House resumes after obstruction; special committee formed under lawmaker Nembang

Kathmandu / August 5: Opposition parties the Nepali Congress and Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal have agreed to remove house obstruction in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR).

In the meeting, which saw the participation of lawmakers from various parties, agreement was reached to resume the House without further obstruction and to make it more effective, confirmed Rojnath Pandey, Spokesperson for the Parliament Secretariat.

The House meeting was halted on July 10. Except for the meeting on July 24, which discussed an urgent motion of public importance related to floods and landslides in the country, they have not been taking place effectively. The meetings were either obstructed by the opposition or postponed with notices issued by the Parliament Secretariat.

Opposition parties had insisted that a panel be formed to investigative two alleged cases of extrajudicial killings in Sarlahi district, citing them to be cases of human rights violation.

No consensus had been reached up until yesterday’s meeting of the HoR. However, today’s meeting not only brought about the agreement but also formed a parliamentary special committee to prevent such obstructions of the House in future.

The committee — formed under the coordination of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader and former Speaker Subash Chandra Nembang — will give advice based on the country’s constitution and regulations to avoid such disruptions in House proceedings.