Kathmandu: Nomination for the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) is taking place today.
The Federal Parliament Secretariat shared that arrangement for the registration of candidacy for the post of Speaker has been made at Lhotse Hall of the federal parliament building in New Baneswor.
A notice of the proposal calling members of the HoR to be elected as the Speaker would be registered at the parliament building from 1.00 to 4.00 pm today.
The list of the candidates registered within the given timeline would be made public at 4.15 pm today.
The election to the post of HoR Speaker is set to take place at 11.00 am on January 19.
According to the calendar, the proposals calling for someone from the HoR members to be elected as the Speaker with support statement from the seconders would be presented in the meeting. Afterwards, the list of the candidates would be discussed in group and presented for decision as per the registration serial number.
A meeting of the HoR on January 10 had directed to make public the calendar to conduct election for the Speaker on January 19.
According to the constitutional arrangement, the Speaker would be elected from the HoR members within 15 days of the first meeting of the federal parliament.
Meanwhile, Nepali Congress has started consultation with other political parties other than the ruling alliance.
This decision was taken by the office bearers meeting of the party held at Dhumbarahi residence of the party President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday. Congress spokesperson and MP Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat said that since there is still sometime left for the meeting to register the candidacy for the Speaker.
He also said that since Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has assured that constitutional positions will be selected based on national consensus. Congress is in favor of waiting for the Prime Minister’s official opinion.
He said that the leaders present in the meeting informed about the matters that happened in the all-party meeting and after the discussion with other parties, the Congress will nominate a candidate for the Speaker based on the agreement reached with the parties. Spokesperson Dr Mahat said that if there is an agreement, the Congress will proceed according to the agreement and that it is in favor of fielding candidates even if there is no agreement.
He said, “We have made an arrangement to proceed with the candidacy registration process for the Speaker. There has been an internal consensus on the matter of finalizing the candidate. We will also talk to JSP, CPN (Unified Socialist). Both the parties have indicated to support Nepali Congress.”
