The government has informed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Agni Prasad Sapkota, that it is preparing to submit the US Grants Assistance Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact Agreement to the Parliament.

Stating that the government is ready to submit the MCC agreement, it has urged Speaker Sapkota to expedite the necessary process. After receiving this news, Speaker Sapkota had prepared accordingly and consulted with some people close to him. Earlier on Sunday, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dilendra Prasad Badu met Speaker Sapkota and briefed him about the government’s decision to present the MCC agreement in the parliament.

According to sources, Speaker Sapkota said that he would not obstruct the process of submitting the MCC agreement to the parliament. However, he argued that it would be better to take a decision through discussion than to table the MCC amidst the obstruction in the parliament.

Meanwhile, the MCC headquarters on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to approve the Nepal Compact Agreement by February 28.