KATHMANDU: Prime Minister and Chairman of the Constitutional Council (CC) KP Oli has convened a meeting of the Constitutional Council today.
Prime Minister Oli has convened the CC meeting after issuing a controversial ordinance for the second time on Friday.
However, the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) has said that it would boycott Sunday’s meeting of the Constitutional Council.
NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba Saturday announced that he would not participate in the meeting.
Claiming that the government’s latest amendment of the Constitutional Council Act has paralyzed the spirit of the constitutional body, the main opposition leader Deuba has also urged other members of the council not to attend the meeting.
NC chief has also accused the government of undermining the functions of the parliament.
Likewise, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Agni Sapkota has also said he would boycott the meeting called by PM Oli.
Earlier, PM Oli had introduced a controversial ordinance relating to the formation of CC and had appointed various officials in the constitutional bodies as per the provisions introduced through the ordinance.
The ordinances introduced before have not gone through the mandatory ratification from the parliament.
However, the government has introduced eight more ordinances so as to validate previous ordinances.
Among the constitutional bodies, the Public Service Commission is completely vacant while the Inclusive Commission and the Election Commission also have many vacancies.
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