Kathmandu, April 25:

A day after the announcement of the revival of the House of Representatives, the Nepal Bar Association today called on the parliament, which is scheduled to convene on Friday, to scrap all the ordinances brought during the King’s direct rule.

The umbrella organisation of lawyers across the nation urged the parliament to scrap the ordinances that had been introduced to curb the rights of the people. It also called for the dismissal, and if needed impeachment, of all those officials of the constitutional bodies who were appointed after February 1 last year and who curtailed the people’s rights.

The NBA also called the parliamentarians not to accept salary and other facilities for the last four years when the parliament was not active. “Though the House has been restored, the members should not accept salary and benefits for the time when they did not work,” NBA president Shambhu Thapa said at a press conference today.

The lawyers’ body also demanded the House to impeach the SC judges and officials of several other constitutional bodies who curtailed the right of the people and worked against the spirit of the constitution.

The lawyers’ body also called the government-to-be-formed to announce a truce, call Maoists for talks, amend the constitution to pave a way for holding elections to a constituent assembly, and implement the roadmap of the seven-party alliance.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court Bar Association urged the House to curtail the power of the monarch including the provision on succession and Royal Nepalese Army. It also called for a dismissal of the Rajparishad.