
be 10:30am (kp 23/12/2020)
Government
yet to respond to growing calls for winter session of
federal parliament : Ruling party internal feud is also
besetting parliamentary processes, analysts say, by
Binod Bhandari (kp 20/12/2020) [The
dissolution of parliament would finally free the
authoritarian PM from constant demands to convene the
body of elected representatives!], Demanding
parliament restoration, lawmakers knock at Supreme
Court’s door (rep 21/12/2020)
House
panel wants sugar mills to clear all arrears within a
week : The House committee directs the government to
take action against mills showing laxity in
settling farmers’ dues, by Krishana Prasain (kp
18/12/2020)
Constitutional
body vacancies irk House committee : Follow principle of
proportional representation while making appointments,
it says as it once again summons Prime Minister Oli to
explain the delay, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/11/2020)
‘Prime
Minister cannot be ousted without the decision of the
parliamentary party’ (rep 27/11/2020) [open letter
by civil society members]
Ready
to host the new session of the House, says Speaker. Is
the government listening? Insiders say Oli is not keen
to call Parliament given the rising internal conflict in
his party, as the floor could provide an opportunity to
his opponents to build pressure on him, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 24/11/2020)
Speaker
Sapkota administers oath to parliamentarian Pandey
(rep 23/11/2020)
Lawmakers’
call to adopt calendar for Parliament goes unheeded :
The Oli administration is in no hurry to convene the
winter session and face questions from lawmakers, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 18/11/2020) [Just
like his great example of behaviour in Washington, Oli
ignores all democratic institutions that might restrict
his exercise of power!], संसद्
बन्द कहिलेसम्म ? कोभिड संक्रमण उच्च रहेका अमेरिका र
भारतमा हालै निर्वाचन सम्पन्न भएका छन्, यहाँ भने कोभिडलाई
नै कारण बनाएर साढे चार महिनादेखि संसद् बन्द गरिएको छ ।
जनप्रतिनिधिमूलक संस्थालाई लामो समयसम्म निष्प्रभावी
बनाइएकामा सरोकारवालाहरुले प्रश्न उठाउन थालेका छन्
[Parliament closed till when? Elections have recently been
held in the United States and India, where the Covid
infection is high, but here Parliament has been closed for
four and a half months due to Covid. Stakeholders have
started questioning the ineffectiveness of the people's
representative body for a long time], by Rishiram Paudyal
(ka 18/11/2020)
House
panel directs govt not to use 'Nepal' as the country's
official name (rep 09/11/2020), It
is Federal Democratic Republic Nepal, not just Nepal,
parliamentary committee says : State Affairs and Good
Governance Committee of the lower house directs the
government not to implement its September 27 decision to
write Nepal as the country's official name (kp
10/11/2020), Govt
asked to stick to ‘Federal Democratic Republic’ (ht
10/11/2020)
Call
for House session lost in the din of ruling party war of
words : Covid-19 may be the excuse for not holding the
winter session anytime soon, but analysts say the issue
is on the back burner now given the ongoing conflict in
the ruling party, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/11/2020)
Dashain
allowance for House members draws flak (ht
18/10/2020), Lawmakers
relinquish Dashain allowance following criticisms
(kh 18/10/2020), Improper
act : Lawmakers have the moral obligation to show
concern for people’s sufferings that they have never
faced before on this scale (ht 19/10/2020)
House
committees matter, but they don’t matter. In Nepal, mini
parliaments are failing in their job : Parliamentary
committees should do the real work, but the way they are
functioning and issuing directives shows they are
falling short of holding the administration to account,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/10/2020)
Amid
government failings, lawmakers call for House session to
hold it to account : Government has failed in its fight
against the pandemic and the House—not social media— is
the proper place for the government to listen to
people’s plight, parliamentarians say, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 26/09/2020)
How
controversial statements by lawmakers on sensitive
issues go unchecked : A debate has started on the need
for lawmakers to change their traditional mindsets,
rather than just amend the laws and policies, by
Binu Subedi (kp 25/09/2020)
Parliamentary
Secretariat rejects lawmaker Rauniyar’s plea seeking
explanation for his suspension: Rauniyar, owner of Pappu
Construction, claims he has the constitutional right to
know because the matter concerning him and his company
is an issue of public concern (kp 20/08/2020)
Lila
Sitaula appointed as HoR member (kh 27/07/2020)
Sudden
move to prorogue Parliament undermines legislature,
experts say: The budget session was ended saying it
lacked business, but there are some crucial bills,
including one related to citizenship, pending for
approval, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/07/2020)
Numerical
strength of parties in parliament and likely coalition
govts if NCP splits (rep 04/07/2020)
House
session to be prorogued without endorsing crucial bills:
Parliament secretariat is for immediate end to the
session, citing an increasing threat of Covid-19 to
continuation of House meetings, by Binod Ghimire (kp
30/06/2020)
Supreme
Court issues show-cause notice over delay in election of
deputy speaker: Constitutional experts say it is
unfortunate that the court had to remind officials to
make plans to elect a member of Parliament to the key
position, by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/06/2020)
Constitution
amendment bill to update Nepal map endorsed unanimously
at the Lower House: Diplomatic and political dialogue
with India necessary to bring Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and
Kalapani back into Nepal’s possession, lawmakers say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/06/2020), House
of Representatives unanimously endorses the national
emblem having Nepal's new map (rep 14/06/2020), 11
lawmakers skipped crucial Lower House meeting that
endorsed new political map (rep 14/06/2020()
Oli
peddles in mistruths and sidesteps criticism before
Parliament: Responding to lawmakers on Wednesday, Oli
stated that Nepalis have “stronger immune systems” and
refused to furnish details of the Rs10 billion spent
fighting Covid-19, by Anil Giri (kp 11/06/2020) [His Majesty, PM Oli, does not
consider it necessary and appropriate to give an account
of the use of more than 73 million Euros!]
Lower
House unanimously endorses proposal to consider
amendment to constitution to update new Nepal map in
national emblem: Government registered the
constitutional amendment proposal in Parliament three
weeks after publishing a new map of Nepal including
Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura within its borders,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/06/2020)
‘Lawmaker
Satgaunwa’s remark to be probed’ (ht 08/06/2020)
Govt
directed to ensure regular medical services to citizens
(ht 07/06/2020)
In
a symbolic gesture to Madhes, Congress registers its own
constitution amendment bill: The bill is the same one
that was registered by then government led by party
President Deuba in 2017, by Anil Giri (kp
03/06/2020) [In reality, even the NC has no understanding for
the concerns of the Janajati and Madheshi. The present
non-inclusive constitution was passed in 2015 under the
then NC Chairman and PM, late Sushil Koirala!]
Janata
Party and Samajbadi Party register private constitution
amendment bill of their own: The regional parties
propose amendments to 23 issues that are aimed at
addressing the long-standing concerns of the Madhesis,
Tharus and Janajatis, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
02/06/23020)
Government
tables constitution amendment bill at House of
Representatives: The bill seeks to amend Schedule 3 of
the constitution to update Nepal’s political map in the
national emblem, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 31/05/2020),
Government
seeks shortcut to get constitution amendment bill
passed: The government has said that a quick passage of
the bill will allow it time to prepare ground for talks
with India, but analysts believe it fears political
disruption, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 01/06/2020)
Removal
of constitution amendment from parliamentary agenda
leads to finger pointing between parties: While the
Nepal Communist Party says that the agenda was removed
to allow the Congress more time, the opposition says
it’s the ruling party that is delaying amendment, by
Anil Giri (kp 28/05/2020)
House
to discuss constitutional amendment to update map after
national consensus: As the issue concerns a matter of
national importance, the ruling party had sought
all-party consensus on the amendment to update the
country’s map on the national emblem, by Anil Giri
(kp 27/05/2020) [The equal
and egalitarian inclusion of the Janajatis, Madhesis,
Dalits and women in general in the constitution would be
of much greater importance than the territorial claims
which the male politicians at the head of the state in
2015 completely ignored! Today, these same politicians
are playing the nationalism card instead of trying to
rationally contain the pandemic and save the people's
economic base!]
Speaker
for consensus on revising emblem: Madhesis, Janajatis
sense opportunity to push their agenda, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 25/05/2020)
Finance
Committee recommends government launch Rs 188 billion
stimulus package to keep economy afloat (kp
22/05/2020)
Both
houses of federal parliament endorse govt's policies and
programs (rep 19/05/2020)
Opposition
demands answer from government why Oli is skipping House
meetings: The prime minister has not attended a single
meeting of the budget session of the House which
commenced on Friday, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/05/2020)
Opposition
leaders take govt to task (ht 09/05/2020)
Budget
Session Of Federal Parliament Commences (rn
08/05/2020), Government’s
programmes and policies to be presented in Parliament on
May 15 (ht 08/05/2020)
Opposition
to use budget session to grill government over
controversial ordinances: Lawmakers will also seek
answers on the handling of the Covid-19 crisis, leaders
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/05/2020)
President
summons budget session of federal parliament for coming
Friday (rep 03/05/2020)
Speaker
Sapkota tells Oli House can resume by first week of May:
To present its budget on May 28, government needs to
convene Parliament by May 11, secretariat says (kp
30/04/2020), Sapkota
urges PM to call budget session , by Ram Kumar
kamat(ht 30/04/2020)
Parliamentary
committees convene after lockdown break: Public Accounts
Committee starts probe into alleged irregularities in
procurement of the medical equipment, others direct
government to ease Covid-19 restrictions, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 29/04/2020)
Consensus
Expected To Summon Budget Session Of Federal Parliament
(rn 28/04/2020), Govt
preparing to call budget session (rep
29/04/2020)
Parliament
Secretariat prepares to host new session but isn’t sure
when it is called: The main opposition says the
government undermined the House by issuing two
ordinances and demands timely commencement of the new
session, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/04/2020)
BAC
agrees to provide fund to fight against virus (ht
16/04/2020)
Lawmakers
agree to use parliamentary funds to combat coronavirus:
Meeting of the Business Advisory Committee agrees that
the government failed to take effective measures on time
to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (kp 15/04/2020) [This fund for the directly elected
predominantly male high caste MPs in order to safeguard
their future re-election is a case of corruption either
and should be abolished immediately!]
Parliament
secretariat says no possibility to hold formal meeting
of the House committees virtuall: Finance Committee
meeting called for Wednesday cancelled following the
rejection, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/04/2020)
Even
if the House is prorogued, committees need to meet,
analysts say: Nepal’s federal parliament can follow the
example of many parliaments around the world that are
meeting either by ensuring safety norms or going digital,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/04/2020)
House
session prorogued amid COVID-19 pandemic: Bills session
passes just three bills in three months (rep
07/04/2020)
House
awaits decision on MCC before prorogation (rep
01/04/2020)
House
panel endorses bill allowing intelligence agency to
listen in on conversations: The bill passed with the
support of the opposition Nepali Congress, despite legal
experts sounding the alarm over its potential for misuse
and privacy violations, by Binod Ghimire (kp
20/03/2020)
A
House in disarray: Parliament cannot be allowed to
stagnate any longer (kp 20/03/2020) [The politicians and the political
parties behave criminally, irresponsibly and selfishly!]
Lower
House meeting postponed: Though the National Assembly
hasn’t taken a decision over deferring its meeting,
lawmakers say, it is likely that the Upper House will
follow in the footsteps of the Lower House on Friday,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/03/2020) [There
is no Lower House or Upper House in Nepali Parliament!],
National
Assembly session adjourned indefinitely (Khabarhub
20/03/2020)
Law-making
process: Far from participatory, by Mukti Rijal (ht
19/03/2020)
Winter
session of Parliament likely to end without endorsing
crucial bills: With over 40 bills pending, the winter
session, also called the bill session, has largely been
squandered by squabbling within the ruling party,
analysts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/03/2020) [This is where the incompetence and
complete failure of the current generation of
politicians, who are only interested in power struggles
and enrichment, becomes apparent. For the sake of Nepal
it is high time for them to leave politics!]
Divisions
in ruling party manifest in appointment of National
Assembly general secretary: The appointment by House
Speaker Agni Sapkota, a former Maoist, has been opposed
by National Assembly Chair Ganesh Timilsina, an Oli
appointee, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/03/2020), Speaker,
upper house chair at odds over parliament gen secy
(rep 19/03/2020)
Speaker
to grill chiefs of parliamentary panels over delay in
endorsement of bills (rep 17/03/2020)
Parliament
functioning more like extension of government, rather
than sovereign entity, experts sayThey argue the
legislative, responsible for discussing issues of public
interest and holding the Cabinet to account, has been
overshadowed by the executive, by Anil Giri (kp
16/03/2020), Laws
for all: Lawmakers must indulge in proper deliberations
to make the law-making process transparent (kp
16/03/2020)
Nepal’s
political parties rarely encourage public participation
in lawmaking: Citizens’ engagement in the formulation of
laws not only ensures transparency but also enhances the
quality of legislation, experts say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 15/03/2020)
Call
to end House session over virus: NC MPs condemn minister
for suggesting self-quarantine (kp 13/03/2020), Parliament
put off for eight days over coronavirus fears, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 13/03/2020)
Ruling
party is undecided and Speaker is reluctant, leaving the
House without Deputy Speaker: Nepal Communist Party
wants to elect the deputy as part of a larger deal but
the Janata Party wants the position to be dealt with
separately from its other demands, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 12/03/2020) [The ruling
party takes the right to disregard the constitution
whenever it deems necessary in the interest of its power
ambitions!]
‘Presidential
quota in upper house meant for experts, not politicians’,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 11/03/2020) [Above
all, they must be outstanding personalities in society.
All Gautam has to offer is losing elections and
splitting parties for his own power interests!]
