The parliamentarians who disagree on the subject cooperate in the tendency to 'kill the bunk'. Whether it is the ruling party or the opposition party, they do not have a disagreement on this.
Appearing, pretending to stay for a while, taking a chance and leaving the room. This characterization evokes the face of the student in the minds of many. However, the dimension of this character has spread and now it has reached the parliament building. In the federal parliament, the highest body of people's representatives, the competition of 'killing the bunk' is going on. The parliamentarians who disagree on the subject cooperate in the tendency to 'kill the bunk'. Whether it is the ruling party or the opposition party, they do not have a disagreement on this.
Therefore, when the proposal to discuss the sensitive proposal of the Citizenship Bill was submitted in the House of Representatives, the quorum, i.e. one-fourth, was not even present in the House of Representatives. However, when the House of Representatives meeting began on Sunday, 220 MPs were present. However, only 68 MPs were present when the proposal to have a general discussion on the 'Nepal Citizenship (Second Amendment) Bill' was presented for decision. The Speaker had to adjourn the meeting as there were not even a quarter of the MPs. Every moment of the Parliament is precious, especially when a proposal on the bill to grant citizenship in the name of the mother was submitted, not even a quarter of the members of the Parliament were present, it is a confirmation that our people's representatives are extremely insensitive to law, justice and social change.
The main responsibility of reaching the quorum in the House is the ruling party. Some parties who used to object to the ruling party regarding the 'business' of the House when they were in the opposition party, are found to ignore the Parliament after reaching the ruling party. Especially if the government is making a really meaningful law, then the parliamentarians of the ruling party should take the initiative to support it, listen to the arguments of the opposition and pass the bill. However, the parliamentarians of the ruling party seem to be indifferent not only to the government, but also to their own responsibilities.
When the ruling party is apathetic, it is the responsibility of the opposition to enliven the parliament. Therefore, it is believed that the House belongs to the opposition. Not only has the government been severely criticized for delaying the convening of the parliament session, but the opposition, which has warned of filing for a special session, has also delayed in using the house. Parliament automatically slows down when the opposition, which warns the ruling party, slows down, that is what is happening now.
It is not that there is a lack of 'business' to be done by Parliament. Due to this undeclared collusion of the ruling party and the opposition party, four dozen laws that must be made after the constitution have not been made. For 7 years of existence of the three-level government, the laws regarding adjustment of employees, teachers and police have not been made. Therefore, there is a situation where the employees have to sit in the verandah without getting work and in some places they have to stand in line all day without getting civil services. Due to the procrastination of the parliament, 23 bills registered in the previous session have not been finalized. There is confusion as to what will happen to the six ordinances issued by the government last month. Similarly, the government has planned to introduce 30 bills in this session. In this way, when the session started with the challenge of passing 59 bills, new and old, it is interesting to see that the seats in the House are empty. To break the story, the main leaders of the major parties have always been ignoring the Parliament. It seems that they are present in the Parliament only to teach their fellow MPs, as if the Parliament only needs to be taught by them, there is nothing to learn. Their disregard for the dignity of the Parliament is actually making the leaders' personalities look bad. Moreover, there is a tendency for top leaders to learn from fellow MPs who do not attend the meeting, even if they do attend, they walk away. Not only in the Federal House, but also in the Parliamentary Committee, this situation is constantly repeated. Due to the lack of quorum, many important agendas cannot be moved forward. This shows that MPs are not interested in participating in the agenda of the House/Committee, expressing their views and listening to others. This gives the impression that they are not serious about their own political future. Therefore, even to give a positive message, MPs should be sensitive in their work.
