Fundamental rights-related bills passed
Fundamental rights-related bills passed
Published: 10:05 am Sep 17, 2018
Kathmandu, September 16 As the deadline for passing the bills related to enjoyment of fundamental rights draws closer, the National Assembly today passed 11 bills through fast-track method and the House of Representatives passed two bills, depriving lawmakers of their chance to adequately debate the bills. The Upper House has already passed four other bills related to enjoyment of fundamental rights and the House of Representatives has endorsed them. There are 15 bills related to enjoyment of fundamental rights that needs to be passed by September 18 as per the constitutional deadline. “The federal parliament has endorsed bills related fundamental rights through fast-track process to meet the constitutional deadline,” federal Parliament Secretary Bharat Raj Gautam told The Himalayan Times. Both houses had suspended parliamentary rules to fast-track the passage of the bills. Four bills that originated in the Upper House will be signed by the Chairman of the Upper House Ganesh Timilsena and 11 bills that originated in the Lower House will be signed by Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara by Tuesday morning before being sent to the Office of the President for authentication. A source at the Parliament Secretariat said that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, C-chair of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal and main opposition Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba had reached an agreement to fast-track the passage of the bills related to fundamental rights so that the constitutional deadline was not breached. The source said that they would amend these laws if any shortcomings were found later. Rights guaranteed thru law so far
- Right to social security
- Right to land
- Right to free and compulsory education
- Right to employment
- Right to privacy
- Right to food
- Right to shelter
- Right to health
- Right to consumer protection
- Right against discrimination and untouchability
- Right to safe maternity and fertility
- Right of people with disabilities
- Right to environment protection
- Right to crime victims’ protection
- Right of children