18
lawmakers joining upper house from today (rep
04/03/2020)
Absence
of laws governing Conflict of Interests of MPs a matter
of concern (rep 01/03/2020)
Lower
House meeting gets adjourned due to lack of a quorum:
The House of Representatives was scheduled to endorse
four bills that have been pending since the previous
session, byBinod Ghimire (kp 26/02/2020)
Janata
Party refuses to back Nepali Congress on obstructing
House of Representatives: Samajbadi Party says it agrees
with Congress that opposition forces should join hands
for common agendas but by letting the House function,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/02/2020)
House
panel’s letter to police reflects lawmakers’ low
understanding of law and court rulings: Public Accounts
Committee breached its jurisdiction by instructing
police to book two people for cybercrime, legal experts
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/02/2020)
Public
Accounts Committee puts a halt to the security printing
project: The committee was considering forming a
subcommittee to advise the government on ways to move
forward but a corruption scandal involving a sitting
minister has put the brakes on the project, by Anil
Giri (kp 21/02/2020), Halt
process of establishing security press: PAC (ht
21/02/2020)
Nepali
Congress stalls Parliament over Baskota audiotape
scandal (ht 21/02/2020)
NCP-RJPN
squabble delays dy speaker poll (rep 20/02/2020)
Parliament
body questions choice of firms for security printing,
by Sunil Sapkota (rep 19/02/2020)
Oli
administration is ignoring a key component of democracy
during lawmaking: The government over the last two years
introduced several bills without holding consultations
with the concerned parties, thereby inviting criticism
and controversy, experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/02/2020)
Speaker
‘blocks’ opposition voice in parliament (rep
10/02/2020)
Two
weeks since Agni Sapkota became Speaker, there’s still
no sign of his deputy: After exhausting all other
options, the ruling party has no choice but to offer the
deputy Speaker post to the Rastriya Janata Party, party
insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 08/02/2020)) [The only reasonable candidate would
be someone from the second largest party in parliament!
This would be a normal procedure for a democratic state!]
NC
obstructs HoR proceedings claiming political vendetta in
land grab case action, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht
07/02/2020), NC
obstructs House for second day (ht 08/02/2020)
Upper
house drops mandatory licensing for journalists, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 07/02/2020)
Parliamentary
panel submits report on nuclear bill to HoR (rep
06/02/2020)
MPs
raise issues of public concern (ht 05/02/2020)
House
got Speaker in a month. There is no certainty about
deputy Speaker: The ruling Nepal Communist Party is most
likely to give the post to the Rastriya Janata Party
Nepal, which itself is confused over the candidat,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/02/2020)
Lawmakers
raise contemporary issues (ht 01/02/2020)
Oli
and Deuba both want MCC ratified but Sapkota stands in
their way: Agni Sapkota, the newly elected Speaker of
the House, has said that there is no hurry to ratify the
compact, despite Oli’s assurances that it will be passed
immediately, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/01/2020)
but
instructed the Home Ministry and police to present a
progress report on the case within 30 days, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 29/01/2020) [Someone
accused of such a capital crime is not qualified for
public office as long as his innocence has not been
proven in court!]
Sapkota
becomes Speaker amid concerns from conflict victims and
rights watchdogs: The House elected the former Maoist
leader unopposed, hours after a court hearing on a writ
against him was stalled, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
27/01/2020) [R.I.P. democracy,
human rights and rule of law!], Sapkota
elected HoR speaker unopposed, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 27/01/2020)), Speaker
election hearing put off till today (ht 27/01/2020),
Newly
elected HoR Speaker Agni Sapkota takes oath of office
(ht 28/01/2020)
Sapkota
to certify five pending bills immediately after
appointment (ht 25/01/2020)
‘How
can someone responsible for murdering my husband be
elected speaker?’, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep
22/01/2020), Civil
society vows to protest until Sapkota’s nomination for
Speaker is dismissed: Agni Sapkota, who is accused of
murder, is certain to become Speaker of the House as he
is running unopposed, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/01/2020), Petition
at Supreme Court demands Agni Sapkota’s arrest: The
petition, filed by advocate Dinesh Tripathi, also asks
that Sapkota’s nomination for Speaker of the House be
dismissed, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/01/2020), President’s
advisor resigns over Sapkota’s nomination as House
Speaker: Sushil Pyakurel, one of the petitioners in the
murder case against Sapkota, resigned after being asked
to withdraw the case by ruling party members, by
Anil Giri (kp 25/01/2020)
Conflict
victims and human rights activists cry foul over Agni
Sapkota for Speaker: Sapkota, who faces a murder charge
for an insurgency-era killing, has been proposed for
House Speaker by the ruling party, by Anil Giri and
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/01(2020) [The
NCP proves once again that it protects and encourages
potential murderers. People who take responsibility for
the murder of 5000 people decide on this. The NCP's
commitment to peace, justice, the rule of law and social
inclusion proves to be a sheer mockery!], Shiva
Maya Tumbahangphe resigns as Deputy Speaker: Elections
for new Speaker and Deputy Speaker to be held on January
26, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/01/2020)
House
meeting nears but there’s still no candidate for
Speaker: Oli has become more flexible on the candidate
for Speaker and has agreed to Dahal’s choice, party
insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/01/2020)
Speaker
post has become a matter of prestige for co-chairs, say
party insiders: With both NCP chairs not giving up on
their candidates for Speaker of the House, party leaders
are afraid the issue could snowball, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 17/01/2020)
Ruling
party’s indecision over Speaker puts a halt to the House
business: While some have pointed to the deputy
Speaker’s refusal to resign as an obstacle, it is the
ruling party’s factional infighting that is holding the
House hostage, insiders say, by Anil Giri (kp
13/01/2020), Shiva
Maya Tumbahangphe wants to be the next Speaker and she’s
not backing down: The deputy speaker’s fight for the
post shows that despite being eminently qualified, women
are still relegated to deputy positions, by Bhrikuti
Rai (kp 13/01/2020), Speaking
about the Speaker: Party leaders have made a joke out of
the democratic process (kp 13/01/2020) [Most
of the male top politicians of the big parties are not
leaders but destroyers of democratic principles and
inclusion! They should be excluded from all offices for
a long period of time for the sake of Nepal and the
Nepalis!], Let
the house meet: At this point, why Oli and Dahal want
their respective candidates – and not Shiva Maya – to
become the Speaker is simply beyond any reasoning
(ht 13/01/2020)
NCP
decides Tumbahangphe must quit, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 12/01/2020) [The male Bahun
leaders of the party want a male person as speaker, so
the ethnic lady must go! There cannot be enough male
politicians in top positions, but according to the
constitution it is not the party that has the right to
decide on her resignation!]
Middlemen
lobby for their interests in parliamentary Public
Accounts Committee: Committee members themselves
expressed concern after a local agent for a foreign firm
lodged a complaint and was then summoned as an expert on
the matter., by Anil Giri (kp 10/01/2020)
Oli,
Dahal tussle over candidate for speaker affects HoR
meeting (ht 05/01/2020) [Criminal
power games for the sake of nepotism!]
House
held hostage to NCP indecision: Today’s meeting won’t be
held; Parliament deferred till Jan 12; Critics say delay
in electing speaker ‘betrayal of constitution’, by
Roshan S Nepal (ht 01/01/2020), Speaker
choice deadlock again delays lower house business
(rep 01/01/2020), Respect
the house: It is regrettable to see the ruling party
using the sovereign Parliament as its rubber stamp by
deferring its meeting for weeks (ht 02/01/2020), With
no speaker, parliament unable to do even routine work
(rep 02/01/2020)
House
panel passes controversial IT Bill disregarding dozens
of amendment proposals: In an attempt to regulate the
cyberspace, the government has given itself enormous new
powers to curb online content, experts say, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 30/12/2019), HoR
panel passes ‘restrictive’ IT Bill, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 30/12/2019)
NHRC
stresses enacting rights friendly laws: House panel, PAs
told to issue directives against rights violations
(ht 28/12/2019)
Speaker
election process begins today: Deputy Speaker
Tumbahamphe likely to put in her papers today, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 27/12/2019), Speaker,
dy speaker election uncertain as row within NCP worsens
(rep 27/12/2019), House
meeting postponed as ruling NCP fails to pick its
candidate for speaker (rep 27/12/2019), House
meet put off as NCP fails to decide on Speaker: The
Lower House from its very first meeting of the winter
session on December 20 was supposed to start the Speaker
election process, by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/12/2019),
NCP
undecided on speaker: HoR to meet on January 1 (ht),
NCP
indecision over new speaker holding lower house hostage
(rep 28/12/2019), Tendency
to undermine Parliament detrimental to democracy,
analysts say: As party leaders feud over Speaker,
there’re concerns about the crucial bill session bearing
the brunt, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 29/12/2019)
RJPN
lobbies for Deputy Speaker as its bonhomie with NCP
grows (rep 25/12/2019)
Amid
contradicting stances, deputy speaker commences House
session: Speaker appointment process will begin next
week, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/12/2019)
Bill
session likely to be stormy: The main opposition set to
raise a host of controversial issues (ht 20/12/2019)
Tumbahangphe
courts controversy by administering the oath of office
to Bidya Bhattarai: Only the Speaker of the House, not
the deputy, is allowed to administer the oath to
parliamentarians, party leaders and constitutional
experts say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/12/2019) [Why is there such a thing as the
post of Deputy Speaker of Parliament when she is not
allowed to perform the duties of Speaker of Parliament
in the latter's absence or after his resignation?],
Parliament
in fix over convening Business Advisory Committee
(rep 18/12/2019)
With
over 50 bills to endorse, Parliament looks at a busy
winter session: Some crucial bills regarding the
functioning of the federal system are currently being
studied by different House committees, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/12/2019)
Party
registration for upper house member election begins (rep
14/12/2019)
Proposed
Constitutional Council Ordinance becomes void (rep
12/12/2019)
House
session from December 20 (rep 11/12/2019)
NC
likely to lose 7 seats in upper house, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 10/12/2019)
Aspiring
leaders make a case for HoR speaker (ht 09/12/2019)
Without
calendar, House sessions are called at government’s
convenience: Officials say winter session will commence
soon, but no one knows when, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/12/2019))
Nembang
all but certain to become next Speaker, party insiders
say: NCP leaders say Pushpa Kamal Dahal could give up
his claim that the position stay with the Maoist faction,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/12/2019)
Parliamentary
panel proposes reducing fine against journalists to as
low as Re 1 (rep 02/12/2019) [As
long as the threat of punishment is not completely
rejected, journalists remain offenders!]
Summon
the parliament (rep 26/11/2019)
With
ruling party dynamics satisfied, the hunt begins for a
new House Speaker: Subas Nembang and Agni Sapkota are
the strongest candidates from the ruling party but
Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe will not be
giving up her claim easily, party leaders say, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/11/2019)
Lawmakers
reluctant to register private member’s bills, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 17/11/2019)
House
panels summon Oli, Gyawali (ht 11/11/2019)
NCP
mulls ousting Tumbahamphe as deputy speaker (rep
08/11/2019)
Parliament
Secretariat in fix as deputy speaker can’t initiate
House meetings, by Ashok Dahal (rep 06/11/2019) [In 2013 it was no problem for the
leaders of the major parties to seize all power without
a legal basis, to make the head of the judiciary the
interim head of the executive and to hold elections for
which there was no legal basis either. Now, however,
under the supposedly best constitution in the world, it
is not legitimate for the Deputy Speaker of Parliament
to summon a parliamentary session after the Speaker of
Parliament has been imprisoned for a criminal offence.
What is the meaning of deputy posts in the country's
political system?]
Women
lawmakers demand 50pc reservation in Parliament (ht
02/11/2019)
Even
with a murder conviction, lawmakers might still be able
to hold on to their seats: Lawmakers are suspended when
they are convicted but they do not lose their seats
unless their crime involves ‘moral turpitude’, but no
one is certain what that means, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 26/10/2019)
Even
as lawmakers are accused of heinous crimes, Parliament
remains without disciplinary committee: The Speaker, who
is responsible for forming such committees, himself
remains in judicial custody after being accused of rape,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/10/2019)
Police
adjustment hits snag as bills remain stalled in absence
of speaker, by Ashok Dahal (rep 22/10/2019)
Government
mulls summoning House session early (rep 20/10/2019)
Search
intensifies for a candidate for the now-vacant post of
House Speaker: The Samajbadi Party Nepal and the Nepali
Congress are both vying for the post of either Speaker
or Deputy Speaker, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/10/2019)
Members
charged with a crime should be removed forthwith: The
criminalisation of politics is a threat to the basic
structure of the constitution, but the current
regulation allows lawbreakers to continue as lawmakers
(kp 16/10/2019)
Dy
speaker out to certify bills though constitution silent
on relevant powers, by Ishwari Subedi (rep
15/10/2019) [What sense does the
function of a deputy speaker make if she is not allowed
to perform the duties of the speaker in case of his
resignation?]
