Revision proposal for constitution amendment

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Lawmakers, particularly from the Madhes-based parties, have registered a proposal for revision of the bill for the seventh amendment of the interim constitution tabled by the government at the legislature-parliament. [break]



The main opposition UCPN (Maoist) party, which has been objecting to the government´s plan to make the bill retro-active effect, didn´t register any amendment.



The government had tabled the amendment proposal to end the controversy surrounding oath-taking in Hindi by Paramananda Jha as the vice president. His oath-taking was nullified by the Supreme Court.



The new amendment will allow the president and the vice president to take oath of office and secrecy in any of the mother tongues spoken in Nepal. If endorsed by a two-third majority, Jha will have to take a fresh oath to assume office of the vice president.



Lawmakers Sarita Giri, Atmaram Prasad Sah, Sunil Prajapati, Vishwendra Paswan, Dol Bahadur Karki and Sunil Prajapati registered separate proposals for the amendment of the constitution.



Registering the proposal, Madhesi People´s Rights Forum (MPRF) lawmaker Atmaram Prasad Sah demanded that the amendment bill be made retroactive legalizing the oath-taking in Hindi by Jha. “The new amendment will be effective since the fourth amendment,” states Sah´s proposal. The interim constitution was amended for the fourth time on May, 2008. Jha was elected as the vice president on July 19, 2008.

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