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Kathmandu [Nepal]December 19 (ANI): The first meeting of Nepal’s newly-elected lower House will be held on December 22.
The Parliament secretariat announced that the oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected representatives will take place on Thursday at 1 pm (local time). Elections were held in the Himalayan nation last month.
The swearing-in ceremony for new representatives has been scheduled and the process of identifying the oldest member of the House (based on age) is underway.
Members of Congress will be sworn in during the House session. While the oldest member will be sworn in by the president, the others will be sworn in by the oldest member serving as interim speaker.
Dr Rojnath Pandey, spokesman for the Federal Parliament Secretariat, said they had written to the Election Commission to identify the highest-ranking member of the House of Representatives.
Among the newly-elected members, the age details of Chitra Bahadur KC, Mahantha Thakur, Mahendra Roy Yadav and Pashupati Shumsher Rana appeared to have been scrutinized.
According to the final results released by the Election Commission, the Nepali Parliament got the highest number of 89 seats, followed by CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist-Leninist) with 78, Maoist Center with 32 seats, Rastri The Yaswatantra Party followed with 20 seats followed by the Prajatantra Party with 14 seats and the Janata Samajbadi Party with 12 seats out of 275.
If any member of Parliament wishes to be sworn in in his native language, he shall arrange for the sworn document to be translated into the relevant language and notify the Parliamentary Secretariat three days before the swearing-in ceremony.
According to information provided by the Secretariat, as of 2017, as many as 36 MPs have been sworn in in 11 “native languages” (excluding Nepali) after the House of Representatives elections.
Members swore in Maithili, Tharu, Bhojpuri, Magar, Hindi, Abadhi, Nepali Bhasha, Banjika, Newari, Urdu and Tamang languages.
Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday called on all parties to submit demands on the prime minister within seven days until 5pm (local time) on December 25.
Despite the deadline the president has set, no party has secured a majority. Bidya Devi Bhandari called on all parties to form a coalition government.
The new prime minister will have 30 days to prove a majority in parliament.
If the government fails to gain support, then the president will be given another chance to prove a majority. In the event of repeated defeats, the president can dissolve the House of Representatives and call for new elections within six months.
The constitution provides for a maximum of 25 ministers. (Arnie)
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