KATHMANDU, MARCH 13
Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota made a special appeal to parliamentarians to help run the House by ending obstruction in the Parliament.
In today's meeting of the HoR, Speaker Sapkota drew the attention of protesting parliamentarians to the situation wherein parliamentarians are not being able to discuss issues of public concern and the country due to obstruction of the House by CPN-UML lawmakers.
Furthermore, Speaker Sapkota said formulation of acts, bills and laws were also adversely affected due to disruption of House proceedings by opposition party parliamentarians.
Sapkota said, "The members of the House have been repeatedly drawing my attention to ensure effective operation of the House.
Concerns have been raised among the public to make Parliament more effective."
According to him, parliamentary business such as endorsing 42 bills that were under deliberation, sharing people's problems in the Parliament, holding government accountable to Parliament, formulation of laws, among others, have been affected due to obstruction of the House. "It is the responsibility of all of us to help endorse the under-deliberation bills and run the state affairs," he argued.
The UML has been obstructing the House since the beginning of the current session of Parliament, saying that the speaker did not publish the notice about the 14 parliamentarians expelled by their party.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 14, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
