Stumbling on ordinances
kathmandupost.com · Wed Jan 15 14:32:58 GMT 2025

Why did PM Oli take the route instead of convening Parliament and getting the bills endorsed there?
Seemingly each week, a new controversy erupts in Nepali politics, for instance the issue of ordinances this week. After the government on Friday recommended President Ramchandra Paudel to issue five ordinances, they have become a matter of serious debate. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has tried to provide the rationale behind amending laws through the ordinances while other stakeholders have expressed serious doubt over the government’s intent. So much so that even the President issued only four of the five ordinances forwarded by the government and held one related to land, forest and national parks, citing the matter’s sensitivity. (The head of state endorsed the fifth one only on Wednesday afternoon, only after studying the bill for a few more days.)
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