Good Governance Bill presented in House of Representatives

KATHMANDU: The Bill on Amending Some Nepal Acts Related to Promotion of Good Governance and Public Service Delivery, 2081 BS has been presented in the House of Representatives.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung tabled the bill on behalf of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

Presenting the bill, Minister Gurung said the ordinances had to be brought as the related legislations were needed when both the houses of parliament were not in session.

He said any kind of prejudice narrowed the horizon of thinking and it is a parochial view to oppose the ordinance just by its name without going into its contents.

Stating that he respected the lawmakers’ views, Minister Gurung, who is also the government spokesperson, urged the MPs to think in a constructive manner.

Contending that the government’s bringing the bill is in alignment with the constitution, he requested the cooperation of lawmakers for the bill’s passage from the House.

Before this, the House of Representatives’ meeting had rejected the note of dissent against the proposal seeking permission to present the bill in the House.

The House meeting rejected by a majority the note of protest on the proposal received from lawmakers Prabhu Saha, Prakash Jwala, Prem Suwal, Hitraj Pandey, Chitra Bahadur KC and Durga Rai.