Kathmandu, May 4: The government has decided to recommend once again to the President for the issuance of an ordinance related to the Constitutional Council.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers took this decision, according to Government Spokesperson Sasmit Pokharel. Earlier, the President had returned the Ordinance (First Amendment) to the government for reconsideration.
According to sources, the government wants to amend the provision of consolidating the power of Prime Minister in Constitutional Council, so that the Prime Minister can initiate appointments in various vacant constitutional bodies. But, experts argue that the ordinance is against the spirit of constitution itself, which seeks consensus while appointing the head and member at the constitutional bodies including the appointment of Chief Justice.
Earlier, such moves were obstructed the President and sent back to the government to reconsider the ordinances.
Likewise, the meeting agreed to accept a concessional loan worth 52 million US dollars from the World Bank, along with a grant of five million US dollars. The funding aims to replace industries using traditional boilers with electric boilers and to improve air quality monitoring.
Similarly, it granted in-principle approval to the Agricultural Inputs Company Limited to purchase 60,000 metric tons of urea and 20,000 metric tons of double superphosphate fertilizer from India under the government-to-government (G2G) arrangement.
The cabinet also agreed to consider a revised master plan for the Singha Durbar premises, which includes provisions related to entry to the Federal Parliament premises. #Nepal
