KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has summoned the budget session of the Federal Parliament for May 9.
In a press statement on Sunday, the Office of the President has stated that the President has summoned the Parliament session at the recommendation of the Cabinet as per the article 93 (1) of the Constitution.
The budget session of both houses, the House of Representatives (HoR) and National Assembly (NA) will convene at the New Baneswor-based International Convention Center at 4 pm on May 9.
A meeting of the cabinet had on Sunday morning decided to recommend to the President to convene the Parliament on May 9.
Prime Minister Oli had on Wednesday visited the meeting hall of the Federal Parliament as part of the preparatory tasks to call the budget session.
He had inspected the hall in a bid to make necessary preparations for the meeting amid fears of COVID-19.
The parliament secretariat has already expedited precautionary measures for the prevention of coronavirus spread to hold the House sessions.
The Secretariat has been installing disinfection gates, making arrangements of thermal guns and sanitizers in this regard.
According to the Constitutional provision, the annual budget should be tabled at the Federal Parliament on May 28.
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