With
Mahara’s resignation, a tricky political situation
arises: The House Speaker’s resignation over rape
allegations means that the parties will now need to
select a new Speaker, a critical position in a
parliamentary system, by Anil Giri (kp 03/10/2019),
House
accepts Speaker Mahara’s resignation: Krishna Bahadur
Mahara resigned on Tuesday following rape allegations,
by Samuel Chhetri (kp 03/10/2019), NCP
in no mood to give away speaker’s post to other parties
(kp 03/10/2019), With
Mahara out, race for speaker starts (rep 04/10/2019)
Parliament
Sectt staffer accuses Mahara of rape (ht
01/10/2019), Speaker
Mahara accused of sexually harassing female employee
(rep 01/10/2019), Speaker
Mahara offers 'temporary resignation' following
accusation of rape (ht 01/10/2019), PM
advises Speaker Mahara to step down from his post,
by Tapendra Karki (rep), House
Speaker Mahara resigns amid sexual harassment
accusations, by Tapendra Karki (rep 01/10/2019), Why
the rape charges against Speaker is a litmus test for
police, the ruling party and government: Although
Krishna Bahadur Mahara has tendered his resignation, the
government and ruling party have yet to take a concrete
position while the police still haven’t pursued a
criminal case, by Anil Giri (kp 02/10/2019), A
scandal that could mean curtains for Mahara’s long
political career: Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who has risen
through the ranks over the decades, was embroiled in
controversies in the past too, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 02/10/2019), Mahara’s
resignation after rape allegations runs into
controversy: No such thing as conditional resignation,
say legal experts, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/10/2019)
Session
ends with diatribe against govt: Ex-PMs paint bleak
scenario if govt fails to mend its ways, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 20/09/2019), 17
bills registered, seven passed in session (ht
20/09/2019)
Nepali
Congress ends House obstruction (ht 19/09/2019)
New
building for federal parliament to cost Rs5 billion
rupees: Country’s first-ever parliamentary building is
expected to be ready in three years, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 19/09/2019)
Experts
slam Speaker for telling House panels not to obstruct
govt (rep 17/09/2019)
Banke
attack prompts NC to obstruct both houses, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/09/2019), Congress
obstructs Parliament for second day over Banke incident,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 17/09/2019)
Minister
Yadav expresses concern about functioning of House panel
(ht 23/08/2019)
Lawmakers
flay govt for not responding to their questions (ht
18/08/2019)
NA
members pledge to amend Media Council Bill (ht
15/08/2019)
Lawmakers
criticise Federal Civil Servant Bill, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 14/08/2019)
House
endorses two crucial bills related to police force,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 12/08/2019)
Opposition
lawmakers demand halt to National ID card distribution:
At the parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance
Committee, lawmakers question the government why the
cards were issued when the bill regarding the same is
being discussed at the federal parliament, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 10/08/2019)
Parties
agree to form special committee, ending House deadlock:
Special panel formed after a month-long deadlock will
deal with contentious issues in Parliament, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 06/08/2019), NC,
RJP-N end Parliament obstruction7-member panel to
recommend ways to avert House disruptions, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 06/08/2019)
Follow
House rules: The parliamentary system cannot be made
functional unless the Speaker is assertive in
implementing his own rulings (ht 05/08/2019)
Ministers
avoid Q&A in House: Make mockery of regulation, show
disregard for democracy, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
04/08/2019)
HoR
meetings not happening for almost a month, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 02/08/2019)
As
House proceedings halt, fingers point in the direction
of Speaker: Even as the ruling and opposition parties
demonstrate actions unbecoming of Parliament,
Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been unable to act, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 01/08/2019), Opposition
continues to stall HoR proceedings (ht 01/08/2019),
Speaker
offers probe into Sarlahi killings through SAC: NC
adamant on separate panel (rep 01/08/2019), Resolve
the problem: Parliament should enact umbrella laws soon
so that the provinces can recruit their staffers to run
their administrations (ht 01/08/2019)
Congress,
RJP-N stall House proceedings (ht 30/07/2019)
Opposition's
relations with speaker sour further (rep 30/07/2019)
MPs
seek tough action against tipsy civil servants, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 27/07/2019)
House
resumes, but only to discuss monsoon disaster.
Opposition Nepali Congress insists that Parliament form
a committee next meeting to investigate two deaths in
Sarlahi, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/07/2019), Govt
told to carry out rescue, relief work: HoR discusses
plight of flood and landslide victims for six hours
(ht 25/07/2019), ‘Obstruction
halted only for the day’ (ht 25/07/2019)
Speaker
in bid to forge consensus among parties to start house
meeting (ht 24/07/2019)
By-laws
come under parliament committee scrutiny, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 23/07/2019)
Lower
house overturns upper house proposal on Administrative
Court (rep 21/07/2019), House
rejects Assembly’s decision to scrap administrative
court, inviting conflict: The two houses of federal
parliament are at loggerheads for the second time,
by Tike R. Pradhan (kp 21/07/2019)
House
meeting postponed after dispute arises over who should
speak first: Though analysts are divided over who should
go first, they agree that Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara
has failed in his mediatory role, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 16/07/2019), Oppn
questions speaker’s ability to play neutral role:
Largely seen as toeing the government’s line, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/07/2019), Inept
speaker: Regardless of why Mahara chose to adjourn
Monday’s House meeting, the ultimate sufferers are the
people affected by the natural disasters (ht
17/07/2019), The
Speaker must be impartial (rep 17/07/2019)
Nepali
Congress and Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal say they will
continue to obstruct Parliament: Two opposition parties
demand that the government release the report on Tarai
protest and launch parliamentary inquiry into the
deaths of CPN leader Kumar Paudel and Sarlahi youth
Saroj Narayan Mahato, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/07/2019)
Opposition
accuses speaker of working at govt's behest (rep
11/07/2019)
Sarlahi
killings: Opposition stalls House demanding probe panel,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 10/07/2019), NC,
RJPN obstruct House as NCP opposes parliamentary probe
into 'extrajudicial killings' (rep 10/07/2019), Ruling
party stands firm against forming probe committee,
opposition obstructs House: Opposition lawmakers refuse
to buy government’s argument on deaths of Chand party
member and Madhesi man in police action, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 11/07/2018), House
stalled for second day over Sarlahi killings (ht
11/09/2019)
Six
bills on hold following controversy, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 07/07/2019)
PM
skips House meet raising lawmakers’ ire (ht
26/06/2019)
HoR
passes budget for 2019-20 (ht 26/06/2019)
Locals
remind MPs to withdraw Guthi Bill (ht 25/06/2019)
Government’s
reluctance to abide by House rulings irks Madhes-based
parties: Opposition MPs accuse Speaker Mahara of acting
like a minister in the Oli administration, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 20/06/2019)
Opposition
obstructs the House, forcing Oli to stand mutely at the
podium: The Speaker’s decision to allow the prime
minister to speak first led the Nepali Congress to
obstruct proceedings for nearly 10 minutes (kp
19/06/2019)
‘PSC
has to honour parliamentary panel’s directives’, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 16/06/2019)
Parliament
secretariat wants to buy laptops for lawmakers. MPs say
it’s misuse of resource: The Finance Ministry has
transferred Rs 34.40 million to procure personal
computers for Members of Parliament, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 15/06/2019)
State
bodies fail to submit delegated legislation (ht
14/06/2019)
NA
members shun association with HoR MPs on pork barrel
fund, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 14/06/2019) [This
is a system of highest level corruption either!]
Budget
allocation draws HoR flak: Constituencies represented by
top leaders get major chunk, say ruling, opposition
during House discussion, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
12/06/2019)
Controversial
bills draw criticism from ruling party lawmakers: Many
Nepal Community Party leaders and lawmakers have started
to resent the leadership of Oli, both as the party chair
and the prime minister, in recent times, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 12/06/2019)
Opposition
obstructs House, protesting use of force against Guthi
Bill protesters: Nepali Congress has accused the Oli
administration of trying to attack traditions and
cultural values, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/06/2019)
Controversial
bills set to flare up tensions in federal parliament: At
least half a dozen bills, brought up without proper
discussions with stakeholders, have courted controversy
over their contents, leading to protests from civil
society, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 10/06/2019)
MPs
register amendments before reading disputed ad-related
bill, by Ashok Dahal (rep 09/06/2019)
Lawmakers
on SAC want vacancies at local units to be more
inclusive (rep 08/06/2019)
Ruling,
opposition parties’ lawmakers divided over budget
(ht 04/06/2019)
Lawmakers
voice concern about Media Council Bill (ht
29/05/2019)
MPs
dwell on hiring top-level bureaucrats on contract basis,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 29/05/2019)
MPs
not given copies of reports: ‘Presentation of reports
shouldn’t have been allowed’, by Jagdishor Panday
(kp 26/05/2019)
Media
Council Bill: NC, RJP-N to stall House (ht
19/05/2019)
Oli
says Speaker hasn’t asked Parliament Secretariat to
remove his remarks. He has.Mahara has ordered
secretariat officials to delete ‘unparliamentary
comments’ of opposition lawmakers and the prime minister,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/05/2019) [Tell
lies whenever you can!], House
may take months to scrub PM's un-parliamentary language,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 17/05/2019), PS
in dilemma over ‘unparliamentary words’, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 19/05/2019)
Pre-budget
debate ends on low note, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
15/05/2019), Listen
to lawmakers: The upcoming fiscal budget must be
prepared based on the suggestions given by lawmakers
during the pre-budget debates (ht 16/05/2019)
Lawmakers
lobby for hiking constituency development fund: If
allotted as per the demand, budget for them will reach a
whopping Rs 21 billion, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/05/2019) [A very special form of corruption!]
Keep
aside budget for consolidating federalism: MPs, by
Jagdishor Panday (kp 13/05/2019)
Scan
bills that curtail rights of sub-national govts: Speaker,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 12/05/2019)
NA
gets report on implementation of federalism (ht
11/05/2019)
Opposition
lawmakers criticize government’s policy and program
(rep 06/05/2019), Lawmakers
vent ire, slam government: MPs from Madhesi
parties’ raise issue of statute amendment, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 07/05/2019), Congress
accuses Speaker of siding with government: Opposition
leaders demand Oli’s remarks be removed from record,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/05/2019), Ruling,
opposition parties at loggerheads in House: Govt’s
policies and programmes endorsed amidst chaos, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 08/05/2019), PM,
oppn MPs in heated debate after Oli’s ‘demeaning’
remarks (rep 08/05/2019), Maintain
parliamentary decorum (rep 09/05/2019), Oli’s
‘unparliamentary’ remarks removed from Parliament
records: Political observers have called on the prime
minister to set an example by maintaining the decorum of
the House, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/05/2019)
Govt
to unveil policies, programmes today, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 03/05/2019)
Bill
to
amend Human Rights Commission Act raises fierce debate:
The powers of national rights watchdog are being
curtailed, say opposition MPs, by Binod Ghimire (kp
01/05/2019), Members,
MPs flay govt for bid to keep rights watchdog on tight
leash, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 01/05/2019)
NCP
MPs want hike in pork barrel spending, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 30/04/2019) [The
uncontrolled and self-interested investment of money by
the MPs elected under the FPTP system is a grave and
very special form of corruption!!], No
to
pork barrel: The CISP has faced criticism in the past as
it is largely geared towards giving the elected
lawmakers an edge during the elections and purchase
votes with patronage (ht 30/04/2019)
Budget
session
begins today; policies, programmes on May 3: NC to
raise issues of land-grab, govt’s bid to curtail press
freedom, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 29/04/2019)
Hearing
of CEC candidate deferred at NC’s request (kp
01/04/2019)
Fruitful
session (ht 26/03/2019)
As
Ansari
takes oath, questions arise over necessity of hearing
committee: Parties failed to follow the spirit of legal
provisions and this undermines parliamentary supremacy,
observers say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/03/2019), Ansari’s
rival
seeks interim order not to let him continue his work: In
his writ petition, Salam has claimed that Ansari was
appointed only because he was a central committee member
of the ruling Nepal Communist Part, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 25/03/2019)
Upper
House deputy allowed to chair meetings, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 20/03/2019)
Debate
on
women’s citizenship rights rages as House takes up
amendment bill: Activists say lawmakers’ reluctance to
grant equal citizenship rights to women is reflective of
the deep-rooted patriarchal beliefs in society, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 08/03/2019), Women
are being denied equal rights in the name of national
security and sovereignty: Binda Pandey (kp
08/03/2019) (interview)
Wrong
choice: Candidates should not be appointed on the basis
of their loyalty to the party (kp 07/03/2019)
House
panel
stops short of decision on Muslim panel nominee
AnsariCommission chairperson nominee will be
automatically appointed after four days if
Parliamentary Hearing Committee remains indecisive,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/03/2019)
Parliament
misses
deadline to amend laws inconsistent with constitution:
Provisions of the Acts that contradict the charter are
invalid from tomorrow, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/03/2019)
Playing
hooky: Perpetual absenteeism has severely affected the
business in Parliament (kp 28/02/2019)
Citizenship
bill stuck in House panel‘: Some more discussions
needed before bill is sent to HoR’, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 24/02/2019)
MPs
for open competition for joint secretary (rep
22/02/2019)
Nominated
lawmakers angry as they are not allowed to spend Rs
40m, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/02/2019) [This
once again means that the option is predominantly for
male Tagadhari leaders only, expecially male Bahuns!
Especially, almost all female MPs are excluded.
Nevertheless, development investment is not the task
of elected legislators, it only helps to promote
corruption!], PR
lawmakers accuse govt of discriminating against them,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 21/02/2019)
Hearing
panel
to probe credentials of Muslim commission chairman
nominee Samim Miya Ansari: Hearing scheduled for today
deferred until the investigation is completed,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/02/2019), Ansari’s
papers’ veracity to be verified: PHC has received
complaint that he is NCP CC member, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 20/02/2019), Ansari
‘ineligible’ to head Muslim Commission (ht
21/02/2019), Ansari’s
d.o.b differs on citizenship certificate (ht
26/02/2019), Ansari
has support from ruling party, by Binod Ghimire (kp
27/02/2019), EC
removes Ansari’s name from NCP PR list: But his
eligibility to head Muslim Commission can be challenged,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 27/02/2019), Muslim
Commission
chairman nominee says the party ‘rewarded’ him: The
former Madhesi leader joined the ruling party on
condition that he would be given a ‘dignified post’,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/03/2019)
Congress
boycotts hearing panel meeting, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 18/02/2019)
Lawmakers
against passing Land Use Bill in haste (ht
18/02/2019)
Police
Bill: Lawmakers register amendments, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 17/02/2019)
House
endorses staff adjustment bill: Some lawmakers say they
didn’t get enough time to study the document, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 16/02/2019)
Nepali
Congress boycotts hearing panel meeting: It has accused
the ruling party of bypassing the opposition, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 04/02/2019)
National
Assembly passes TRC bill (ht 04/02/2019)
Prime
minister
skips question-answer session in House: "The PM decides
to attend programmes as per their significance. He
attends most important programmes of the day", by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 04/02/2019) [Not
understanding the rules democratic culture or simply
authoritarian arrogance?]
