12 votes unanimously, 4 approved by a majority vote on ambassadorships

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Highlights

A decision was made regarding the proposed Ambassador Ramakrishna Bhattarai for Sri Lanka due to the failure of the graduation certificate to be submitted to the committee
Difference of opinion of RSVP and JSP Nepal on the approval of Kapilman Shrestha, Dhanprasad Pandit and Netra Prasad Timalsina, Difference of opinion of JSP Nepal on Shankar Sharma (India)

Parliamentary Hearing Committee has approved the names of 16 ambassadors proposed by the Council of Ministers for 17 countries. The committee approved 12 people unanimously and four people by majority on Thursday. The committee has reserved its decision regarding the proposed ambassador to Sri Lanka Ramakrishna Bhattarai due to the non-submission of the certificate of educational qualification.

Shivamaya Tumbahangfe for South Korea, Jangab Chauhan for Russia, Prakashmani Paudel for Portugal, Rita Dhital for Pakistan, Shail Rupakheti for Germany and Sumnima Tuladhar for Denmark were unanimously approved by the parliamentary committee. It was unanimously decided to approve Krishna Prasad Oli for China, Naresh Vikram Dhakal for Saudi Arabia, Ramesh Chandra Paudel for Qatar, Salin Nepal for Spain, Chandrakumar Ghimire for Britain and Lokdarshan Regmi for America.

Shankar Sharma for India, Kapilman Shrestha for South Africa, Dhanprasad Pandit for Israel and Netraprasad Timalsina for Malaysia have been approved by majority decision. They were approved by the ruling Congress and UML and the main opposition Maoist Centre. Dolprasad Aryal of RSVP maintained that Shrestha, Pandit and Timalsina should not be approved under any circumstances. After the ruling and main opposition parties decided to approve the name, Aryal dissented. Prakash Adhikari of Jaspa Nepal wrote a dissenting opinion on the decision regarding approval of Shrestha, Pandit and Timalsina as well as the proposed ambassador to India Sharma.

Aryal of RSVP and JSPA Nepal officials argued that Article 248 (8) of the Constitution prevented Shrestha from becoming an ambassador. In the written dissenting opinion registered by Aryal in the committee, it is mentioned that Shrestha, the proposed ambassador for South Africa, does not even have a high moral character. A person with high moral conduct should be appointed to the post of ambassador. According to Article 248 (8) of the Constitution, a person who has been a chairman or a member of the National Human Rights Commission cannot go to other government services,' Aryal wrote, 'He is not eligible for appointment as an ambassador because of his lack of moral conduct.' Aryal's comment was about to happen. "Coincidentally, today is Constitution Day, we are making unconstitutional decisions on Constitution Day," he said. Shrestha was a member of Human Rights Commission from 2057 to 2062. Regarding

Pandit, Aryal and Adhikari had written a different opinion that a person convicted by the court for concealing information should not be made an ambassador. The National Information Commission had written to Tribhuvan University for a fine of 15,000 and departmental action against Pandit for not providing the information while he was the head of the Padmakanya campus. Aryal has written a dissenting opinion in the name of Pandit, "appointing a person who has been found guilty of wrongdoing as an ambassador is an abuse of the constitutional position." Aryal and Adhikari argued that Timalsina should not be appointed as the ambassador as he has been reprimanded for misconduct while working as the head of a social organization like the Red Cross and is fighting a case against the government in the Supreme Court. According to Aryal's dissenting opinion, the complaint that Timalsina made unauthorized use of the letterpad and stamp of the Red Cross while being the president of the Red Cross, ignoring the matter in the state body, cannot be approved for the position of ambassador.

Jaspa Nepal's parliamentary officer has written a different opinion with the argument that even Shankar Sharma, proposed for India, should not be made ambassador. "I have a different opinion on the fact that Sharma has been recommended as India's ambassador again, contrary to the rule that ambassadors will not be appointed again," said the officer. Sharma, who was appointed ambassador to India in March 2078, was recalled by the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government last May. Last month, the Congress-UML coalition government recommended Sharma again as ambassador to India. As for Bhattarai, the proposed ambassador for Sri Lanka, the committee has decided to withdraw the documents and hold another meeting as he has not received the graduation certificate.

The proposed ambassadors submitted their action plans and experiences to the committee by August 27. After that, the ruling UML and Congress were engaged in discussions on how to take a decision regarding them. A discussion was held between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba to resolve the confusion on how to proceed, especially since complaints were filed against the proposed ambassadors for India, South Africa, Israel and Malaysia and the parliamentarians expressed dissatisfaction with their presentation. Prime Minister Oli said that the committee should make the necessary decisions regarding the proposed ambassadors, while Deuba told the committee members that all the proposals should be approved.

Since Thursday morning, Congress chief whip Shyam Ghimire and committee member Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and UML chief whip Mahesh Bertaula took the initiative to get the parliamentarians of their respective parties to approve all proposed ambassadors. In the committee meeting, the ruling party MPs argued that there was no legal place to stop the proposed ambassadors Sharma, Shrestha, Pandit and Timalsina. UML's chief whip Bertaula said in the committee meeting to decide, "Let's not question their appointment as the proposed ambassadors are not legally qualified." Karki insisted, "We have heard and discussed enough about the proposed ambassadors." It is not that a note of descent should not be written, but the honorable people would have understood how appropriate it is to write a note of descent about diplomats who represent the country.

Some of the committee members expressed their displeasure that the ambassador's recommendation was inappropriate and that it was offered to those without diplomatic experience. The parliamentarians were persuaded to commit to making the ambassador's recommendation inclusive in the coming days. After the meeting lasted for about four hours, Chairperson Ishwaridevi Neupane announced that the names of the ambassadors had been approved by the majority. He said that the extensive discussion on whether to approve the proposed ambassador or not has increased the dignity of the committee.

Proposed Chief Justice and two ambassadors' hearing process started

The parliamentary hearing process of Prakashmansingh Raut, who was recommended by the Constitutional Council to be the Chief Justice, has started. The parliamentary hearing committee has also started the hearing process of the proposed ambassadors Chitralekha Yadav (Australia) and Seva Lamsal (Belgium). According to Ishwaridevi Neupane, chairperson of the

committee, it has been decided to call a public complaint regarding the proposed Chief Justice Raut and the proposed Ambassador Yadav and Lamsal within 10 days. Then there will be a hearing. The Constitutional Council recommended Raut as the Chief Justice on August 31. The Cabinet recommended Foreign Secretary Lamsal as ambassador to Belgium on July 31 and Yadav as ambassador to Australia on August 24. Yadav is a former deputy speaker and former treasurer of Congress.

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