Lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday stressed the need for developing political consensus among the parties representing the parliament.
Parliamentary leaders and lawmakers, who participated in the first day session of the National Assembly today, suggested finding solutions to the current political crisis through dialogues.
Sumanraj Pyakurel, a lawmaker of the ruling CPN-UML, claimed that the government was in the right track. “It is working hard to achieve the targets of development and prosperity in the country,” he said.
Pyakurel said that solutions to the political problem should be sought through the dialogue among the parties and their leaders, but not from elsewhere. According to him, only a political consensus can give solutions to the current uneasiness.
Similarly lawmaker Radhyeshyam Adhikari of the Nepali Congress said that the government efforts were inefficient to manage the COVID-19 vaccines for the people. “Efforts of the government are not enough to control COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
Adhikari also expressed worries about the weakening economic status of the country. He said the announcement of the early election at a time when restriction order was imposed was unfortunate.
“The country is not in a position to bear the election expenses now,” he added. Adhikari condemned the steps
taken to dissolve the House of Representatives.
Dinanath Sharma of the Maoist Centre also stressed the need for developing political consensus among the parties.
“We need to create a favourable environment to develop consensus among the political parties,” he added. Sharma said that it was time for everyone to evaluate oneself instead of creating any disputes among the parties. “Such activities will only weaken democracy,” he said.
He stated that the country accepted a system of constitutional supremacy and it was lawmakers’ duty to
maintain the constitutional supremacy.
He also expressed unhappy over the dissolution of the House and tabling of budget through an ordinance.
Lawmaker Pramila Kumari said that the Prime Minister had no rights to dissolve the House of Representatives.
Source : TRN,
