Kathmandu – The Parliament Secretariat has moved forward discussions with political parties with the preparation of forming a House of Representatives Rules Amendment Drafting Committee to amend the House of Representatives Rules.

It is said that the rules are being amended to end the tendency of bills registered in the Parliament to be held for a long time. The rules are being amended in an effort to make lawmaking and the process within the Parliament within a time limit.

In the discussion organized by Speaker Devraj Ghimire on Monday with the chief whips and whips of the five major parties, the issue of forming a Rules Amendment Drafting Committee was also discussed and it is understood that preparations are underway to announce the Rules Drafting Committee from the House of Representatives after taking a decision in the Business Advisory Committee meeting with political consensus.

The Parliament session is starting from Magh 18. The parties are preparing to form a Rules Amendment Drafting Committee immediately after the session begins.

The Congress and the UML have concluded that the regulations should be amended to set a three-month deadline for the creation of laws within the parliament, and a proposal is being put forward that the relevant thematic committee should finalize it within a maximum of 90 days when a new bill reaches a committee of the House of Representatives. If a bill is made to amend an act, the committee should finalize it within 60 days, otherwise the House of Representatives will automatically proceed with it without any obstacles.

The relevant thematic committee can request additional time with a satisfactory reason and the proposal requesting such time must be approved by the meeting of the House of Representatives itself.

Earlier, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had also said that it is inconvenient to work when bills are stuck in the parliament for a long time.