Kathmandu, April 20
The demand for an all-party mechanism to lead and execute the government’s Covid-19 response in the country has come to the surface again as a committee in the House of Representatives issued a directive in this regard.
Earlier, a few minor parties had demanded such a committee, which Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been vehemently rejecting. Of late, the main opposition Nepali Congress is also raising voice for such a mechanism at the local level.
The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of Parliament on Sunday directed the government to form an all-party mechanism in all constituencies under the leadership of a federal lawmaker to monitor the situation in the constituencies. The committee’s chair Shashi Shrestha says the decision was made so that all stakeholders could own the process.
A few members of the committee, however, have said such a mechanism is not necessary.
