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  • PM Oli directs to remove legal obstacles to save lives of citizens

    PM Oli directs to remove legal obstacles to save lives of citizens

    KATHMANDU: The Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC) has directed the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to carry out homework for the formulation of few more laws since new laws were necessary to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

    At a special meeting of the CCMC on Sunday, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, directed the ministry and bodies concerned to make necessary preparations since the clauses of the Infectious Disease Act 2020 were not enough to control this pandemic. The meeting took the decision to move ahead by removing exiting legal obstacles for the immediate arrangement of vaccine and oxygen.

    After the meeting, Foreign Affairs Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali shared that the meeting also directed the bodies concerned to work with more enthusiasm for the immediate supply of health supplies, including oxygen and vaccines.

    Saying that the government has made efforts to end the situation of people losing lives for want of oxygen, Minister Gyawali said, “The past two weeks were very difficult for us. It is been believed that such a situation will come down gradually.” The Foreign Minister added that the meeting decided to encourage entrepreneurs to run oxygen industries with full capacity across the nation as the country has been facing shortage of oxygen gas in this hour of pandemic as well as to take diplomatic initiatives and request to bring more liquid oxygen from India.

    Stating that some oxygen cylinders were brought from China and India and some others are being processed, he opined that the government has taken the belief that the problem of oxygen crisis would be removed within few days. The government has analyzed that the figure of the infection rate has reached a peak point, it has been informed.

    On the occasion, PM Oli directed the concerned agencies to do the needful so that people should not lose their lives due to a lack of money and other problems. “Do whatever you need to do to save people’s lives by carrying out work fast and promptly. People’s lives should be saved.”

    The meeting discussed the issue of declaring a health emergency in the country. A study on the matter is underway, said Minister Gyawali. To deal with the crisis effectively, he stressed the need for running hospitals and various health institutions under the Ministry of Health and Population and basic hospitals run by provincial and local levels in an integrated manner.

  • PM Oli claims ‘extraordinary performance’, blames Speaker Sapkota for MCC delay

    PM Oli claims ‘extraordinary performance’, blames Speaker Sapkota for MCC delay

    Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s address to the nation on the occasion of the New Year 2078 BS was full of political agenda.

    His speech, broadcast live on the state-owned Nepal Television on Wednesday morning, mainly had two major points. He said the government’s performance in the past year was extraordinary despite several challenges and then blamed House of Representatives Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota for the delay in endorsing the controversial Millennium Challenge Corporation grant agreement signed with the US government in 2017.

    The prime minister said the government made roads at the rate of five km per day that year whereas 12 houses were made every day in the country.

    Oli claimed works done by his government made people hopeful about the future but complained other forces tried to reverse that forcefully.

    Then, he presented the MCC grant as a major tool of national development and expressed dissatisfaction that it has not been tabled in the House yet for its endorsement. He, nonetheless, did not mention the name of Speaker Sapkota.

    “We have tabled that in parliament and are demanding the House put it to vote for a decision,” he said, “Noone has a right to not present it for a decision once the government forwards it.”

     

  • PM Oli warns HoR dissolution could repeat

    PM Oli warns HoR dissolution could repeat

    KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Oli, justifying his move of dissolving the House of Representatives (HoR), warned the HoR could be dissolved again if a precarious situation arrives where the government and Parliament do not function effectively.

    Addressing an all-party meeting at Shital Niwas Tuesday, PM Oli remarked going for fresh elections was the obvious course of action if the political stalemate continued.

    “Article 76 and 85 have provisions for Parliament dissolution. If the government and Parliament do not run smoothly, the House could be dismissed again. One should not raise their eyebrows if so happens,” the PM told the gathering of party leaders Tuesday.

    The PM also expressed dissatisfaction over the allegation of regression against his House dissolution move.

    Likewise, parliamentary party leaders raised questions over the role of the president in the HoR dissolution at the meeting. Replying to such references, President Bhandari stated that she had truthfully abided by the constitution.

    President Bhandari said political cooperation and consensus should be continued for effective implementation of the statute and for strengthening democracy in the country. She also stressed dialogue, cooperation and unity were unique features of Nepali politics.

    The meeting concluded with the president apprising the leaders about her two-day official visit to Bangladesh on March 22.

    The meeting, which was supposed to narrow down the differences among the political parties, failed to yield a positive outcome.

  • PM Oli to address National Assembly today

    PM Oli to address National Assembly today

    KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Oli is scheduled to address Sunday’s meeting of the National Assembly.

    The meeting of the upper house has been slated to be held at 1 pm today.

    According to Press Adviser to Prime Minister Oli, Surya Thapa, the Prime Minister, in his address, will speak on current issues of the country.

    Earlier on December 21, the Prime Minister had addressed the nation and had defended his move to dissolve the House of Representatives.