‘Parliamentary role not effective’

Presidnet of National Assembly Legislation Management Committee, Jayanti Devi Rai said Nepal has yet to institutionalize the parliamentary practice so it has caused trouble to address the issues of public concerns raised in the parliament.

The law-making has been relegated to the backburner due to frequent disruption of parliamentary process in the practice of a year, she told RSS.

Lawmaker Rai further said though some seminal works were carried out to strengthen federalism in the country they are not up to the satisfaction level.

“Law-making and raising public concerns have not been effectively materialized when House sessions were not run smoothly”, she commented.

The political maneuvering has shadowed the law-making process, Rai, also the vice-chairperson of CPN (Unified Socialist), noted.

The LMC President shared that the NA has enacted several bills and is also making necessary preparation to finalize remaining bills. “We have frequently discussed with the government to enact the bills presented at the NA without any delay”, she informed.

Rai further shared, “They had undertaken a study based on the questions – What are the laws to be made during the remaining tenure of the parliament? How many laws did the province government make? What are the laws that need to be made immediately? How effective were the laws made and how many laws should be classified and studied? it has sent a positive message across the country”.

The government needs to give priority to law making and pay attention to the needs of the people, leader Rai mentioned.