The opposition alleges that the government is trying to rule by bypassing parliament
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On the first day of the winter session of the Parliament, which started on Friday, the ruling party and the opposition were seen in two parts regarding the ordinance brought by the government. The opposition protested that the ordinance was passed by bypassing the parliament, while the ruling party including the prime minister defended the ordinance and said that it was brought according to practice, rights and needs.
The previous budget session ended on August 31. In the meantime, the government has introduced 6 ordinances. Among them, 5 bills were introduced just a few days before the convocation of the winter session.
Addressing the Parliament, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli passed an ordinance on 29 laws including 11 laws related to good governance promotion and public services, 3 laws related to land and forests, economic procedures and financial responsibility act, privatization act and cooperative act to improve the economic and business environment and increase investment. Amended said.
We all know that it takes 5/6 months to pass and implement a law through the regular process. On the one hand, the process - on the other, the result. This government was formed under the leadership of the two major parties in the parliament due to the haste of reform, we did not have time to wait for the session of the parliament,' said Oli, 'when there is no parliament, the government will issue an ordinance in the event of delay in achieving national expectations through the regular process of the parliament.'
Oli's argument was that the opposition party opposed the process rather than the content of the ordinance and there was no justification for it. "Whether it's an ordinance or a bill, let's make the content and the debate on it issue-based, let's focus on what will happen or not on the basis of merits and demerits, let's not limit it to propaganda for public consumption," he said.
Prime Minister Oli has also warned from the rostrum that if the bills are not passed by the parliament immediately, the government will look for alternative legislation. Are we fulfilling our responsibility in the matter of making laws in the Parliament? Why are we taking half a decade to make the same law? Now we have to be serious about this matter," he said. "Let's discuss, debate, remove the disagreements, change things, do whatever, but let's make a law within 60 days. I have to politely put my point in this house today, if the bill brought by the government is not passed by the parliament even after 90 days, the government will make an alternative arrangement. But he did not clarify whether the alternative arrangement that is said to be sought for lawmaking is an ordinance or something else.
Sher Bahadur Deuba, the chairman of the ruling party and the largest party in the parliament, also defended the government's move saying that the ordinance was brought to boost the country's economy. "The government has brought some laws through ordinances to promote the business environment, to create a favorable environment for investment from within and outside the country, I believe it will improve the country's economic situation," Deuba said. These laws will maintain good governance in the country, solve the problems of landless squatters and disorderly living, and solve the problems that have arisen in the cooperative sector. He also drew the attention of the parliamentarians not to delay the implementation of the constitution by the parliament and the creation of laws related to citizens.
In the National Assembly, Senior Vice President of Maoist Narayankaji Shrestha accused the government of making the winter session of the federal parliament an ordinance session. The government did not call the regular session on time, postponed it, and promulgated ordinances in a hurry. 6 ordinances were issued before the convening of the session and are being presented now," Shrestha said, "The government tried to turn the bill session into an ordinance session, and I am sorry for that. I would like to strongly object to this trend of governing by the government's ordinance.
UML Secretary MP Yogesh Bhattarai said that since all the previous governments have practiced the ordinance, there is no reason for anyone to oppose it. "If there is any party or MP who is not in the government, there are only Prem Suwal and Yogendra Mandal, the morality of protesting the process of the ordinance has been told to them, not to others," Secretary Bhattarai said while narrating the incident of UML's division after bringing the ordinance in 2078, "which party was born from the ordinance." , today he is surprised when he says the ordinance is wrong.
He even asked Maoist President Pushpa Kamal Dahal to bring an amendment to the replacement bill. "If there is any disagreement about the ordinance, I would like to request Pushpa Kamal Dahal to bring an amendment to the replacement bill in your name, not from your member, we are ready to discuss it seriously," Bhattarai said, "16 ordinances were passed in the year 2078. At that time Oli was not the Prime Minister and UML was not in the government either. At that time there was a flood of ordinances.' But he did not mention the name of then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba who brought 16 ordinances in 2078.
RSVP MP Swarnim Wagle mentioned that the ordinance should not be brought but said that the ordinance should not be made a regular process of law making. 'The ordinance is an exception to the law making, you are trying to bring it into a regular rhythm,' he said, 'the ordinance was introduced on January 4, the parliament session was called on January 8, what was the discussion on merits and demerits?' He claimed that even though they are ready to do so, a legal arrangement has been made to raise doubts through the ordinance. "The withdrawal of the bill, which will be completed in two days in the parliamentary committee, and the issuance of the law through an ordinance has also raised doubts," Wagle said.
Maoist's chief whip Hitraj Pandey questioned Prime Minister Oli's statement that lawmaking should be speedy. The laws required for the implementation of federalism are not coming. Is it not enough time? Is it because the government is not interested? Is it because of the absence of ministers? Is the law not made due to the absence of MPs from the ruling party or the opposition? Let's think seriously," he said. Pandey said that the government's strategy of running the state through ordinances is wrong. He said that after passing the parliament and making legal provisions through ordinances, it seems that it was brought for the benefit of certain individuals, groups and businessmen.
Rajendra Pandey of Integrated Samajwadi said that the ordinance will weaken the role of parliamentarians. It's not that the government can't bring an ordinance, it can. But an ordinance has been brought knowingly that the Parliament session is starting in a few days," he said. "The tendency to bring ordinances weakens MPs even within the party. There is no room for discussion in the ordinance, it leads the parliamentarians to think that there is no need for amendment.'' During the
speech, Congress President Deuba said that Nepal's constitutional practice should be reviewed when it has been 10 years since the creation of the constitution. He said that the ruling coalition will discuss with all parties to study and identify the strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of the constitution. "When amending the constitution, the basic features of the constitution including inclusiveness and federal democratic republican governance system with multi-party competition based on pluralism should not be weakened," Deuba said. We have started discussions about this, we should proceed with dialogue, agreement and cooperation with other parties.' He challenged from the rostrum, 'If anyone has asthma, let them bring one thing about corruption in any amount, in any place, in any context.' had given "During your 6-month tenure, people around you are still offering crores and crores for various positions appointed by the government. You boldly said that I will not allow corruption. You don't know whether you do it or not, those around you are doing it," Lingden said. Lingden said that it will be confirmed because Prime Minister Oli supported the limitation of not being prosecuted after five years in the Corruption Act.
The RSVP boycotted the House of Representatives meeting at the beginning. The RSVP boycotted the meeting for 15 minutes saying that Speaker Ghimire did not give time to speak during the emergency.
6 ordinances have been submitted in both houses of the federal parliament. In the meantime, the government introduced the 'Ordinance to Amend Some Nepal Acts on Good Governance Promotion and Public Service Delivery, Economic Procedures and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) Ordinance, Privatization (First Amendment) Ordinance, Ordinance to Amend Some Nepal Acts on Improving the Economic and Business Environment and Enhancing Investment, An ordinance to amend some Nepal Acts related to cooperatives and an ordinance to amend some Nepal Acts related to land have been submitted.
The next meeting of the National Assembly has been called on January 20 and the next meeting of the House of Representatives has been called on January 24. Officials of the Parliament Secretariat have informed that there is an agenda to present all ordinances for approval in the upcoming meeting of the National Assembly and the House of Representatives.
