Opposition Chief Whip Calls for Government Accountability to Parliament

Kathmandu. Opposition party Nepali Communist Party (NCP) Chief Whip Yuvraj Dulal has urged the government to be fully accountable to the parliament. He made this plea on Monday while participating in the theoretical discussion on the report of the House of Representatives Regulations Draft Committee, 2083. Chief Whip Dulal also emphasized the need to make necessary arrangements in the regulations so that the parliamentary system is established as a forum for solving the problems of the people. Stating that the parliamentary system is criticized in various countries around the world, he said that Nepal's parliament needs to be operated in a way that is free from such criticism. Speaking in the discussion on the draft regulations, he said, 'There is a lot of criticism of the parliamentary system. It is also criticized as a forum for gossip. Therefore, it must be established as a forum for work and a dignified place for the representatives of the people and a place to be proud of, on the one hand, and on the other hand, to maintain its parliamentary supremacy, just as the Magna Carta was made with the kings at that time so that feudal lords would not be autocratic, today also to address the feelings of the people raised by the representatives in the parliament, to make the government accountable and to establish the parliament as a place where people's problems are worked on, the government should be made accountable to this parliament, and the Prime Minister and ministers should also be made accountable to the parliament. This should be arranged in the regulations.' Chief Whip Dulal pointed out the need to strongly include the issue of making the Prime Minister and ministers, who are the chief executives of the country, responsible and accountable to the parliament in the parliament's regulations.