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Ordinances
are hailed or slammed depending on parties’
positions : Many do not care about their contents
but oppose the process of legislation, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 03/02/2025)
Oli
pointed to tardy lawmaking. Why is the process so
slow? If Parliament and committees don’t clear bills
on time, the prime minister says, it’s natural to
resort to ordinances, by Binod Ghimire (kp), [If Oli, Dahal and Deuba finally
stopped their selfish power struggles and stopped
misusing parliament for their miserable politics,
the legislature could finally fulfil its task!]
Resolution
motion on dignified menstruation registered in NA
(kh 01/02/2025)
Winter
session of Parliament opens to heated exchanges :
Opposition parties decry rampant corruption, accuse
ruling Congress and UML of protecting the corrupt,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/02/2025)
Winter
session of Federal Parliament begins today (kh
31/01/2025), RSP
boycotts Parliament after Speaker resumes session
(kh 31/01/2025), Will
seek legal remedy against Rabi Lamichhane’s
suspension: Swarnim Wagle (kh 31/01/2025)
Opposition
slams coalition’s plan to fast-track ordinances :
Ruling parties face hurdles in National Assembly
despite having a near 2/3 majority in House of
Representatives, by Anil Giri and Binod Ghimire
(kh 29/01/2025)
Winter
session four days away but bills stuck in committees
: Just four of 16 bills have cleared parliamentary
committees after months of deliberation.
Parliamentary committees led by ruling parties hold
up half of pending bills, by Binod Ghimire (kp
27/01/2025) [There is an obvious
lack of interest in parliamentary democracy in
Nepal, while oligarchic party leaders combine
executive and legislative powers in one hand and at
the same time interfere in the judiciary!]
Parliament’s
winter session to address packed agenda, pending
ordinances : Issuance of these ordinances sparked
debates about the balance of power between the
executive and legislative branches, by Keshab
Sawad (kh 23/01/2025)
Coalition
gears up for winter House session as pressure mounts
: CPN-UML chief whip Mahesh Bartaula claims
Parliament will convene no later than February 2,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 20/01/2025) [Parliament really is an annoying
institution for an autocratic PM!], Delayed
winter session to begin on January 31 (kh
20/01/2025)
Debate
over marriage age heats up as parliamentary panel
recommends lowering it to 18 (rep 15/01/2025)
State
Affairs Committee fails to address over 90
complaints (rep 08/01/2025)
Calls
for critical review of inclusion commissions :
Assessment must be consultative, transparent, based
on their impact on marginalised communities, say
experts, by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/01/2025) [The patriarchal high-caste
establishment doesn't want social inclusion at all!
The above-mentioned commissions may therefore
jeopardise the supremacy of this small minority that
controls everything in Nepal!]
Proposal
to amend HoR rules for passing bill within 30 Days
after initial failure (rep 29/12/2024)
Federal
Parliament forms parliamentary friendship group with
44 countries (rep 26/12/2024)
Suspension
notice for Rabi reaches Parliament (kh
22/12/2024), Rabi
Lamichhane suspended as federal MP (kh
23/12/2024), Rabi
Lamichhane suspended from State Affairs and Good
Governance Committee (kh 24/12/2024)
Preparations
underway to convene Winter Session of Parliament in
January first week, by Keshab Sawad (kh
20/12/2024)
Government
under pressure from opposition to call winter
session of Parliament : Rumours of main opposition
planning to petition President to order special
session commencement (kp) [Undemocratic
governments love to pass laws by ordinances without
the hassle of parliament.]
Speaker
Ghimire and Janamat Party engage in war of words :
The party has decried Ghimire’s refusal to sack a
lawmaker who has faced its disciplinary action as
‘racist’ and ‘bigoted’ (kp 04/12/2024)
HoR
Secretary
Adhikari
resigns :
Suresh
Adhikari
submitted his
resignation to
President Ram
Chandra Paudel
as Speaker
Devraj Ghimire
is on a visit
to Cambodia
(rep
24/11/2024)
Parliamentary
committee
meeting tense
as NC General
Secy quizzes
Minister
Tamang
(rep
16/11/2024)
Committees’
slow work may
give
Parliament
little
business :
There are more
than a dozen
bills for the
mini houses to
pass but
except one,
they are still
hodaying
(kp
10/11/2024)
Speaker
asks parties
to ensure
House’s winter
session has no
dearth of
business : He
asks chairs of
different
House
committees to
hold regular
meetings and
finalise the
pending bills
(kp
23/10/2024)
Speaker
Ghimire
holding
discussion on
legislative
matters with
chief whips
(kh
22/10/2024)
HoR
and National
Assembly
prorogued
(kh
16/09/2024), Budget
session of
Federal
Parliament
prorogued
(kh
17/09/2024)
House
session ending
amid
Maoist-UML war
over a word :
Government
asks President
to prorogue
Parliament
session with
effect from
Monday
midnight,
by Binod
Gimire (kp
16/09/204) [Governments may change all the time, but political
instability
and decadence
are constantly
advancing
thanks to
power-hungry,
incompetent
and often
corrupt
politicians.]
Meeting
of both
federal
parliament
houses
underway; set
to pass
Banking
Offenses Bill
(rep
15/09/2024)
Speaker
Ghimire calls
meeting to
resolve
parliament
obstruction
(kh
15/09/2024)
Parliamentary
Hearing
Committee
meeting
adjourned
(rep
15/09/2024)
Maoists
to obstruct
Parliament
over
‘violence’
records
dispute
(kh
13/09/2024) [All major parties in Nepal love to block the work of
elected
representatives.
It could
hardly be more
anti-democratic!
Besides, the
Maoist
insurgency has
only resulted
in 17,000
deaths and
countless
injured and
displaced
people. You
can't call
that
‘violent’, can
you?]
Speaker
Devraj Ghimire
upholds MP
Bhattarai’s
use of
‘violence’
despite Maoist
objections
(kh
11/09/2024), | 