54
MPs change PAs after parliament paid latter through bank,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 03/02/2019)
Crucial
bills
may hit snag if opposition continues obstruction: More
than 170 Acts need to be amended or replaced with new
ones by March 4n Congress says it could consider letting
House function if government comes up with urgent bills,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/02/2019)
Upper
house passes Medical Education bill amid protest
(rep 01/02/2019)
Nepali
Congress
halts PHC meeting: Says the chairs of constitutional
commissions were nominated by the Constitution Council
in the absence of opposition leader, by Jagdishor
Panday (kp 29/01/2019)
Medical
education bill presented in NA amid NC lawmakers’
obstruction, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 29/01/2019)
Governing
party bulldozes medical bill through House: The forceful
move will have far-reaching consequences, Congress warns,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 26/01/2019), This
bill will have dire implications on medical sector:
Mathema, by Arpan Shrestha and Nayak Paudel (kp
26/01/2019), National
Medical Education Bill passed, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
26/01/2019), NC
questions speaker’s neutrality (ht 26/01/2019), Dr
Govinda KC seeks PM’s resignation (ht 26/01/2019), Speaker
in
spotlight for failing to keep his word: Opposition,
experts on parliamentary practices say Mahara did not
give due respect to hallowed halls of Parliament, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/01/2019), Show
seriousness:
The government can still meet Dr KC’s remaining demands
by making corrections in the bill at the National
Assembly (ht 28/01/2019)
NA
panel to hold talks with elected reps of all tiers of
govt (ht 24/01/2019)
Speaker
Mahara’s bid to end House obstruction flops, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 24/01/2019), ‘Medical
bill will pass as wished by government’ (kp
25/01/2019) [But Oli says it is
the parliament that wants to reject the government's
agreements with Dr KC; now the Speaker of Parliament
claims that it is the express will of the Oli
government! Lies over lies to safeguard vested
interests!], 'Speaker
must remain neutral like a referee', interview with
Daman Nath Dhungana (ht 28/01/2019)
House
braces
for opposition-ruling party showdown: Nepali Congress
obstructs Parliament proceedings over Medical Education
Bill, a concern of fasting KC, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
22/01/2019), Discord
over
affiliation leaves medical bill in limbo: Institutions
other than Tribhuvan and Kathmandu universities could
pave the way to grant affiliations for colleges outside
the Valley, by Arpan Shrestha and Nayak Paudel (kp
23/01/2019), Opposition
blocks government bid to push medical education bill,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/01/2019), Speaker
fails to set House in order, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
23/01/2019)
Parties
brace for face off over Med Education Bill, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 18/01/2019)
Lawmakers
to question PM Oli in House today, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 18/01/2019)
HoR
disagrees with NA on amended bill (ht 17/01/2019)
Politics
in
full play as accusations fly over tainted jet purchase
deal: House panel tweaks report, takes out the
part that calls for ‘lawful action’ against
ministers, by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/01/2019) [????]
SAGGC
for political consensus on citizenship,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht
13/01/2019)
Congress
MPs pressuring govt through string of motions (rep
12/01/2019)
Accounts
committee
ignores crucial facts in aircraft purchase probe:
Jitendra Dev was not the tourism minister when the first
instalment was released to Airbus plane vendor, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 11/01/2019)
Nepali
Congress could be better opposition (rep 10/01/2019)
NC,
RJP-N end House obstruction, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
10/01/2019)
Road
to
misrule: Lawmakers must act on measures to curb abuse of
authority and impose harsh sanctions against those
implicated and accused of robbing tax payers, by
Kedar Neupane (rep 09/01/2019)
‘Government
should face questions from lawmakers every week’,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht
08/01/2019), Undemocratic
move: If the lawmakers are barred from putting questions
to the PM, it will undermine the parliamentary supremacy
(ht 08/01/2019), ‘Government
must answer to queries raised by MPs’, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 10/01/2019), Speaker
tells PM, ministers to take MPs questions after address
(rep 10/01/2019)
MPs
barred from pocketing salaries of aides, drivers, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 08/01/2019), Right
step by Parliament Secretariat (rep 09/01/2019)
Oli
avoids major issues in House, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
07/01/2019), Congress
to protest if PM does not answer, by Anil Giri (kp
07/01/2019), PM
lies to House over contract awarded to Huawei, by
Sunil Sapkota (rep 07/01/2019), PM
cherry-picks information that fit govt progress reports
(rep 07/01/2019), A
tale of lies: Misuse of numbers as weapons to paint an
incorrect picture is a real tragedy (kp 08/01/2019)
National
education reforms: Parliamentary sub-panel gives its nod
to draft bill, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 07/01/2019),
Dr
KC warns of 16th hunger strike: Parliament sub-committee
endorses bill on medical education through vote, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 08/01/2019), Dr
KC blasts sub-committee for tweaking bill (rep
08/01/2019), House
panel fails to endorse medical education draft bill,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 08/01/2018), Dr
KC threatens to launch 16th fast-unto-death (ht
08/01/2019), Dr
KC to launch 16th hunger strike today: Demands end to
‘mafia reign’ in medical sector, by Biplaw Bhattarai
(kp 09/01/2019), NCP
lawmakers
bulldoze Medical Education Bill through House panel: KC
starts 16th hunger strike objecting to change in
provisions, by Nayak Paudel (kp 10/01/2019), House
panel flouts accord with Dr KC (rep 10/01/2019), House
panel okays medical education reforms bill: Principal
concerns of Dr Govinda KC not addressed, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 10/01/2019)
Chaudhary
sworn in after party’s pressure, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 04/01/2019) [?????],
Why
govt let massacre-accused Resham Chaudhary take oath
(rep 04/01/2019) [There cannot be enough (potential) criminals in
leading political positions! The rule of law in
democratic states does not allow the participation of
persons who are accused of crimes!], Back
to jail after oath, by Ashok Dahal (rep 04/01/2019),
Tikapur
victims speak of grave injustice, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 04/01/2019), Road
to impunity: Oath to Resham Chaudhary (rep
06/01/2019), Verdict
on Tikapur carnage delayed, by Tekendra Deuba (ht
06/01/2019), Apex
court refuses to release Chaudhary, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 08/01/2018), Rectify
swearing-in:
Democracy is not just about elections, it is about
electing righteous people who will work for the welfare
of the people and the country (ht 09/01/2019)
House
panel scrambles to table medical education bill as KC
threatens hunger strike (kp 02/01/2018), Pokharel's
bid
to keep CTEVT under ministry snags Medical Education
Bill: Over 500 affiliations issued to private colleges
by two thirds-majority govtl,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 02/01/2019), All
agreements
with Dr KC won’t be included: Congress lawmakers say
bill should include entire content, just the spirit is
not enough, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 02/01/2019), Debate
on Medical Education Bill again makes no headway
(rep 03/01/2019), What’s
the intention of Education Minister? (rep
03/01/2019)
Hearing
postponed after officials refuse to work beyond 4pm,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/12/2018)
A
lot to do for parliament this time (rep 30/12/2018)
Time
to
warm up: Lawmakers must take a proactive approach to
discuss and pass crucial bills during the winter session
of the House (ht 28/12/2018)
Auditor
general
says minister lied to House panel: Tanka Mani Sharma
says Rabindra Adhikari did not consult his office before
making payment for the jets, by Anil Giri (kp
27/12/2018)
Civil
Servants Adjustment Ordinance registered in House amid
staff protest, by Sanjaya Lama (kp 27/12/2018), Gagan
Thapa calls for withdrawal of civil servants ordinance
(rep 29/12/2018)
Congress
takes winter session as opportunity to attack government,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/12/2018), ‘Work
could have been on war footing if we had traditional
communist govt’ (rep 27/12/2018) [??]
Federal
Parliament’s winter session begins, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 26/12/2018)
House
panel unmoved by minister’s plea (ht 25/12/2018)
Govt
registers amendment bill to review 56 laws in bulk
(rep 24/12/2018)
Away
with
hearing system: Our parliamentary hearing system has not
become anything more than a ritual. We need to do away
with it through constitution amendment, by Arzoo
Karki and Sagar Baral (rep 24/12/2018)
Deep
pockets: Lawmakers have earned notoriety for being
unethical and shameless (kp 20/12/2018)
Parliament
meet from next week, by Binod Ghimire (kp
18/12/2018), President
summons winter session of Parliament, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 19/12/2018), Prez
summons winter session of Parliament on December 26,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 19/12/2018)
Roll
call: Chronic absenteeism in the House committees needs
to be addressed (kp 14/12/2018)
Truant
lawmakers undermine role of House committees, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 12/12/2018)
MPs
protest plan to bring civil servants ordinance (rep
29/11/2018) [The government
bypasses basic democratic institutions such as
parliament!], Avoid
ordinance:
It will not augur well for democracy and rule of law if
the executive intends to run the administration through
ordinance (ht 30/11/2018), The Civil
Servants Ordinance, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
15/12/2018)
National
Medical Education Bill discussion stuck on preamble,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 27/11/2018)
Lack
of agenda delays winter session of federal parliament,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/11/2018)
Leaders
skipped House meetings, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
18/11/2018)
New
seating arrangement being made in HoR (ht
15/11/2018)
Ministry
lays
groundwork for 6 constitutional panels:
Joint-secretaries to work in capacity of a
secretary of their concerned commission (kp
12/11/2018) [This proves the
government's understanding of inclusion: Almost
exclusively male Bahuns nominated!]
Amnesty
for inclusive law-making process (kp 13/10/2018)
MPs
Or Development Executives?, by Mukti Rijal (rn
11/10/2018)
House
panels
issue conflicting directives—at their own peril:
Parliamentary committees, which number 16 at present,
are often found to be making decisions that clash with
each other, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/10/2018), Speaker
sees conflict of interests in parliamentary committees:
The House of Representatives Regulations- 2018 bars
lawmakers having personal interest from joining
discussions on related issues at the House committee,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/10/2018)
At
minister’s call, House panel changes decision: Minister
Banskota challenges parliamentary practice of honouring
directives, pressing a House committee to change its
decision, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/10/2018) [This government's misunderstanding of democracy
and separation of powers is quite obvious!]
Failing
parliamentarians:
Save for few, it is hard to find a parliamentarian who
speaks on behalf of people and the country in Nepal,
by Mukti Rijal (rep 03/10/2018)
Army
questioned over business deals (kp 03/10/2018)
Budget
session ends, leaving important bills in limbo, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/09/2018), Parliament
prorogued after 135 days: House avoids discussion on
medical education bill (ht 28/09/2018)
It's
mostly senior leaders who skip House meetings (rep
28/09/2018), Opposition
lawmakers top absentee list in HoR (kp 30/09/2018),
Missing
in action: MPs who remain absent from Parliament should
be charged (kp 01/10/2018)
MPs
grill Mahaseth over transport syndicates lingering on:
Proposal to allow 20-year-old vehicles also draws fire
(rep 27/09/2018)
Arrest
warrant
issued against Pappu Construction chairman: Lawmakers
object to owners’ inclusion in parliamentary development
panel, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
and Shiva Puri (kp
26/09/2018), Medical
Education Bill will not clear this House session, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 26/09/2018), KC
warns of fresh hunger strike (kp 27/09/2018)
Parliamentary
committee vows to fight sexual violence (kp
26/09/2018)
Lawmakers
mull fare issue (kp 24/09/2018)
Chairpersons
of
all 16 parliamentary committees in place: The panels can
direct issues related to policies and programmes to the
government and follow up on those directions (ht
24/09/2018)
NCP
picks majority women for House committee heads (rep
18/09/2018) [but predominantly
Tagadharis, especially Bahuns!!], Women
to head half of parliamentary panels (kp
21/09/2018), Women
‘fairly’ represented in HoR panels (ht 21/09/2018),
Chairpersons
of HoR thematic panels sworn in (ht 22/09/2018), Women
in charge: Female lawmakers now head half of the House
committees (kp 24/09/2018)
Second
joint parliamentary committee formed (ht 18/09/2018)
Parliament
passes all bills on basic rights, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp) [by breaking laws and
rulings in an authoritarian way!], Fundamental
rights-related bills passed / MPs cast doubt over
implementation, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 17/09/2018)
House
set to endorse laws barring uneducated people from all
types of jobs after 10 yrs, by Ashok Dahal (rep
16/09/2018)
Parliament
scrambles: to meet time limit: Both Houses have to
endorse 17 new Acts by Sept 18 (kp 14/09/2018), Scramble
to meet deadline on fundamental right laws (rep
15/09/2018), Deadline
looming large over passage of rights bills, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/09/2018)
Allowance
cut affects lawmaking process in parliament, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 06/09/2018)
No
laws
on fundamental rights ready though deadline ends Sept
19: Speaker of the lower house Krisha Bahadur Mahara is,
meanwhile, scheduled to embark on five-day visit to
China from September 7, despite the pressure of business
in parliament, by Ashok Dahal (rep 04/09/2018) [He should resign if foreign trips
are more important than his job!], Abdication
of duty: 15 laws yet to be enacted (rep 05/09/2018),
One
week deadline to table rights laws: Speaker Mahara says
his visit to China will not delay process (kp
07/09/2018) [??], Fundamental
rights bills to be endorsed with contested provisions
(rep 07/09/2018) [??]
Direct
question-answer session kicks off in House of
Representatives, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 04/09/2018)
Lawmakers
demand removal of 'regressive' provisions in Privacy
Bill (rep 02/09/2018), Why
privacy
bill should be amended: The state has no right to
control people’s freedom and liberties while introducing
right to privacy laws. No law should encroach on
people’s right to know, by Taranath Dahal (rep
02/09/2018)
House
panel elections delayed again (kp 01/09/2018)
Mahara
to shut down House to visit China (ht 30/08/2018) [??]
Assembly
to elect three chairs today (kp 29/08/2018)
Ruling,
opposition parties agree on power-sharing in NA thematic
panels (ht 29/08/2018)
House
committee seeks suggestions from experts on Health
Education Bill (rep 29/08/2018)
House
panel to consult KC on Medical Edu Bill (kp
20/08/2018)
Foreign
junkets help delay House panel head picks, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 18/08/2018)
Amendments
registered to citizenship bill, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 18/08/2018)
Lawmakers
for passing medical education act in line with govt-Dr
KC deal (rep 17/08/2018)
Voting
to pick HoR committee heads on Aug 21 (rep
14/08/2018)
Deadline
to enact laws may be missed, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
13/08/2018)
Talks
to
select chair of ‘mini parliaments’ begin: Nepali
Congress demands top posts in at least four mini
parliaments while ruling parties agree to only one post
(kp 08/08/2018)
10
House panels hold first meeting (kp 07/08/2018)
Govt
to present seven bills (kp 06/08/2018)
Judge’s
hearing:
If Joshee is on the wrong side, he should face legal
action, but from PHC members, independent decisions are
expected (ht 06/08/2018)
All
parliamentary committees in place (kp 03/08/2019) [After 6 months!?!]
