Speaker Nemwang urges govt to summon House immediately

Speaker Subash Chandra Nemwang has expressed dissatisfaction with the government for ending parliament session suddenly without even consulting him when a proposal to elect a Prime Minister was pending and urged the government to summon another session of the parliament immediately.

 

Talking to Kantipur daily, the Speaker urged the government to call a parliament session with consent from political parties and strive to resolve the differences at the House.

 

Speaker Nemwang said earlier, the end of the parliament session had worsened the environment for consensus.

 

According to existing regulations in the Interim Constitution and the parliamentary regulations, the Speaker does not have the authority to summon a parliament session.

 

The President summons and ends the parliament sessions at the recommendation of the Prime Minister, as per the existing provisions.

 

The government can recommend either for the winter session of the parliament or a special session for a particular purpose.

 

When Speaker Nemwang adjourned the meeting of the Legislature Parliament on Friday, the day before the session was ended, he had called the next meeting of the House on December 2 and scheduled the seventeenth prime ministerial election for that date.

 

Whether or not the proposal to elect Prime Minister will continue in the next session is not clear.

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Seven commit suicide in 24 hours in Kathmandu

 

Seven persons committed suicide in a span of 24 hours in Kathmandu valley between Saturday and Sunday, Annapurna post daily reported.

 

Norbu Lama, 30, of Ranibari, Indra Bahadur Khanal, 40, of Chandol, Hom Bahadur Shrestha, 30, of Tinthana, Subash Phuyal, 24, of Jitpurphedi, Nabaraj Lamichhane, 27, of Telkot, Bhaktapur, and Krishna Prasad Gautam, 58, of Lubhu, Lalitpur committed suicide, the daily reported quoting various police sources. .

 

The reasons for suicide include household dispute, divorce, unemployment and failure in exams, according to Superintendent of Police (SP) Ramesh Kharel, chief of Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu.

 

The cases of suicide are increasing in the recent years due to various social, political and economic problems.

 

A recent report compiled by Nepal Police headquarters showed 677 persons committed suicide across the country in a span of two months between mid-April and mid-June.

 

At this rate, the number of suicide cases across the country per day is more than 10 on average.

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Banke school closed since two months over insecurity

 

Rastriya Primary School in Indrapur of Banke has remained closed for almost two months now since the abduction and murder of two students in Nepalgunj as teachers have refused to go to the school due to insecurity, Nagarik daily reported.

 

The abduction and murder of students Kapil Dwibedi and Leeladhar Bhatta was plotted by Suresh Barma, chairman of the management committee of Rastriya Primary School.

 

It has been revealed Barma planned the abduction due to his dispute with the headmaster of the school, Sanjaya Dwibedi, Kapil's father.

 

Barma is still at large, while two members of the management committee have been arrested by police in connection with the incident.

 

The school has remained closed as teachers at Rastriya Primary School have refused to go to the school saying they are insecure there and demanded they be transferred to another school at the District Administration Office.

 

Kapil's father Sanjaya has been transferred to a different school after the incident.

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Second writ against EC decision to issue voter card without citizenship

 

A group of lawyers have filed a writ at the Supreme Court (SC) against the decision of Election Commission (EC) to issue voter cards even without citizenship certificate on Monday.

 

Advocates Sarojnath Pyakurel, Rishiram Ghimire, Sadhya Bahadur Bhandari and Tara Prasad Lamichhane filed the writ claiming such provision would put the national sovereignty and integrity at risk.

 

The EC has been updating the electoral roll with finger prints and digital pictures and issuing voter cards in various municipalities of the country since past few months.

 

Although, the commission had made citizenship certificate mandatory to acquire the voter card at the beginning, it relented to pressure from the Madhes-based parties to issue voter cards based on other residential proofs.

 

In the writ, second on the same case, the advocates have claimed millions of non-Nepalis will become voters and can rise up to high positions including that of ministers, prime minister of president if the new system is implemented.

 

They have also claimed, the provision to issue voter cards without citizenship certificate would narrow down the difference between genuine Nepalis and non-Nepalis and jeopardize nationality.

 

Earlier, Janamorcha Nepal led by Chitra Bahadur KC had filed a case against the EC provision to issue voter cards without citizenship certificates about one week ago. The court has put the case in priority.