Kathmandu, February 12
The Federal Parliament Secretariat has prepared a proposed parliamentary calendar until February 27, outlining the legislative agenda and committee reports but excluding ordinances from consideration.
The agenda includes advancing pending bills in Parliament and submitting reports to parliamentary committees. A Prime Minister’s question-and-answer session is scheduled for February16 in the House of Representatives, along with other sessions featuring ministers. However, the discussion on ordinances has not been included in the proposed schedule.
During the parliamentary recess, the government introduced six ordinances in Poush and Magh, all of which have been presented in both houses of Parliament. According to the constitution, ordinances must be presented in the first session of Parliament after their issuance and must be replaced by a bill within 60 days for approval. Both houses must endorse the ordinances for the replacement bill to be introduced.
However, the ordinances have yet to be approved. Initially, they were scheduled for discussion on Magh 24, but the government later requested their removal from the agenda. Since then, neither house has moved forward with the ordinances.
The House of Representatives follows a biweekly calendar system, and the proposed schedule from Falgun 1 to 15 includes parliamentary sessions on Falgun 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13. However, no specific legislative agenda has been set for these sessions.
Officials at the Parliament Secretariat have stated that if political consensus is reached or if the government pushes for it, the Speaker can revise the agenda accordingly.
