Nepali Congress Spokesperson Criticizes Proposed Parliamentary Regulations as 'Super-Law'

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress spokesperson Devraj Chalise has alleged that attempts are being made to turn the regulations into a 'super-law'.

Through social media, he stated: 'The proposed House of Representatives Regulations-2083 raises a serious constitutional question: Is Parliament an institution that makes laws, or is it an institution that stands above the law?'

He further writes: 'The proposed regulation states that "notwithstanding anything written in prevailing laws, these regulations shall remain as federal law and be applicable as special law regarding the assembly, committees, and members." This is not a simple sentence. Where the law should be supreme, there is now an attempt to make the regulations a "super-law".'

He argues that this implies the parliamentary regulations are being granted the power to render the Criminal Code, the Civil Code, and other prevailing laws ineffective in practice.