NC
walks out from House (rerp 03/08/2018), House
proceedings continue despite opposition walkout (kp
03/08/2018), Speaker’s
conduct irks Nepali Congress (kp 04/08/2018)
Hearing
panel may put Joshee’s fate to vote (kp 01/08/2018),
Joshee
meets PM after PHC indecision: SC secretariat, CIAA
joint team to visit school to resolve certificate
controversy, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 01/08/2018), Stalemate
over CJ continues (kp 02/08/2018), Hearings
committee again puts off decision on Joshee (rep
02/08/2018), PHC
member ‘receives death threat’ (rep 02/08/2018), PHC
member Niru Pal issued death threat, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 02/08/2018), Linger
no longer: House panel should not delay further on the
appointment of chief justice (kp 03/08/2018)
NC
wants either speaker or deputy speaker post in House
(kp 28/07/2018), Parliament
can’t discuss sub-judice case: Speaker (kp
30/07/2018), Let
go: NCP should be ready to share key positions in
Parliament with NC (kp 30/07/2018) [The
Constitution is very clear in this respect, but which
party is interested in the Constitution?]
NA
meet postponed following NC protest (kp 26/07/2018),
National
Assembly adjourned for a week after obstruction (rep
26/07/2018)
After
HoR, opposition Congress obstructs National Assembly
(kp 25/07/2018), Beat
the clock: Parliament must reconvene immediately so that
pending Acts are endorsed on time (kp 25/07/2018)
Hearing
for
reforms: The parliamentary hearing committee is
preparing to conduct hearing on chief justice, CIAA
chief and ambassadors. Will it be able to break the past
trend?, by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 25/07/2018)
Acting
Chief Justice faces 5 complaints: House panel to grill
him on Thursday (kp 24/07/2018)
House
meeting put off for eight days (rep 20/07/2018)
NC’s
Role in Parliament, by Narayan Upadhyay (kp
18/07/2018)
House
rule on MPs' suspension challenged at SC (rep
16/07/2018)
Hearing
committee to be formed tomorrow if fed parliament meets
(kp 08/07/2018), Bhattarai
likely to lead powerful hearing panel (kp
09/07/2018), Parliament
forms hearing committee (kp 10/07/2018), 15
Public Hearing Committee members finalised (ht
10/07/2018), PHSC
to prepare working procedure (rep 11/07/2018), PHC’s
efficacy:
PHC members represent the parties, but they should rise
above partisan interests when it comes to approving
nominees (ht 11/07/2018), Hearing
procedure endorsed (kp 13/07/2018)
State
Affairs Committee tops choice of NCP bigwigs (rep
08/07/2018)
Govt
registers
National: Medical Education Bill: Legislation does not
address concerns raised by Dr Govinda KC; Congress
leader Thapa says party will block the bill’s passage
(kp 07/07/2018), NC
obstructs House meeting over Dr Govinda KC’s demand
(kp 07/07/2018)
Congress
wants fringe parties’ representation (kp
04/07/2018), Speaker:
House panels to be formed with or without NC, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 06/07/2018)
Transitional
justice bill goes thru both houses: Enforced
disappearances enquiry, TRC bill sent to president
(ht 03/07/2018)
PM
makes fun of MPs’ queries in parliament: NC Chief Whip
Khand terms it objectionable, by Ashok Dahal (rep
30/06/2018)
Bill
for Med Edu Ordinance tabled: Altering of major
provisions will allow more medical colleges in Kathmandu
Valley, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 30/06/2018), Congress
blocks
replacement bill: Raising questions over process and
contents, opposition wants major provisions of the
ordinance retained, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
02/07/2018), Medical
education bill withdrawn: Old law to come into
force from Wednesday amid protests, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 02/07/2018), Govt
puts
national medical bill on hold: Officials say the govt
decided not to table the bill after learning that the NC
would obstruct the House if it did so (kp
13/08/2018)
House
approves Appropriation Bill (kp 30/06/2018)
Linger
no further: Delay in forming parliamentary panel would
hinder Parliament’s functions (kp 29/06/2018), Differences
delay House committees’ formation, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 29/0/2018)
Bill
on TRC, CIEDP terms extension in parliament (rep
29/06/2018) [The exension of
terms means little without fundamental changes in
justice law and politics!]
MPs
divided over handing ongoing projects to local levels
(rep 29/06/2018) [Federalism misunderstood or simply not wanted?],
NCP
lawmakers file motion of urgent public importance
(ht 29/06/2018)
Govt
committed to protecting borders, PM tells Parliament
(ht 27/06/2018)
PM’s
whip fails to stop criticism of budget from his party
lawmakers, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 26/06/2018)
Formation
of 16 House panels must be based on consensus, says NC
(ht 24/06/2018), Formation
of House panels stalled, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
25/06/2018), NCP
and Nepali Congress squabble over federal panel: The
main opposition insists on parliamentary committees via
consensus, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 26/06/2018), Disputes
delay House committee formations (rep 26/06/2018)
House
passes parliamentary regulations (ht 23/06/2018)
Bill
on formation of Administrative Court registered, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 22/06/2018)
Terms
of NA members through lottery today (kp 18/06/2018),
Half
of NC Upper House members pick 2-yr term (kp
19/06/2018), NA
members draw lots to decide term lengths: Half NC
members pick two-year terms (rep 19/06/2018)
Joint
draft panel tables proposal on federal parliament
regulation (kp 18/06/2018)
NCP
lawmakers criticise budget (ht 17/06/2018), PM
tells ruling party lawmakers not to criticise central
budget (kp 17/06/2018) [Is
this a democratic state or party dictatorship?]
Race
for Parliament panel chairs begins, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 16/06/2018)
Two
crucial parliamentary panels to be formed soon (ht
13/06/2018)
Speaker
or deputy speaker should quit: Oppn, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 12/06/2018) [Article 91 of the constitution demands that both
positions have to be filled by members of different
parties!], Play
by
the rules: The ruling party cannot misinterpret the
constitutional provisions as per its convenience for the
posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker (ht 13/06/2018),
Opposition
demands either speaker or dy speaker to step down
(rep 14/06/2018), NCP,
oppn party trade barbs (ht 14/06/2018), NCP
holding two positions in House ‘unconstitutional’
(kp 1506/2018)
Upper
House regulations endorsed (kp 11/06/2018), NA
to fix tenure of members through lottery on June 18
(ht 11/06/2018)
Lack
of expenditure details puts off House meeting (kp
11/06/2018)
HoR
regulations paves way for forming thematic committees
(ht 10/06/2018), NCP
ready to let oppn lead PAC, yet to decide about others
(rep 10/06/2018), Accused
lawmakers to be suspended, says NA chair (ht
11/06/2018)
No
suspension of MPs facing trial, by Binod Ghimire (kp
09/06/2018) [Close cooperation
of leading politicians and criminals and the protection
of the latter continues unabated! This is a
characteristic of the lawless state of Nepal!], MPs
not to be suspended upon arrest (rep 09/06/2018), National
Assembly set to endorse regulation today (kp
10/06/2018)
Parliament
Secretariat to hold orientation for MPs (kp
06/06/2018)
Dispute
takes
regulation off House agenda: The ruling and opposition
parties are at odds over whether or not to suspend a
lawmaker facing judicial custody (kp 05/06/2018), Ruling
party divided over House regulation: Speaker drops plan
to pass regulation through majority vote (rep
05/06/2018)
Overlapping
issues delay drafting of laws on basic rights:
Fast-track endorsement necessary to meet September 19
deadline, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 05/06/2018)
No
House rules before a month: Crucial appointments stand
to be delayed further, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/06/2018) [The new goverment
is as ineffective as previous governments despite great
promises and clear majorities!!]
Budget
fails
to please even ruling party MPs: FinMin Khatiwada faces
ire for saying that he was forced to include
Constituency Development Fund (kp 01/06/2018), NCP
lawmakers find fault with budget: ‘Scrap Local Infra
Development Partnership Programme’ (ht 01/06/2018),
Khatiwada
under fire from lawmakers over pork barrel (rep
01/06/2018)
Delay
in enacting regulations hits House functioning (ht
31/05/2018), Enact
rules
pronto: Lawmakers who are custodians of Parliament
cannot take it hostage; they should sort out issues and
enact regulations at the earliest (ht 01/06/2018)
Lawmakers
or project managers? MPs must stick to their job of
monitoring government activities, not managing them,
by Mohan Kumar Rai (kp 29/05/2018) [But
it's imperative for their corrupt ambitions!]
House
misses its roles due to absence of panels (rep
29/05/2018)
Laying
Foundation for Prosperity, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
28/05/2018), House
passes policies and programmes, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
28/05/2018)
Speaker
slams truant lawmakers (kp 26/05/2018)
Congress,
Madhesi parties say policies seem like poll pitch
(kp 24/05/2018), Oli
urges mps to endorse policies and not criticise (kp
24/05/2018), Debate
on govt’s policies and programmes begins (ht
24/05/2018), Debate
on policies and programmes continues in House of
Representatives (ht 26/04/2018)
Govt
policies and programmes: Six amendment proposals filed
(kp 23/05/2018), Waiting
for budget: Setting ambitious growth rate is welcome,
but the govt’s major challenge is to deliver (kp
23/05/2018)
Govt
sets ambitious growth targets: Annual policies and
programmes say per capita income will double in five
years, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/05/2018) [??],
Policies,
programmes aim to enhance infra, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 22/05/2018), Govt
to concentrate on statute implementation (rep
20/05/2018), Document
without priorities: Congress (ht 22/05/2018),
Pvt
sector applauds govt’s policies and programmes (ht
22/05/2018), The
politics of budgeting: The people should not be taxed
heavily so that politicians can indulge in their desires,
by Gokarna Awasthi (kp 22/05/2018)
House
notified about new party (kp 19/05/2018), Lawmakers
welcome left unification (ht 19/05/2018)
Lawmakers
raise
Madhesis’ concern about citizenship denial in House: Say
statelessness hits their studies, chances of getting
jobs (ht 19/05/2018)
Leaders
spar over funds: UML chairman says Member of
Parliament’s job is to make laws, not dole out funds,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/05/2018), 51
projects flout rules: New study: NGO FEG Nepal exposes
lawmakers’ violations (kp 20/05/2018), PM
moots new CDF modality, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
20/05/2018)
Lawmakers
raise questions over Modi visit (ht 15/05/2018), Lawmakers
question PM’s ‘nationalist stand’ (rep 15/05/2018)
Modi
visit pushes back budget plans (kp 12/05/2018)
MPs
ask FinMin to do ‘reality check’ before preparing budget
(kp 11/05/2018)
UML
MPs want govt to continue doling outconstituency budget,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/05/2018)
Medical
Education Ordinance approved (ht 10/05/2018)
Pre-budget
discussion begins today, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
09/05/2018)
Four
ordinances tabled at House as budget session begins
(kp 07/05/2018)
MPs
in judicial custody spared suspension (kp
06/05/2018), MPs
for suspending tainted colleagues (kp 09/05/2018), Impasse
on lawmaker suspension continues (kp 17/05/2018)
Dr
KC tells Parliament to pass health law soon (kp
04/05/2018)
Lower
House regulations: Draft meeting draws blank as lawmaker
ban issue simmers (kp 03/05/2018), Leaders
to resolve draft row today (kp 04/05/2018)
Prez
Bhandari to present Govt policies, programmes on May 15
(ht 03/05/2018)
MPs
call for renewing constituency budget, by Binod
Ghimire and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/04/2018) [The
running of development projects should not be the task
an parliamentarians! It only opens the door to
favouritism and corruption!], Lawmakers'
lobby for continuity of controversial fund sparks
concerns, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 29/04/2018), At
fiscal end, govt bids for pet projects (kp
29/04/2018), Lawmakers
‘misuse special project funds’, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/05/2018), Constituency
Development Funds, by Mukti Rijal (rn 03/05/2018)
Row
over lottery method to fix NA members' tenures stalls
regulation, by Ashok Dahal (rep 29/04/2018)
Panels
agree
on move to impeach key officials: Drafting panels of
both Houses agreed on Thursday that 25 pc members of any
House can move impeachment motion which has to be
endorsed by two-thirds majority (kp 27/04/2018), Rift
over provision to suspend MPs accused of crime, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 27/04/2018)
Parliament
staff enjoy 80 pc perks under dodgy decision (rep
27/08/2018)
Dispute
delays Lower House draft rules (kp 26/04/2018)
Eight
ministers submit property details; ‘MPs furnish
papers’ (kp 19/04/2018)
House
panel agrees to suspend lawmakers put in judicial
custody (kp 18/04/2018)
Army
gives up land for fed parliament (kp 13/04/2018)
Call
to accelerate drafting of all Acts: Federal parliament
must endorse all Acts by March 4, 2019 (kp
12/04/2018)
Speaker
wants bills by mid-May (ht 12/04/2018)
Fed
secretariat recommends Yogi and Phuyal: President
Bhandari to decide on secretaries for HoR and NA (kp
10/04/2018)
Federal
Parliament prorogates (kp 04/04/2018)
PM
to address Parliament before India visit: Ongoing
session of the House to end after three to four meetings,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 02/04/2018)
Draft
group increases thematic panels to 10 (kp
01/04/2018)
House
nods to extend terms of TJ bodies (kp 31/03/2018), HoR
endorses TRC, CIEDP ordinance: Replacement bill to
incorporate Supreme Court verdict: AG (ht
31/03/2018)
Fed
units to get law blueprints in 15 days, says AG (kp
30/03/2018)
Prez
in Parliament: Dawn of a new era (kp 30/03/2018)
HPE
ordinance forwarded to Parliament Secretariat (kp
29/03/2018), Medical
education ordinance registered in Parliament (ht
30/03/2018), NWPP
lawmaker lodges application against medical education
ordinance (ht 31/03/2018), Dr
KC threatens fresh hunger strike (ht 31/03/2018), House
endorses HPE Ordinance: Law bars establishment of
new medical schools in Kathmandu Valley for a
decade, by Manish Gautam (kp 04/04/2018)
Nine
panels
likely for Lower House: The Regulations Drafting
Committee plans nine thematic committees in the Lower
House. This exceeds the Parliament Secretariat’s
suggestion of seven panels (kp 28/03/2018)
President
to address fed parliament on Thursday (kp
27/03/2018)
Ordinances
may be tabled tomorrow (kp 25/03/2018)
All
Upper, Lower House posts filled: Shashikala Dahal of
CPN-MC elected National Assembly deputy chair (ht
19/03/2018)
Bhusal,
Tumbahangphe in Deputy Speaker race (kp 16/03/2018),
‘Left
alliance shouldn’t have contested’, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 16/03/2018), Tumbahangphe
is Deputy Speaker (kp 17/03/2018), CPN-UML
leader Tumbahamphe elected Deputy Speaker of HoR (ht
17/03/2018)
UML’s
Timilsina elected unopposed as NA chair: Nepali Congress
does not field candidate, clears way for his election
(kp 13/03/2018), Ganesh
Timilsina elected NA chair (ht 15/03/2018), Timilsina
assumes NA office as its chairman (kp 15/03/2018)
Statute
implementation laws top priority: Speaker (ht
11/03/2018) [These laws should
alredy have been passed before 21 January 2018 as
demanded by the constitution!!]
