Parliament secretariat all set to welcome new HoR members

Kathmandu, March 23: The federal parliament secretariat is all set to welcome new House of Representatives members. It had called all HoR members for attending the swearing-in ceremony to be held on March 26.   

The oath-taking ceremony would he conducted at 2:00pm on March 26. However, the secretariat has requested all HoR members to arrive at venue in formal or cultural attire before two hours.

President Ramchandra Paudel is scheduled to administer oath to the senior most HoR member Arjun Narsinng KC, 78, at Shitalniwas on March 25, a day before HoR members are administered. KC, as the senior most HoR member will administer the oath to other members next day, March 26.

Article 88 of the Constitution has the provision that the every HoR member needs taking oath before attending the HoR meeting or HoR committee meeting. Similarly, before the election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker or their posts left vacant, the senior most member among the available HoR members chair the HoR meeting as per Article 91 (5) of the Constitution.

Spokesperson at the federal parliament secretariat, Ekaram Giri, informed that the secretariat was working to ensure necessary arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected HoR members. "Preparation is made to conduct the swearing-in ceremony of lawmakers and initial meetings of the HoR in the multi-purpose hall of the federal parliament building inside Singh Durbar," he informed.

Efforts are on to finalize technical issues following the physical construction of the hall. Security arrangements are also underway.

The President summons the parliament session based on the recommendation of the government. Once the session is summoned, the parliament secretariat will ramp up preparation for the meeting.

Spokesperson Giri further informed that the parliamentary party offices have been managed as per the size of the political parties determined through the March 5 HoR election.

In the March 5 HoR election, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) emerged the largest with 182 seats in HoR, while the Nepali Congress the second with 38 seats, the CPN UML the thirds with 25 seats, the Nepali Communist Party the fourth with 17 seats, the Shram Sanskriti Party the fifth with seven seats, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party the sixth with five seats and an independent one. (RSS)