After Jaspa Nepal, which is decisive in the National Assembly, made the return of the land ordinance a condition, the government is increasing pressure on the Unified Socialists, and the government's homework is to advance the bill that will facilitate the division of parties.
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The future of the 6 ordinances brought by the government to make the work of public services more agile and to create an investment-friendly environment for economic reforms is in confusion. The ordinance brought by the Congress-UML government, which received the support of nearly two-thirds of the parliamentarians, has not been able to move forward even after 25 days have passed since it was submitted to the parliament.
The government presented six ordinances on January 18, the day the winter session began. But after that, the ordinance approval process has not proceeded. Unable to reach a political consensus, the government is instead pushing the parliament meeting. At the request of the government, the next meeting of the House of Representatives has been held only on February 21. The meeting of the National Assembly has been called on February 18. Only after the
ordinance is approved by both the Houses will the government be able to proceed with the replacement bill. There is a constitutional provision that if the ordinance is not passed within 60 days of the first sitting of both the Houses, it will become inoperative. Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, who is also the spokesperson of the government, said that the ordinance will go ahead in the next meeting even though it has been pushed to the parliament meeting due to the internal meeting of the Congress and the government holiday. "There has been a delay because some issues of the ordinance have to be arranged in the replacement bill," he said. "According to the constitution, the ordinance should be passed within 60 days." It's almost a month.'
According to Gurung, the situation is not favorable. It is easy for the government to pass the ordinance in the House of Representatives, but even if the two major parties in the National Assembly, the Congress and the UML, get a majority, it is not enough. The government is in trouble because of JSP Nepal, which has given a vote of confidence to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, but is not in power in the union and state governments.
Jaspa Nepal has 3 seats in the National Assembly. LOSPA, another party participating in the union government, has also decided not to support the government in the land ordinance. The LOSPA, which has one seat in the National Assembly, is also of the view that the land ordinance should be withdrawn. The House of Representatives had once set the agenda for moving forward with the motion to pass the
ordinance. Speaker Devraj Ghimire abruptly removed the agenda at the request of the government when JSP was not sure of getting support from Nepal.
Prime Minister Oli decided to proceed with only five other ordinances at the meeting of the ruling party held in Baluwatar on February 3, after there was opposition regarding the land ordinance within the ruling party. But Jaspa Nepal President Upendra Yadav maintained that the land ordinance should not be retained, but should be withdrawn. That is why the government has not been able to proceed with five other ordinances. Rajkishore Yadav, the first vice president of Jaspa Nepal, said that they will not support the other five ordinances without withdrawing the ordinance related to land.
President Ramchandra Paudel issued an ordinance on January 2 to amend some Nepali laws related to land. The Economic Procedures and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) and Privatization (First Amendment) Ordinances were promulgated on January 29, amending some Nepal Acts related to the promotion of good governance and public service delivery and the improvement of the economic and business environment and investment promotion. As the government recommended five ordinances at once, President Paudel delayed issuing the land ordinance for two days. An ordinance to amend some Nepal Acts related to cooperatives was issued on December 14.
Jaspa Nepal suspects that the land ordinance brought with the aim of distributing land to landless Dalits, squatters and unorganized residents will increase the misuse of land within forests and parks. The opposition parties allege that by making it easier to sell land in excess of the limit, the Ordinance is giving permission for random plotting of land.
The first vice president of Jaspa Nepal Yadav said that the Ordinance will increase exploitation of stolen goods and make Terai-Madhesh a desert. "Returning the land ordinance is the first condition of our party. If it is returned, we are open to help with other ordinances," he said. "There are some issues that need to be amended in other ordinances as well. It can be reconciled with a replacement bill.'
The ruling Congress and UML leadership had made a strategy to put forward other ordinances for the time being, saying that withdrawing the land ordinance may raise moral questions on the government. But after JSP Nepal made the 'precondition' of withdrawing the ordinance itself, the government has also engaged in the homework of alternatives to ensure arithmetic. The government has made a strategy to increase pressure on the United Socialists, which has 8 MPs in the National Assembly. The leaders of the two ruling parties have been asking the MPs of the United Socialist Party to vote in favor of the ordinance.
Disagreements have also been seen within the unified socialists regarding the ordinance. Even though some people, including Speaker Madhav Nepal, are in opposition, more than half of the MPs have started pressuring the leadership to stand in favor of the ordinance. The parliamentarians who are leading to form a separate party by dividing the party have started opening up in favor of the ordinance.
MP Kisan Shrestha of the United Socialist Party says that since the ordinance is in the interest of the country, we should abandon the belief that we should not cooperate with the opposition. "If the party does not issue a whip or give instructions, I will be in favor of the ordinance," he said. Shrestha says that if there are any questions in the ordinance, they can be resolved through a replacement bill. He also informed that the discussion about what the party should do in the ordinance is ongoing. "It is my personal opinion that the current ordinance should be supported if we work honestly from all sectors to solve the economic, social and landless suffering," he said. "Many problems can be solved by working with good intentions."
A minister said that the government is holding discussions with the leaders of the United Socialist Party to get support for the ordinance and is also doing homework to advance the bill on political parties. He said that the government is preparing to bring the bill to the parliament so as to facilitate the division of parties. It will be easy to divide the party We are doing our homework to advance the previously prepared ordinance in the form of a
in the form of a bill," he said. "Within a few days, the bill will go to the parliament."
According to the minister, the government is preparing to introduce a bill to amend the provisions of the law that require 40 percent of both the parliamentary party and the central committee to divide the party so that 40 percent of the members of the parliamentary party or the central committee. The government is trying to remove the existing provision that once a party is divided, it cannot be divided for five years.
The new party formed after the split will not be able to merge with any party within the same term of the parliament. In order to become a big party, Prime Minister Oli wants to divide the United Socialist Party, this proposal is going to be made in the bill to remove the suspicion within the Congress. United Samajwadi MP Shrestha claimed that there was no discussion with the government on the issue of party division.
6 ordinances that have been pending for 25 days after being submitted to parliament
Issued on March 14 :
Amendments to some Nepal Acts related to cooperatives Released on March 29
: Good governance promotion and public service delivery Amendments to some Nepal Acts related to improvement of economic and business environment and investment promotion
Economic procedures and financial responsibility (first amendment)
Privatization (First Amendment)
Released on January 2
: Amendment of some Nepal Acts related to land
