Kathmandu: Preparations are almost complete for the first historic session of Nepal’s federal parliament formed following the completion of House of Representatives and Prov­ince Assembly elections last year. The session is scheduled to take place at the International Conven­tion Center, New Baneshwor at 4.00 pm on March 5. Earlier, on February 20, the President, on the recom­mendation of (new) Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, had summoned the parliament session on March 5 in accordance with the Nepal’s Consti­tution Article 93 (10).

 

Nepal’s federal parliament is bicameral and the upper house con­sists of 59 members (56 elected from the February 7 National Assembly election and three nominated by the President) while the lower house has 275 members (165 elected from first-past-the-post system and remaining 110 from proportional representa­tion system). RSS