Parliament meeting postponed till August 22
A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for 1 pm today has been put off until August 22.
The Federal Parliament Secretariat informed about this through a notice it issued at 3 pm today.
The notice states that Parliament will now meet at 3 pm on August 22.
The next meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed till Tuesday in accordance with the Rule 6, Sub-rule (3) of the House of Representatives Regulations, 2079, states the notice issued by the Secretary-General of the Parliament.
A meeting of the political parties representing the Parliament was held in Singha Durbar earlier today for resuming the parliament business.
Today's meeting of the HoR had to be postponed as this meeting also could not forge consensus on ending the House obstruction.
The Parliament meetings have been stalled for a month now due to the obstruction by the main opposition party CPN-UML.
Parliamentary hearing of proposed Chief Justice Shrestha tomorrow
The parliamentary hearing of proposed Chief Justice Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha has been scheduled for Monday.
The complaints against the proposed Chief Justice Shrestha have been discussed in the Parliamentary Hearing Committee on Sunday.
A general discussion was held among the members of the committee about the complaints filed against Shrestha in the meeting held at Singha Durbar this morning.
Committee member Jeevan Pariyar said that three complaints have been registered against Shrestha and the complainants have been called for discussion tomorrow.
“Three complaints have been lodged against proposed Chief Justice Shrestha. A decision has been made to call the complainants at 10: 30 am tomorrow for discussion,” he said.
According to the Parliament Secretariat, two complaints have been filed through email and SP Timilsina lodged the complaint physically.
Earlier on August 8, the meeting of the committee had called to register complaints against Shrestha.
The Constitutional Council meeting held on August 3 had decided to recommend senior Justice Shrestha as the Chief Justice.
CM Thapa to take vote of confidence on Aug 21
Koshi Province Chief Minister Uddhav Thapa is scheduled to take vote of confidence on August 21.
Deputy Speaker of Koshi Province Assembly, Srijana Danuwar, allowed Chief Minister Thapa to present the proposal regarding vote of confidence in the Province Assembly at 1 pm on August 21, said PA Secretary Gopal Prasad Parajuli.
CM Thapa registered the notice regarding the proposal for the trust motion at the PA Secretariat today.
Law Minister Gurung announces not to take medical expenses from state fund
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dhanraj Gurung has announced not to take medical expenses from the state fund.
He was speaking at a program organized in the Capital on Friday.
On the occasion, Gurung shared his experience, “once a staffer had told me that a large amount of money was spent when I was admitted to the hospital for treatment and suggested that I take the amount from the state fund.”
“Minster Ji, a large amount of money might have been spent for the treatment. You are yourself a minister. He suggested that I take the treatment expenses from the Cabinet,” he said, adding, “I will not take the medical expenses from the state fund until the government provides free treatment to the poor people.”
He said that the people have to improve themselves first to improve the country.
On a different note, he said that property of high-ranking leaders should be investigated.
Minister Gurung was of the opinion that all the leaders should be transparent financially.
“Leaders should be transparent financially. I have already submitted my property details,” he said. “The government will move ahead to investigate the property of the leaders.”
