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Parliament should be made effective: Speaker Ghimire


17 December 2024  

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GANDAKI: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Devraj Ghimire, has stressed on the effective role of the parliament.

Inaugurating the Inter-Legislative Conference organized in Pokhara by Inter-Legislative Forum at the management of Gandaki Province Assembly Secretariat, Speaker Ghimire pointed out the need of making the role of the House of Representatives, the National Assembly (NA) as well as the parliaments of all seven provinces.

He said the effective role of the parliament would make government’s activities effective, expressing that the role of political parties is important for the same.

Pointing out the need of moving ahead adopting changes, Speaker Ghimire argued that there should be good coordination between federation and provinces.

He mentioned that provinces have not effectively implemented laws formulated by federation and expressed the belief that such type of conference would guide to resolve problems.

Similarly, NA Chairperson Narayan Prasad Dahal shared that though there are good provisions in the constitution, many questions are raised in lack of their effective implementation.

Stating that there is a gap between the federation and provinces in lack of some laws, Chair Dahal laid emphasis on the need of paying attention on it.

Likewise, Chief Minister of Gandaki Province, Surendra Raj Pandey, opined that a strong legislature makes the government accountable. Saying that the two largest parties of the country joined hands together to establish political stability, Chief Minister Pandey stressed the need of institutionalizing the achievements of changes.

He further said problems have surfaced in carrying out activities in lack of laws including Federal Civil Service Act, Police Act and Education Act.

CPN (UML) Parliamentary Party leader in Gandaki Province Assembly, Khag Raj Adhikari, expressed the view that the existing problems would be resolved and the parliament would become effective if rights mentioned in the constitution are allocated and implemented.

Speakers, Deputy Speakers of all provinces are participating in the conference which will run till Wednesday.

Publish Date : 17 December 2024 21:47 PM

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