A separate cabinet meeting earlier on the day had endorsed three other budget-related ordinances and forwarded them to the president. [break]
According to Bimal Gautam, press advisor to Chairman of the election government Khil Raj Regmi, the government endorsed the Nepali Citizenship Act-2063 with a view to allowing distribution of citizenship certificates by descent to the children of citizens by birth.
There was a controversy over distribution of citizenship to the children of around 172,000 people, who had been granted citizenship by birth prior to CA election in 2008.
The Election Commission had to halt its latest voter registration campaign due to objection by Mahesh-based parties as they have been demanding citizenship for the children of citizens by birth. Earlier, leaders from major political parties had reached a political agreement to this effect.
The cabinet also endorsed another ordinance related to the voter registration process.
Similarly, the cabinet meeting held earlier decided to withdraw three different ordinances that had been forwarded by the previous Baburam Bhattarai-headed government to the president. The cabinet meeting held later endorsed and forwarded them to the president.
“The new government endorses the ordinances forwarded by the previous government only after withdrawing them from the president´s office,” said an official at the prime minister´s office. The official said no changes were made in the three ordinances that were withdrawn from the president´s office and later endorsed by the cabinet.
Those ordinances were on amendment to the civil service Act, health service Act and the railway Act.
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