CPN-UML Standing Committee Member and Propaganda Department Head Rajendra Gautam has said that the process of constitutional amendment will be taken forward only after two-thirds of the National Assembly is secured.
"In the National Assembly, even a simple majority is not enough," he said, "since there is no basis for a majority, it was not possible just by talking about the amendment of the constitution!" .
Since there is no general majority in the upper house, the Oli government has a problem to bring its own laws or to pass the ordinances that have been introduced now. The largest party in the National Assembly is the Maoists. It has 17 MPs. There are 16 from Congress and 10 from UML. There are 8 members of United Samajwadi Party, 3 members of Jaspa Nepal, 1 member of LOSPA and 1 member of Jan Morcha. The number of members nominated by the President is 3. Among the 3 nominees, Narayan Dahal is the Speaker. The other nominees are Vamdev Gautam and Anjan Shakya. Gautam is still confused while Shakya is a UML MP.
The 6-year tenure of 19 members of the National Assembly is ending on February 20, 2082. UML has the highest number of 8 people whose terms will expire next year. Apart from this, the term of office of 7 members of Maoist, 1/1 member of United Socialist Party, LOSPA and JSP will expire. The tenure of Vamdev Gautam, nominated by the President, will also be completed next year.
19 new members will enter the National Assembly from February 21, 2082 by election in 18 seats and one nominated by the President. At that time, the arithmetic of the National Assembly was different from now. But even then, Congress-UML will not reach two-thirds.
