MPs to Get Personal Secretaries Again After Cabinet Decision

Kathmandu. Members of Parliament will be able to keep personal secretaries. The Council of Ministers meeting held on Tuesday decided to allow MPs to keep personal secretaries. 

Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sobita Gautam informed that the Council of Ministers has revived the provision for MPs to keep personal secretaries by amending the schedule of the Act Relating to Remuneration and Facilities of Federal Parliamentarians and Members 2073.  

The Council of Ministers meeting decided to maintain the same facilities that MPs' personal secretaries used to receive.  

The interim government led by Sushila Karki, formed after the Janji movement, had decided to abolish the facility of personal secretaries provided to MPs.  

The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs had presented a proposal to amend the schedule to revive the provision of personal secretaries in Tuesday's Council of Ministers meeting.  MPs will be able to appoint personal secretaries after the notice of schedule amendment is published in the Gazette.  

MPs will be able to keep personal secretaries with facilities equivalent to a Section Officer.