Parliament
has to endorse over 40 new Acts, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 10/03/2018)
Mahara
ahead in Speaker race (kp 09/03/2018), NC
calls for consensus Speaker (kp 09/03/2018), Mahara
likely to be HoR speaker, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
09/03/2018), Mahara
elected unopposed to post of Speaker of House of
Representatives (ht 09/03/2018), Mahara
to be sworn in as Speaker tomorrow: Parliament to
announce his unopposed election, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 10/03/2018), Mahara
elected speaker of Lower House unopposed (ht
10/03/2018), Mahara
elected Speaker of HoR unanimously (kp 11/03/2018)
Leaders
vow to work together for prosperity (kp 07/03/2018)
Fed
parliament in session: Both the Houses endorse interim
rules of procedure (kp 06/03/2018), Houses
of parliament begin historic first sessions (rep
06/03/2018)
Bicameral
parliament in two decades: lawmakers’ oath today, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 04/03/2018), Federal
parliament convenes: Oldest members Mahantha Thakur and
Tara Devi Bhatta administer oath to members of both the
Houses, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/03/2018), First
meeting of federal parliament today (rep 05/03/2018)
Poll
dates for constitutional posts to be out soon, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 04/03/2018)
Parties
agree on voting schedule: Prez poll after Speaker and
Deputy Speaker election (kp 01/03/2018), Parliament
Secretariat told to fix schedule for election of
speaker, NA chair (ht 01/03/2018)
House
Q&A session with PM proposed, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 28/02/2018)
Finally,
We Have The National Assembly, by Prem Khatry (rn
27/02/2018)
Government
to construct new Parliament building (ht 26/02/2018)
Mahara,
Pokharel, Gurung eying speaker post (rep 24/02/2018)
Focus
on
business: Parliament now must focus its attention on
making new laws without encroaching upon jurisdictions
of the provincial assemblies and local level units
(ht 21/02/2018)
Fed
Parliament to convene on March 5 (kp 20/02/2018)
Groundwork
begins
to prioritise crucial bills: Ordinances related to
National Assembly and medical education on top of the
priority list (ht 19/02/2018)
Preps
for parliament meet: President Bhandari to summon
federal parliament on the government’s
recommendation (kp 17/02/2018), Parliament
session by month-end (ht)
Prez
to consult new govt on Upper House nominees (kp
17/02/2018), New
govt to nix recommendation of 3 for upper house (rep
17/02/2018)
Parliament
set for session in a week after final election results
,by Rupesh Acharya (ht 13/02/2018)
All
set for bicameral parliament, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/02/2018)
50pc
work on construction of NA hall completed (kp
03/01/2017)
Preparations
on for House of Representatives and National Assembly,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 20/12/2017)
‘Lower
House to be ready in a week’ (kp 17/12/2017)
Four
secretaries proposed for two Houses of Parliament,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 15/12/2017)
42
pc new faces in parliament under FPTP, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 13/12/2017)
Cost
of running legislatures to jump threefold: Rs 1 billion
annually for only sallery and perks of all 884
legislators, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 13/12/2017)
Parliament
Secretariat making preparation to hold meetings of HoR,
National Assembly (ht 11/12/2017) [The
members of the NA have first to be elected by the
Provincial Assemblies! But where shall the latter meet?
There are no laws, infrastructure, staff; not even the
names of the headquarters are clear! Federalism is still
a fare dream!!]
Works
start for housing HoR and National Assembly: The main
hall of the ICC that housed the CA shall be turned into
Lower House (kp 07/12/2017)
Prep
works on at ICC for new Lower and Upper Houses (kp
28/11/2017)
ICC
will
continue to house federal parliament as well: The
Parliament Secretariat has been renting the ICC
premises since the first Constituent Assembly elections
in 2008 (kp 26/10/2017)
Ex-MPs
get red passport submission deadline (kp 20/10/2017)
Four
Years of Parliament, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
19/10/2017)
CA-turned-Parliament
completes
term: Top leaders hail constitution promulgation as
historic achievement, say stage set for the
implementation of the charter, by Binod Ghimire (kp
15/10/2017), Parliament
dissolved:
Altogether, the House passed 84 bills and failed to pass
20; Cabinet expansion within bounds of the constitution,
says PM, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 15/10/2017), Historic
tenure:
Periodic elections are the bedrock of democracy
delivering services to the people and laying foundations
of developments through people’s participation (ht
16/10/2017)
Report
of
panel probing 2013 CA poll silent about rigging: Panel
head Karna delayed report 3 years ‘to keep enjoying
vehicle facility’ (rep 14/10/2017)
UML,
Maoist
Centre MPs block HPE Bill: Government aborted its plan
of tabling the bill after the UML and Maoist Centre
warned of House obstruction (kp 13/10/2017)
Parliament
to be dissolved tomorrow (kp 12/10/2017), House
to convene last meeting today (ht 13/10/2017)
Vote
transfer row halts National Assembly Election Bill,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 12/10/2017)
House
to pass bills today (ht 06/10/2017), House
passes three bills (ht 07/10/2017), House
fails to pass key bills in the absence of lawmakers
(rep 07/10/2017)
Speaker
ignores protests, carries on with House proceedings
(ht 26/09/2017)
House
panel passes civil servants adjustment bill: Seniority,
choice and permanent address bases for govt staff
adjustment (kp 25/09/2017)
MPs
preparing
to rush through HPE Bill: If passed in present form, it
will directly benefit a handful of institutions;
Lawmakers plan to put the Health Profession Education
Bill to a vote in Parliament on Monday (kp
23/09/2017)
MPs
propose changes to upper house, prez polls bills,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 23/09/2017)
Parliament
passes Edu Act (Ninth Amendment) Bill: Some lawmakers
say move will further ruin public education sector,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/09/2017), House
endorses Local Level Governance Act: Legislation opens
door to full-fledged functioning (kp 20/09/2017), House
expedites bills endorsement, 7 bills endorsed on single
day (rep 20/09/2017)
Bill
on
National Assembly members registered: The bill has
proposed the first-past-the-post Bloc Voting
Electoral System - similar to the one adopted for
the local level elections - to elect members of
the National Assembly, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/09/2017)
MPs
press for lifelong perks as retirement draws near
(kp 12/09/2017), Bid
to pass bill on VIP facilities on: Lawmakers want pay
and perks for former MPs as well (ht 14/09/2017), MPs
not to get ‘retirement benefit’ (kp 18/09/2017)
Fate
of three dozen bills uncertain, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 10/09/2017)
Parliament
passes Madhesi Commission Bill unanimously (ht
09/09/2017)
Constitution
amendment bill: Parliament begins clause-wise discussion
(ht 17/08/2017)
House
adjourned for lack of quorum (kp 05/08/2017) [!?]
‘Pass
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill’ (ht
31/07/2017)
MPs’
reservations block endorsement of Health Profession
Education Bill, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/07/2017)
Parliament
to send election related bills to House panel, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 30/07/2017)
Parliament
launches website, mobile app: House needs own television
channel, radio station to keep people informed: Speaker
(kp 28/07/2017)
Fifty-three
bills need House consideration: It is the government’s
duty to give business to the Parliament, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 27/07/2017), Pass
bills
soon: The political parties in parliament must reach
consensus to pass these important bills so that
elections can be held on time (ht 28/07/2017)
Civil,
penal
code bills pending in Parliament, by Rupesh Acharya
(ht 18/07/2017)
House
panel
seeks details on fund assurance, payments (ht
14/07/2017)
Civil
servant
adjustment: House unanimously passes bill (kp
13/07/2017)
House
endorses
Appropriation Bill (kp 11/07/2017)
House
continues
discussion on budget (ht 07/07/2017), Budget
discussions in parliament turn dull (rep
07/07/2017), House
concludes
discussion on budget (ht 08/07/2017)
House
endorses
govt’s policy, programmes: Budget today • CPN-UML not to
obstruct proceedings, by Rupesh Acharya (kp
29/05/2017)
Opposition
parties
obstruct Parliament (kp 27/05/2017), CPN-UML’s
House
obstruction continues (ht 27/05/2017), UML
agrees
to resume House (ht 27/05/2017), House
resumes
after: 3-party agreement: NC, Maoist Centre agree to
withdraw impeachment motion against CJ (kp
28/05/2017)
Govt
policies
and programmes: Budget focus on local body empowerment,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 26/05/2017), Obstructed,
House
unable to thank President for address (kp
26/05/2017)
Prez
gives
parties 7 days to pick consensus PM (kp 26/05/2017)
Pre-budget
discussion
today: President to present govt’s policies and
programmes on Thursday (kp 23/05/2017), Pre-budget
discussion
in limbo this year? (kp 24/05/2017)
Caretaker
government
to present new fiscal budget (ht 21/05/2017)
Longest
Parliament
session prorogued after 381 days, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 19/05/2017)
House
meet
postponed until tomorrow (kp 06/05/2017)
House
to fix date for discussion on impeachment motion, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 04/05/2017)
Constitution
amendment:
Bill to be put to vote today? Govt indecisive; Ruling
coalition struggles to muster required numbers to pass
proposal (kp 04/05/2017), House
to
dwell on amendment bill today: CPN-UML not to obstruct
parliament proceedings (kp 04/05/2017), Govt
defers amendment bid as RPP stands divided (rep
04/05/2017)
Govt
bid to pass amendment bill fails: RPP, NC lawmakers
deliberately skip House meeting (rep 01/05/2017)
House
back
in business (kp 26/04/2017), House
resumes as govt backs out: Lawmakers allowed registering
amendments to the constitution amendment bill (rep
27/04/2017)
UML
obstructs
House: The main oppn party objects to charter revision,
polls-after-budget plans; The party is against the
agreement on revising several provisions of the
constitution (kp 26/04/2017) [Failed
understanding of democratic principles!!], UML
obstructs House over amendment bill: Move poses
challenge to endorsing amendment before candidacy
registrations (rep 26/04/2017)
Most
MPs in constituencies, House lacks quorum, by Ashok
Dahal rep 21/04/2017)
Lawmakers
oppose
strict provisions in cooperative bill, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 15/04/2017)
Partyfull
Panchayat:
The parliament should immediately correct this
constitution-defying apartheid law and allow all parties
to use their party symbols as electoral symbols, by
Ujwal Thapa (rep 15/04/2017)
In
a
first, govt tables NHRC report in House, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 08/04/2017)
Speaker
for
ending ongoing House session (kp 07/04/2017)
House
taskforce
submits report on labour bill (kp 31/03/2017)
House
sits
idle with no business to deal with: Yet to enact 100
laws needed to implement charter, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 22/03/2017)
Deliberation
on
inclusion commission bill begins (ht 22/03/2017)
House
passes
bill relating to wards and constituency: Provision to
allow division of one ward between two constituencies
(ht 21/03/2017)
Madhesi
Morcha
boycotts Parliament meeting (kp 20/03/2017)
House
session
to end in a week, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 19/03/2017)
MPs
lobby for VVIP perks after retirement (rep
18/03/2017)
House
directs govt to take action against Lokman Singh Karki,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 15/03/2017)
Constitution
amendment:
Speaker likely to send bill to special committee, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 04/03/2017)
House
to
dwell on amendment bill today (ht 22/02/2017), Parliament
meeting
postponed yet again (kp 23/02/2017)
House
panel’s
directives go unheeded (ht 16/02/2017)
Speaker
tweaks regulation 'to recruit party cadres' (rep
14/02/2017)
Budget
session crosses 10 months, by Ashok Dahal (rep
04/02/2017) [!!]
House
endorses
third poll-related bill: 5 laws must to hold local
elections n 4 more needed for federal, provincial and
prez votes (kp 31/01/2017)
Ruling,
opposition
parties pick their own candidates for PAC chair (ht
30/01/2017), PAC
set to get chair after nearly six months: Upadhyay from
Maoist Center, Chaulagain from UML in the fray (rep
30/01/2017), Ruling
party
MP elected PAC chair against norm: In 50-member
committee, Dor Prasad Upadhyay gets 23 votes against 16
of UML candidate Chaulagain, by Binod Ghimire (kp
31/01/2017)
Local
elections
bill: MPs: Vote before representatives’ tenure expires,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/01/2017)
Team
readies
two poll bills for submission: Sub-panel plans to give
final touches to first two bills in its meeting on
Monday morning and sub-mit them to the SAC late, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/01/2017), Parliament
endorses
two poll-related bills (kp 26/01/201)
Do
your
own job: Almost all the parliamentary panels give
directive to the government on areas that do not fall
under their jurisdictions (ht 19/01/2017)
Parliamentary
panel
to seek experts’ advice: NC and UML lawmakers are
divided whether the impeachment motion against Karki
needs to be moved forward (kp 17/01/2017), Experts
express
their inability to offer advice to parliamentary panel,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/01/2017), Sub-committee
to
probe charges against Karki, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/01/2017), House
panel discusses impeachment motion against former CIAA
chief (rep 19/01/2017), Once
defender,
now chair of probe panel: Advocate and lawmaker Ram
Narayan Bidari’s role as the head of a
subcommittee of Parliament raises conflict of interest
questions (kp 22/01/2017), Impeachment
imbroglio: If the IRC quashes the motion, it will imply
that the 157 MPs who petitioned for Lokman Singh Karki’s
impeachment were wrong, by Narayan Manandhar (rep
25/01/2017), Lokman
Singh Karki cannot be impeached: Parliamentary
panel, by Ashok Dahal (rep 31/01/2017), Karki
can’t
be impeached: Subpanel, by Binod Ghimire (kp
02/02/2017), House
subpanel
probe finds Karki guilty on four of seven charges: The
subcommittee, which has already ruled out impeachment of
Karki, has suggested that the concerned
agencies can book him (kp 09/02/2017), 'Lawmakers
showing
soft corner to ex-CIAA chief fearing exposure' (kp
09/02/2017)
Lawmakers
weigh
three options on election date (kp 15/01/2017)
House
sends
two more election bills to SAC: The State Affairs
Committee has been working to finalise three other
election bills for the last two months, by
Sujan Dhungana (kp 14/01/2017)
House
panel
for removing NOC’s infrastructure tax on petro products
(ht 14/01/2017)
Election
for
PAC chair postponed, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
11/01/2017)
Lawmakers
want
amendment bill to state poll dates (ht 10/01/2017)
Discussion
begins
on voter list bill (kp 09/01/2017)
Constitution
amendment:
Bill tabled in House amid opposition, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 09/01/2017), SC
Ruling And Oppositions' Stance, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 09/01/2017), Constitution
amendment
bill: Deliberations likely to start on Thursday (kp
10/01/2017)
UML
to
continue obstructing House proceedings (ht
08/01/2017) [A sheer contempt of
court and disregard of democratic principles!]
