The President has also proved that he is not a rubber stamp by sending the bill back to the House of Representatives with a five-point message
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The editorial comment published by Kantipur under the title 'Opportunity for Reforms in the Constitutional Council Bill' was accurate and readable. Since this bill has been sent for verification, the President's Office has given the government a bad 'slap' by sending it back for correction or amendment and submission.
In this way, the President has also proven that he is not a rubber stamp by returning the Constitutional Council Bill sent to the President's Office for verification to the House of Representatives with a five-point message, which is commendable.
The government had brought the provision regarding the holding of the meeting and decision-making of the Constitutional Council against the constitutional spirit. It has also been severely criticized in public. However, despite this, it is more ironic that the voice of the citizens is ignored and submitted to the House for approval and passed by the House with a blind eye.
Controversy over the quorum of members at the meeting of the council recommending appointments to the constitutional commissions. The president suggests that if the bill is passed by the parliament and sent to the council, which has a provision that the president and one member can decide together about the need for six members in the council, it should be resubmitted.
If no agreement is reached in the first meeting of the Council, the President (Prime Minister) can call a second meeting with less than 48 hours and the agenda and information of such meeting is not given to the members. In this way, if there is no agreement in the first meeting, the bill that has a provision with the procedure to call only the members who want from among its supporters and make a decision from it is sure to lead to arbitrariness and chaos.
According to the constitution, the prime minister and chief justice, the speaker of the house of representatives, the deputy speaker, the speaker of the national assembly, and the leader of the opposition parties are members of this council. This mechanism is also made multilateral by the principle of separation of powers, balance of power and control of power.
In the ordinances issued in 2077 and 78, based on the provision that decisions can be made by the majority of the members present including the chairman (prime minister), the meeting of three people (Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Chairman, Chief Justice and Speaker of the National Assembly) resulted in the appointment of 52 officials to various commissions/bodies.
– Gangaraj Aryal , Panini-8, Arghakhanchi
