Dr. Surendra KC talks about two ordinances | पहिलो संशोधन अध्यादेशको बारेमा बोल्दै सुरेन्द्र के सि
Channel: Nepal Today
Date: 28/04/2020

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राष्ट्रपति विद्यादेवी भण्डारीले राजनीतिक दलसम्बन्धी (दोस्रो संशोधन)  र संवैधानिक परिषद (काम, कर्तव्य, अधिकार र कार्यविधि) सम्बन्धी पहिलो संशोधन अध्यादेश खारेज गरेकी छन्।

सरकारकाे सिफारिसबमाेजिम उनले आज दुई वटा विधेयक खारेज गरेकी हुन्।

सरकारले गत सोमबार ल्याएकाे ती अध्यादेश साेही दिन राष्ट्रपति भण्डारीले जारी गरेकी थिइन्। तर, दुवै अध्यादेश जारी गरेकामा सरकार विवादमा तानिएपछि आज बसेकाे मन्त्रिपरिषद् बैठकले फिर्ता लिने निर्णय गरेकाे थियाे। साेही निर्णयबमाेजिम राष्ट्रपतिसमक्ष खारेजीका लागि सिफारिस गरिएकाे थियाे।

राष्ट्रपति भण्डारीले नेपालको संविधानको धारा ११४ को उपधारा (२)  काे खण्ड (ख) बमोजिम दवै अध्यादेश खारेज गरेकाे राष्ट्रपति कार्यालयद्वारा जारी विज्ञप्तिमा उल्लेख छ।


This is not the first time that President Bhandari’s influence on Prime Minister Oli, and vice-versa, has been called into question.

As often as the KP Sharma Oli government runs into controversy, it tends to drag other institutions down with it, even an office as vaunted as that of the President.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday approved two controversial ordinances within hours of their issuance by the Oli Cabinet. Bhandari acted uncharacteristically swiftly, leading many to question whether the high office has become an arm of the executive, especially since this is not the first time that suspicions have been raised over Bhandari and Oli acting in collusion.

“The ordinances, given the timing of their issuance, warranted some consultation,” said Surya Dhungel, an advocate who served as legal advisor to former president Ram Baran Yadav. “But that did not happen here. Both the ordinances were approved almost immediately.”

The Oli Cabinet had issued two ordinances on Monday, seeking to amend provisions in the Political Party Act and the Constitutional Council (Functions, Duties and Procedures) Act, despite reservations from some ministers.

The government’s move drew mass criticism almost immediately, especially for issuing ordinances at a time when the focus should have been on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.

Even leaders from Oli’s Nepal Communist Party questioned the decision.

Ruling party leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal and Bhim Rawal issued statements, objecting to the ordinances, and in an interview with the Post’s sister paper Kantipur, senior leader Jhala Nath Khanal described the government’s decisions as ill-timed.

While there is nothing wrong per se with presidential approval of the ordinances, the high office must take the necessity, urgency and the timing of such ordinances into account, say experts.

“It’s strange that the Office of the President neither bothered to seek advice from experts nor sought time to study the ordinances,” said Dhungel.

But the august Office of the President has already been dragged into controversy numerous times in the past. Analysts have long questioned the influence that Bhandari has on Oli, and vice-versa. Ruling party insiders have also questioned the manner in which the top leadership has sought presidential advice in sorting out the party's internal differences.