Opposition Parties Urge President to Reject Ordinances, Citing Circumvention of Parliament
Kathmandu. The government's recommendation of six ordinances at once, bypassing the parliamentary session, has created a stir in political and legal circles.
Opposition political parties, as well as legal, constitutional, and parliamentary affairs experts, have objected, stating that the government is bypassing the supreme representative body of the people, Parliament, and resorting to ordinances. However, the government claims that it is amending laws through ordinances to expedite and make its work more effective.
The major opposition parties do not agree with the government's claim. They are urging the government to immediately withdraw the recommended ordinances, convene a parliamentary session, and for President Ram Chandra Paudel to reject the ordinances.
On Wednesday, a meeting of the opposition parties, including Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), and Rastriya Prajatantra Party, made this appeal to the government and the President.
The four opposition parties will also hold discussions on current events and pressing issues today, Thursday, at the CPN-UML Parliamentary Party office in Singha Durbar.
The meeting of the opposition parties, scheduled to begin after 11 AM, will discuss ordinances, the crackdown on squatters, and other issues, informed Dr. Prem Dangal, National Assembly leader of the CPN-UML parliamentary party.
“The meeting has been called to form an opinion on contemporary issues including ordinances and the problems of squatters and the landless,” said Dr. Dangal.
Meanwhile, President Ram Chandra Paudel is under pressure due to the government's flood of ordinances and the opposition's appeal not to approve them. Caught between the obligation to approve ordinances and the opposition's suggestion to reject them, President Paudel is consulting with constitutional and legal experts. Presidential office sources said that President Paudel is scheduled to hold discussions with constitutional experts at Shital Niwas at 4 PM on Thursday.
The government has already recommended six ordinances to the President with the aim of making appointments in public bodies transparent and competitive, ending political politicization, accelerating public construction, returning the funds of small depositors in cooperatives, and making services like land, revenue, and survey effective. It is said that the government has other ordinances in the pipeline for recommendation besides these.
As President Paudel is under pressure, some have begun to question what his role will be. According to the constitution, the President's role is ceremonial in approving government recommendations.
According to sources at the President's Office, the President has summoned senior legal practitioners Shambhu Thapa, Tikaram Bhattarai, Purnaman Shakya, Bhimार्जुन Acharya, Bipin Adhikari, and Sher Bahadur KC, Lalit Basnet for discussions.
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