Kathmandu, Jan. 28
Prime
Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that some laws related to the
implementation of federalism are yet to be amended and constructed even though
the basic structure is prepared for the execution of the federal governance
system.
"Although
the people's representatives had been elected and had completed one term, there
was ambiguity in many places in absence of legal provisions," he said at
the high-level discussion on the draft report on the work expansion revision
organised at Singha Durbar on Sunday.
Mentioning
that some laws are yet to be amended and enacted, Prime Minister Prachanda said
that during the practice of running the government, the need for expansion and
amendment was felt while the provincial and local levels also demanded for the
changes. "Therefore, the amendment process of the laws was advanced,"
he said.
According
to PM Prachanda, after the promulgation of the constitution, the federal governance
system based on the principles of cooperation, coexistence and coordination is
being practiced.
He
said that in the eight years since the promulgation of the constitution, the
country has achieved encouraging achievements. The basic structures necessary
for the implementation of federalism have been built in a short time.
Arjun
Prasad Pokharel, Coordinator of the committee, presented the progress made at
the work expansion. Likewise, Dr. Somlal Subedi, speaking as an expert on the
topic, informed about the main theoretical criteria adopted for the work
expansion and the scope of work of the federal, provincial and local level. The
participants presented their views on the security, governance, law, and socio-economic
sectors.
Dr.
Subedi presented the solutions related to the work division among the various
levels of the government, and said that the federal level should look after the
matters related to the nature of regulation, standards and uniformity across
the country.
Likewise,
development, infrastructure, regional coordination and promotion should be
managed by the province and service delivery by the local level.
Dr.
Subedi informed that arrangements should be made to allow provincial or local
authorities to exercise their rights in accordance with the federal laws.
In
order to remove the duplication and ambiguities seen in the implementation of
federalism, the meeting of the National Coordination Council held in June 2023
decided to form a work expansion revision and recommendation committee.
The
work expansion of the list of single and common rights of the federation, state
and local level mentioned in schedule 5 to 9 of the constitution was approved
by the Cabinet in January on 18 January 2016, and is being implemented.
Deputy
Prime Ministers, chairmen of the House Panels of the National Assembly and the
House of Representatives, lawmakers, leaders of various parties, chief secretary
and secretaries of various ministries and experts were present in the
discussion.
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