Call
for
electing PAC chair pronto (kp 04/01/2017)
Constitution
amendment
bill: Supreme Court declines to issue interim order,
by Dewan Rai (kp 03/01/2017), SC
denies
stay against amendment bill, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
03/01/2017), SC
refuses interim order in petitions against amendment
bill, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 03/01/2017), House
postponed
again after parties pledge deal (kp 04/01/2017)
House
obstruction
crosses a month (kp 03/01/2017)
Parliament
should
be allowed to exercise its sovereign right,
interview with Ramesh Lekhak (kp 02/01/2017)
Speaker
gives
parties 3 days to resolve issues: Warns of finding way
out of impasse in Parliament, by Binods Ghimire (kp
30/12/2016)
Oppn
parties
obstruct House meeting again (kp 29/12/2016)
Against
Holding Parliament A Hostage, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
26/12/2016)
House
meeting
postponed: Speaker's move an attempt to encourage
parties to end deadlock in parliament, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 25/12/2016), Second-rung
leaders
bid to end House row: Ruling, opposition parties in
negotiation but no clue of agreement yet, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 25/12/2016)
Sub-committee(s)
to
finalise election laws: Three election related bills
have been languishing at the State Affairs Committee of
Parliament for more than two months (kp 22/12/2016)
Prolonged
stalemate
likely in Parliament: Speaker not to allow tabling of
constitution amendment bill today amid obstruction by
opposition parties, by Prakash Acharya (ht
22/12/2016)
Oppn
parties
obstruct House again (kp 20/12/2016), Opposition
foils
discussion on statute amendment, poll bills: Seven
parties, led by main opposition CPN-UML, have been
obstructing the House since the amendment bill was
registered on November 29, by Binod Ghimire (kp
20/12/2016)
Ruling
coalition,
oppn headed for showdown, by Sarin Ghimire (kp
19/12/2016), Speaker
to
talk impasse with top leaders today (kp 17/12/2016)
MPs
urged
to roll back amendment proposal: The decision to send
text messages to MPs was made by a meeting of the
student unions affiliated to the oppn parties (kp
16/12/2016)
Parliament
meeting
postponed for a week: Oppn parties obtruct the House
despite Speaker Gharti’s repeated request to support the
discussion over impeachment motion (kp 10/12/2016),
RPP:
House
Obstruction only benefits extremists (kp
10/12/2016), Speaker
urges
PM to help end House obstruction (ht 11/12/2016), UML
‘will
not’ obstruct House for poll bills (kp 12/12/2016),
Oppn
parties
to continue House obstruction (kp 14/12/2016), House
meeting
put off until Monday (kp 16/12/2016), Speaker
adjourns
House till Monday, by Prakash Acharya (ht
16/10/2016), House
obstruction
stalls poll bills, impeachment motion: Due to UML’s
protest over the constitution amendment bill,
deliberations on impeachment motion against Karki and
bills related to local polls have been stalled, by
Sarin Ghimire (kp 18/12/2016)
House
panel
tells govt to rise development expenditure (kp
09/12/2016), Actual
budget
spending reaches 6.5pc in first four months of FY: House
panel criticises the government for not being able
to spend the money set aside for development
projects (kp 09/12/2016)
Commission
gives MPs two days to agree on Province 2 local units
(rep 09/12/2016)
Speaker
in
bid to end House obstruction (ht 08/12/2016), Speaker’s
bid
to end House deadlock fails: Deuba, Oli stick to their
guns; Gharti to hold meeting with PM today (kp
09/12/2016)
Government
bodies not taking directives seriously: House committee
(rep 07/12/2016)
Oppn
obstructs
House for 2nd straight day (kp 03/12/2016), Oppn
demands withdrawal of amendment bill: Obstructs second
successive House meeting (rep 03/12/2016), House
obstructed
for third day (kp 05/12/2016)
40
days
on, House still debates Karki impeachment motion (kp
30/11/2016)
House
committee
to quiz PM on TJ mechanism issues (kp 26/11/2016)
Lawmakers
want
voting age to be lowered to 16 years (ht 26/11/2016)
Finance
Committee
approves BAFI Bill with amendments, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 22/11/2016)
Karki
impeachment
motion: House panel lays out procedure (kp
18/11/2016), Discussion
on
impeachment motion lingers: A senior RPP-Nepal leader
says major parties may be waiting for the court to
decide case against Karki (kp 19/11/2016), House
today
continues debate on impeachment motion (ht
19/11/2016), MPs
want impeachment motion wound up speedily (rep
19/11/2016)
Non-compliance
with
directives: House panel to submit report in 15 days;
Failure to blacklist the contractors not complying with
their contractual obligations has delayed projects
(kp 17/11/2016), Project
doldrums:
Many of the instructions are simply ignored; most of the
rest are implemented half-heartedly, leading to their
very slow pace (ht 18/11/2016)
House
panel
blames govt authorities of subverting development
projects, by Prakash Acharya (ht 17/11/2016)
Activities
of
the House to be systematised (ht 16/11/2016)
Bill
to
hike MPs’ pay and perks moved (kp 15/11/2016), Parties
to
ensure more facilities for lawmakers, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 16/11/2016), Perks
and
work: Past instances show that some of the laws were
passed by Parliament while many lawmakers said yes
without being unaware of their future consequences
(ht 17/11/2016), MPs
demand more perks, incentives amid public criticism,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 17/11/2016), Political
parties collect up to 50 percent levy from lawmakers,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 17/11/2016), Joint
proposal
to increase lawmakers’ perks (ht 18/11/2016), Lawmakers
seek tax waiver on personal vehicles, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 18/11/2016), MPs
pass
bill to hike their pay, perks, by Binod Ghimire (kp
21/11/2016), House
passes
bill with hiked pay, perks for lawmakers, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 121/11/2016), MPs
give themselves a raise, through fast track: They will
now draw minimum Rs 80,000 to Rs 140,000 a month, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 21/11/2016), Underworked
and
overpaid: Nepal’s lawmakers appear dangerously out of
touch with the public pulse (kp 22/11/2016), Students
demonstrate
against MPs’ salary hike (ht 24/11/2016), Controversial
House Decision, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 26/11/2016)
Discussion
on
impeachment motion continues (ht 15/11/2016)
Lawmakers
push
for stronger EC (kp 14/11/2016)
House
put
off after resuming discussion on impeachment (kp
12/11/2016), Agitating
parties
boycott House meet (kp 12/11/2016), Madhesi,
Janajati
lawmakers walk out: 'Protest will continue
till-three-pont pact implemented' (ht 12/11/2016)
House
meeting put off till Friday: The government has
announced a public holiday for the Kirati community on
Thursday (rep 10/11/2016)
IRC
to
discuss draft working procedures on November 11 (ht
27/10/2016)
Anti-torture
bill
gathers dust in House panel: The bill was registered in
the Parliament Secretariat two years ago after the
arrest of Nepal Army Col Kumar Lama in the United
Kingdom under universal jurisdiction, by Dewan Rai
(kp 26/10/2016)
Impeachment
suggestion
panel
‘after Dashain’: Says Parliament has begun consultations
regarding formation of the IRC and filling vacancies in
other parliamentary committees, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 08/10/2016)
Govt
tables
three poll-related bills: The country must hold three
levels of elections in the next 16 months, as the
incumbent Parliament’s term will expire on January 21,
2018 (kp 06/10/2016)
Govt
re-tables
three budget-related bills (kp 30/09/2016), House
may pass budget-linked bills today: Mahara tables the
same bills earlier rejected by parliament (rep
30/09/2016), House
endorses
3 budget-related bills (kp 01/10/2016)
Parliament
holds
discussions on six bills (ht 29/09/2016)
Discussion
on
forming panel to recommend impeachment starts: There are
constitutional provisions that call for an 11-member
Parliament committee to recommend impeachment (kp
27/09/2016)
Question-answer
session
to resume in Parliament (kp 14/09/2016)
MPs
seek
pay hike amid criticism over paying less attention to
House (kp 13/09/2016) [Currently,
they get Rs 56,228 each month and they demand a rise to
Rs 88,925 while most of the earthquake victims living in
tents still wait for the first distribution of Rs 50,000
from international aid!], Lawmakers
set
to get 58 percent pay hike: Criticised for low
attendance, missing crucial meets (kp 29/09/2016)
They
came,
signed in, left: Lawmakers skip Parliament discussion on
key bills, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/09/2016),
Lack
of
quorum stalls passage of vital bills (ht 10/09/2016)
House
adjourned
for a week (kp 22/08/2016) [Please
take time: The not coming nomination of non-inclusive NC
ministers is far more important than legislative work in
parliament!]
House
panel
to select proposals for discussion (kp 17/08/2017)
Far
from
it: The use of parliamentary whips too often makes the
vibrant role expected of lawmakers increasingly
irrelevant (ht 16/08/2016) [Especially
the use of such whips while voting on the new
constitution was in violation of the interim
constitution and the inclusive conception of the
constituent assembly!]
Speaker
decides to restrict lawmakers' foreign visits (rep
16/08/2016)
Towards
a
kleptocracy? There are worrying signs that interest
groups have hijacked our democracy, by John Narayan
Parajuli (kp 13/08/2016)
No
business:
House postponed by week, by Binod Ghimire (kp
09/08/2016), Writ
against
proposal in House not registered (ht 09/08/2016) [??]
