Government Recommends Convening Parliament Session on April 28

Kathmandu. After President Ram Chandra Paudel issued 8 ordinances recommended by the government, the government led by Balendra (Balen) Shah has moved towards parliamentary activities. 

A cabinet meeting held at Singha Durbar on Tuesday decided to recommend to President Ram Chandra Paudel to convene the parliamentary session on April 28. 

Earlier, the government had focused on ordinances by postponing the parliament. Accordingly, ordinances recommended by the government on various dates include the Constitutional Council (Functions, Duties, Rights and Procedures) (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2083, some Nepal Laws Amendment Ordinance 2083, some Nepal Laws Amendment Ordinance related to Health Science Institutions, Ordinance to make special arrangements for the removal from office of public officials, some Nepal Laws Amendment Ordinance related to Universities, Anti-Money Laundering (Third Amendment) Ordinance and on April 17, the Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Ordinance and the Cooperatives (First Amendment) Ordinance have already been issued by the President. 

What was the message the Prime Minister sent to the President when the ordinance was resentenced ?

The government's source said that the intention was to deliver results quickly by moving forward through the parliamentary process, so the ordinance was taken as a recourse by postponing the parliament. However, President Paudel delayed issuing the ordinance related to the Constitutional Council as he was not satisfied. But today, with the issuance of that ordinance, the government held a cabinet meeting. 

The agenda of the cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar was only to recommend the convening of the Federal Parliament session. Sasmit Pokharel, the government's spokesperson and Minister of Education, Science and Technology, informed that the short meeting decided to recommend to the President to convene the session to be held on April 28 at 2 PM. 

This is the second session of the Federal Parliament after the elections were completed on February 21. This session will be in the form of a budget session. The constitution itself has provisions for the government's policy and program to be presented on May 1 and the budget for the fiscal year on May 15. 

Recommendation to convene federal parliament session on April 28

Earlier, the cabinet meeting held on April 8 had decided to recommend convening the Federal Parliament session on Thursday, April 17, at 2 PM in the Federal Parliament Building, Singha Durbar. Based on the government's recommendation, President Paudel had convened the session of both houses of the Federal Parliament on April 9. 

However, seeing the need to bring ordinances, the government had recommended postponing it to the President. 

Accordingly, the session convened as per Article 93 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal was postponed by the President on April 10.