Constitutional Council Quorum Reduced to Four, Majority Decision by Three

Kathmandu. With the issuance of the ordinance related to the Constitutional Council by the President, the quorum for the Constitutional Council meeting will now be four. That is, four members will be sufficient for a meeting of the six-member Constitutional Council. Similarly, three members will be sufficient for the council to make any decision. The ordinance, which was returned once by the President, was sent back to the President by the government on Monday. The ordinance was issued on Tuesday. 'There is a provision that all six members of the Constitutional Council will be in office, but if four are present, it will be considered a quorum, and if there is a tie in the majority, the Prime Minister's vote will be the majority and a decision can be made,' said a source from the President's Office. 'The Prime Minister sent a message to the President, and keeping in mind the issue of the bill being returned earlier, the provision that any number of members present would suffice has been changed to require all six members to be in office.'

President Ramchandra Paudel had returned the ordinance once, but the government sent it back to the President on Monday. The ordinance was issued on Tuesday.

'There is a provision that all 6 members of the Constitutional Council will be in office, but if 4 are present, it will be considered a quorum, and if there is a tie in the majority, the Prime Minister's vote will be the majority and a decision can be made,' said a source from the President's Office. 'The Prime Minister sent a message to the President, and keeping in mind the issue of the bill being returned earlier, the provision that any number of members present would suffice has been changed to require all six members to be in office.'