Parliament
set
to vote to elect new PM tomorrow (kp 02/08/2016)
Ambassadorial
nominations:
PHSC pulls govt up over agreemo issue; Asks not to send
names until parliamentary panel completes its task
(kp 02/08/2016), PHSC
grills
five ambassador nominees: Out of the 22 nominees,
hearing of the remaining three proposed career diplomats
will take place today (kp 03/08/2016), Hearing
of
two more proposed envoys held (ht 04/08/2016), Hearing
of
eight envoy nominees completed (kp 05/08/2016), Hearing
of
proposed envoys from foreign service concludes, by
Ramesh Khanal (ht 05/08/2016)
Hearing
of
SC justices starts (kp 28/07/2016), Parliamentary
panel
completes hearing on Supreme Court justices, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 29/07/2016)
In
House,
MPs trade charges: No-trust vote scheduled for today
(kp 24/07/2016)
House
meets
today without fixed agenda (ht 21/07/2016)
PHSC
puts
off hearing of SC justice nominees: Hearing scheduled to
start Sunday had to be postponed sine die after
committee chairman ‘called in sick’ (kp 17/07/2016)
NC,
Maoist
Centre block budget endorsement: The NC and Maoist
Centre say budget passage only after the House decides
on no-confidence motion against PM Oli, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 16/07/2016), House
proceedings
postponed till July 21, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
16/07/2016)
Parliament
passes
Appropriation Bill: For the first time in 15 years, govt
has timely authority to spend; Raises hopes that
development spending would be expedited (kp
10/07/2016)
House
hearing
begins today: Chief election commissioner nominee to be
quizzed today, Acting CJ Karki on Sunday, by Sarin
Ghimire (kp 08/07/2016)
MPs
divided
over constituency development provision (ht
08/07/2016)
Symbolic
protest
of silence at ‘zero hour’ (kp 06/05/2016),
Lawmakers
flay
govt for failing to resolve problems (ht 06/07/2016)
National
Security
Council Bill in Parliament (ht 05/07/2016)
PHSC
to
open plaints only on day of hearing, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 04/07/2016), PHCS
receives
15 plaints against 34 nominees (kp 05/07/2016)
House
convenes
after deal on housing grant: Govt agrees to release Rs
200,000 aid to quake victims in two tranches, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 30/06/2016)
PHSC
starts
its work, finally (kp 24/06/2016)
NC
demands
specifics on reconstruction delay, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 24/06/2016) [This may sound
reasonable but the question remains why this party as
well did nothing when it was leading the government!!],
Main
opposition
obstructs House demanding grant amount for quake victims
(ht 24/06/2016), Parliament
session
put off until tomorrow after NC obstruction (kp
25/06/2016), House
likely
to be deferred again over rebuilding delay: Nepali
Congress adamant on getting its concerns addressed
before Parliament resumes business, by Sarin Ghimire
(kp 26/06/2016), House
obstructed
yet again, NC accuses PM of being indifferent (kp
27/06/2016)
House
meeting:
Ministers flayed for ‘anti-charter’ acts (kp
22/06/2016), House
panel
lists bases for local body restructuring (kp
22/06/2016)
Govt
buckles
under pressure, to return amendment bill (kp
22/06/2016), House
sends
BAFI Bill back to panel following criticisms, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 22/06/2016)
Deliberation
begins
on appropriation bill: Former FM Mahat raises concerns
of removal of programmes introduced by previous
governments (kp 21/06/2016)
PHSC
to
elect chairperson tomorrow (kp 21/06/2016)
House
rules
passed, finally: Hearing committee formation opens door
for endorsement of judge, ambassador nominees, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 20/06/2016), Parliament
forms
15-member PHSC, by Prakash Acharya (ht
20/06/2016), Govt
spells
plan to implement statute (ht
20/06/2016), Govt
tables
Charter plan in House (kp
20/06/2016)
Ruling
coalition,
NC agree to pass parliament regulations (ht
19/06/2016), House
rules
passed, finally: Hearing committee formation opens door
for endorsement of judge, ambassador nominees, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 20/06/2016), Parliament
forms
15-member PHSC, by Prakash Acharya (ht 20/06/2016)
Earthquake
victims:
Lawmakers fight over verification process (kp
16/06/2016)
Process
to
endorse House regulations begins today (kp
15/06/2016), No
discussion
on House rules as NC seeks 4 days (kp 16/06/2016)
Lawmakers’
pay
and perks set to be hiked: To draw Rs 55,225 in salary,
Rs 33,700 in allowance (kp 07/06/2016)
Process
to
pass House rules to start on June 15 (kp
05/06/2016), Parliament
Regulation
through voting if no consensus by June 15, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 05/06/2016)
House
paves
way for phasing out SLC, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/06/2016)
Discussions
on
budget to conclude today (ht 03/06/2016), Thematic
discussion
on budget ends: 164 lawmakers participate in
deliberation n 28 seek clarification on provisions for
the upcoming fiscal year (kp 04/06/2016)
Bid
to
resolve House rule dispute fails (kp 28/05/2016)
Parliament
set
to take decisions on key issues, by Binod Ghimire
(26/05/2016)
Finance
Committee
endorses new bill, by Bibek Subedi (ht 26/05/2016)
House
panels’
I/NGO-funded programmes draw flak (ht 24/05/2016),
MPs
lambaste
House panel over INGO-funded seminars (rep
24/05/2016)
NC
seeks
Tarai parties’ support on House rules (kp
21/05/2016)
Parliamentary
regulations:
Full House to start discussion on May 29 (kp
19/05/2016)
House
rules
hard for parties to pass: Six months on, political
parties are still debating the size of the parliamentary
hearing committee (kp 15/05/2016), Major
parties
fail to forge consensus on PHC strength, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 15/05/2016), Parliamentary
regulations:
Consensus chance ‘slim’; Parties likely to settle the
stalemate through voting in House (kp 16/05/2016), House
likely
to vote to decide PHSC strength (ht 16/05/2016), Parliamentary
regulations:
Five parties register six amendment proposals; Size of
hearing committee major bone of contention, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 17/05/2016), Proposals
on
PHSC strength registered (ht 17/05/2016)
House
votes
to endorse policies and programmes, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 14/05/2016), Comments
On
Polices And Program Of Government For FY 2016 (2073),
by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 14/05/2016)
First
meeting
of budget session lasts only 5 minutes (kp
04/05/2016), Budget
session:
Day 1 lasts minutes (ht 04/05/2016)
Parliament
to
decide strength of PHSC (ht 03/05/2016)
Parties
agree
to unveiling budget on May 28: Policy and Programs only
after pre-budget discussions, by Ashok Dahal (rep
02/05/2016)
Leaders
eye
middle path on House rules: Parties under pressure to
find a solution before budget session begins, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/05/2016)
President
to
present govt’s policy and programme on May 7, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 02/05/2016)
House
to
have a lot on plate as session starts (kp
28/04/2016)
Leave
parliamentary
hearing to existing PHC: PRDC chair, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 28/04/2016)
Lack
of
parliamentary hearings has chain effect across govt
(rep 27/04/2016)
House
session
may begin from May 3, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
26/04/2016), Budget
session
from May 3 (kp 27/04/2016)
Parliament
session
likely in 20 days (ht 23/04/2016), Ball
in
major parties’ court on Parliamentary Regulations
(ht 23/04/2016)
Parliament
regulations:
Plan to finalise rules set to hit snag again, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 21/04/2016)
Parliament
delegation
busy in Britain: The team led by Speaker Onsari Gharti
meets British MPs and learns of their parliamentary
system, by Nabin Pokharel (kp 21/04/2016)
House
session
delay hits law formulation, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 14/04/2016), Govt
set
to call House session from mid-May, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 19/04/2016)
Top
leaders
neglecting House panel meetings: Good Governance and
Monitoring Committee draws attention of 21 members
regarding absence from five consecutive gatherings,
by Prakash Acharya (ht 12/04/2016) [Please
stop to call such persons 'leaders'!!]
Govt
afraid
of calling House session: NC (ht 10/04/2016)
House
rules
impasse continues as meeting deferred indefinitely,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/04/2016), House
committee
defers vote on regulations draft: Hearings for justices,
EC chief rendered further uncertain (rep 08/04/2016)
Vote
on
parliamentary regulation on Thursday (kp
05/04/2016), Decision
on
parliamentary regulations on April 7 (ht 05/06/2016)
Govt
likely
to skip House session: Government could go for budget
session directly, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 03/04/2016)
Six
months
on, parties spar over House rules: Size of the Hearing
Committee appears to be the bone of contention, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 28/03/2016)
Parliament
regulations:
Drafting panel members want party leaders to bury the
hatchet; Nepali Congress MPs ‘boycott’ meeting (kp
22/03/2016), Parliamentary
regulations
delay affects key hearings: Regulation yet to finalize
after 5 months of committee formation, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 22/03/2016), Bid
to
pass House Regulations before April 6 (ht
24/03/2016)
Parliament
rules
likely in four days: Senior party leaders to have final
say if dispute persists (kp 17/03/2016), PRC
begins
discussion on Parliamentary Regulations, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 17/03/2016), Hearings
for
11 new justices unlikely soon (rep 17/03/2016), Report
on
Parliamentary regulations discussed (ht 18/03/2016),
Finalisation
of
house regulations:NC-UML tussle delays rules; Regulation
Drafting Committee fails to convene a meeting on Sunday
after only 13 out of 61committee members turned out
(kp 21/03/2016)
Speaker
sends
back CC recommendation of Yadav for EC chief (rep
11/03/2016), Speaker
defends
sending back justice names: Says she’s ready to take
hearing ahead if nominations are sent again, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 15/03/2016), SC
issues
interim order to conduct hearings for justices, by
Nabin Khatiwada (rep 15/03/2016)
Appointment
of
SC justices: Parliament Sectt refuses to act on JC
advice; The parliamentary hearing could not be
conducted, as new Parliamentary Regulations have not
been enacted (kp 07/03/2016), Lawyers
differ
on Speaker’s power to send letter to JC for review
(ht 08/03/2016), Speaker
sending
back recommendations dismays JC, by Nabin Khatiwada
(rep 08/02/2016), SC
justice
appointment: Speaker’s decision on nominees sparks
uproar; Some legal experts have questioned the Speaker’s
move, saying it is likely to spark dispute between
Parliament and judiciary, by Bhadra Sharma (kp
09/03/2016), Tussle
between
UML, UCPN-M fuels conflict between judiciary,
legislature, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 11/03/2016), 2
petitions filed for and against Speaker’s move, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp 12/03/2016), Judiciary-legislature
blame
game: UCPN (M) says ball in prime minister’s court
(kp 13/03/2016) [What about independence of judiciary? The
political parties are only a part, not the owners of the
state!],
Parliament
regulations
to be finalised ‘within a week’ (kp 14/03/2016)
Three
dozen
bills pending in Parliament (kp 29/02/2016)
Malaysia
visa
processing: Officials put through wringer over VLN Nepal
(kp 23/02/2016)
First
session
of parliament under new Statute ends (kp 18/02/2016)
Regulation
drafting
panel deadline likely to be extended (kp 16/02/2016)
No
code
of conduct for House members: Speaker’s duty to
discipline lawmakers: Former Speaker Dhungana;
Parliament in Nepal has never set ethical standards
since the one convened during the democratic set-up in
1991, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/02/2016)
Laws
for
lawmakers: There should be a code barring MPs from House
business if a conflict of interest exists, by Dinesh
Raj Shivakoti (kp 01/02/2016)
House
adjourned
till Feb 12: Tomorrow’s meeting post-poned due to lack
of con-sensus on House rules (kp 26/01/2016), ‘Resolve
dispute
over Parliament regulations’ (ht 26/01/2016), Next
House
meet on Feb 11 (kp 27/01/2016)
193
Acts
amended (kp 25/01/2016)
MPs
deliberate
amendment bill, morcha boycotts (kp 22/01/2016)
More
time
for House rules drafting: Several bills forwarded to
respective committees for discussion (kp 22/01/2016)
Statute
amendment:
House meeting likely to form Special Committee (kp
19/01/2016)
Dispute
over
panel size delays House hearing: Opposition backs
incumbent 73-member hearing committee while the ruling
parties want it reduced to the constitutional size
(kp 18/01/2016)
Big
III
ready to give parliamentary legitimacy to political
mechanism, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 17/01/2016)
PAC
grills
Home Ministry officials on NID project (kp
13/01/2016)
MPs
sensitised
to population, health and development issues (ht
01/01/2016)
Muluki
Ain
revision: House panel to seek feedback (kp
01/12/2015), House
panel
seeks people’s suggestions on civil, penal code bills
(ht 01/12/2015)
Parliament
waits
to tackle key problems, parties still at odds, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 18/11/2015), 40
bills
gathering dust at Parliament Secretariat, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 18/11/2015)
House
panel
urges effective fuel distribution (ht 30/10/2015)
Parliament
to
begin presidential election procedures on Saturday
(ht 24/10/2015), First
female
Speaker Magar chairs parliament meeting (rep
25/10/2015)
First
female
Speaker Magar assumes office (kp 19/10/2015)
Speaker,
dy
speaker posts: Parties fail to pick candidates based on
consensus (kp 16/10/2015), Ruling
parties
pick Gharti for Speaker: Nepali Congress to announce its
candidate today (ht 16/10/2015,
Maoist
leader
elected first female Speaker, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/10/2015), From
Maoist
guerilla to first female Speaker, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 17/10/2015), Onsari
first
woman Speaker in Nepal’s history, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht 17/10/2015),
NC
supported
Gharti Magar at ruling coalition’s request (rep
17/10/2015)
House
meet
begins today (kp 02/10/2015)
President
summons
Parliament session, by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/09/2015)
Seven
days
set for amendment proposals, by Prakash Acharya (ht
31/08/2015), Lawmakers
get
7 days to file amendments to constitution bill, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 31/08/2015)
Appropriation
bill
endorsed (kp 25/08/2015)
Two
bills
up for discussion (kp 17/08/2015)
Govt
faces
challenge to endorse budget, by Binod Ghimire (kp
04/08/2015), UCPN-M,
UML
boycott debate on budget (ht 04/08/2015), Maoists
to
partake in budget talks (kp 08/08/2015)
Appropriation
bill:
‘Govt failure’ likely to delay discussion (kp
03/08/2015)
UML
flays
‘one-party’ budget: Says FinMin Mahat prepared it
snubbing UML ministers; Asks NC to make corrections
(kp 16/07/2015), UML
threatens
to vote against ‘NC’s budget’, by Prakash Acharya
(ht 16/07/2015), Oppn
slam
NC’s ‘unilateral’ move (kp 16/07/2015), Implentation
a
challenge: Mahat (kp 16/07/2015), UML
disputes
with NC over budget programs (rep 16/07/2015), Finance
minister
sddresses UML’s budget concerns (kp 17/07/2015), NC,UML
burythe
hatchet, by Prakash Acharya (ht 17/07/2015)
Budget
to
be presented on Tuesday (kp 12/07/2015), UML
seeks
oppn vote for budget programme (kp 12/07/2015)
Policies,
programmes
to be unveiled on July 8 (kp 05/07/2015), Prez
to
unveil govt programmes and policy on July 8 (ht
05/07/2015), Parliament
to
endorse govt’s policy, programme today (kp
12/07/2015), Lawmakers
slam
govt document (ht 12/07/2015), House
endorses
policy document, by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/07/2015), Govt’s
policies,
programmes endorsed, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
13/07/2015)
Budget
session
begins (kp 01/07/2015), Pre-budget
discussions
begin (ht 02/07/2015), Prioritise
agriculture,
creation of jobs, reconstruction: Lawmakers (kp
02/07/2015), UCPN
(Maoist):
Bring budget in consensus (kp 03/07/2015)
Prez
calls
budget session of Parliament from Tuesday (kp
26/06/2015)
Parliament
mourns
earthquake victims (kp 08/05/2015), Adopt
one-door
policy: Panel (kp 08/05/2015), Parliament
passes
special condolence motion (ht 08/05/2015)
Speaker
wants
winter session called (ht 01/04/2015), Govt
‘delaying’
winter session of parliament (kp 09/04/2015), Delay
in
holding parliament's winter session worries oppn
(rep 11/04/2015)
CA
to
meet on April 6 (kp 30/03/2015)
Parliamentary
directives:
Govt bodies find compliance difficult, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 29/03/2015)
PM
orders
halt to visa outsourcing process, by Anil Giri (kp
28/03/2015), Govt
told
not to outsource visa processing job (kp 30/03/2015)
MPs
committed
to ‘or’ provision for citizenship (kp 27/03/2015)
Visa
scam
rages in House: Panel summons DPM Gautam, FM Pandey over
‘secret’ govt deal with private firm (kp
26/03/2015), Minister
gets
an earful over visa outsourcing bid (kp 27/03/2015),
Gautam
defends
proposal for online visa processing (ht 27/03/2015),
Home
Minister
Gautam defends online visa application system (ht
28/03/2015)
Call
the
House (ht 26/03/2015)
Strong
presence
of women in first CA did make a difference,
interview with Binda Pandey (kp 16/03/2015)
MPs’
foreign
junket in controversy: No approval from Speaker;
Labourers’ money used (ht 12/03/2015), Sah’s
foreign
trip in limbo: Says he won’t use foreign employment
welfare fund to lead a small team (ht 13/03/2015)
House
obstruction
hits passage of Bills, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
28/02/2015)
Lharkyal
is
new UCPN (M) lawmaker (kp 09/02/2015), Controversial
Lharkyal
is CA member (rep 09/02/2015), Lama
sworn
in as CA member (kp 16/02/2015)
CA
sends
issues to PDCC, again: Dialogue Committee gets 5 days to
forge consensus (kp 09/01/2015), CA
to
send disputed issues to CPDCC again: Schedules its next
meeting for January 13, the daypanel has to submit its
report after discussion, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
09/01/2015)
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