Kathmandu, April 21
Various parties have objected to the government’s decision to issue two ordinances related to the operation of political parties and the Constitutional Council.
Upon a recommendation from the government, President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday had issued two ordinances amending the two laws. One ordinance allows a group in the party to split the party if it can secure 40 per cent support either in the party’s central committee or the parliamentary party, and the other lets the council decide without the main opposition party’s representation.
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party says the ordinance was unnecessary, inappropriate, and against sentiments of the constitution.
Likewise, the Sajha Party chief Rabindra Mishra has commented that the decision to issue the ordinances shows authoritarian aspirations in Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
CPN-Masal has said the ordinances made the party believe that some serious conspiracy is being hatched in the country.
The main opposition party, Nepali Congress, is holding a meeting of the party’s key officials in Kathmandu to decide how to respond to the ordinances.
