JANAKPUR, May 12: Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Chairman Upendra Yadav urged President Ram Chandra Paudel to authenticate the bill to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act,2063 BS that has been passed by the parliament twice.
At a press conference organized in Janakpurdham in Dhanusha district today, Chairman Yadav blamed that there were wrong practices of keeping the Bill passed by the sovereign parliament on hold.
"The President could send back the law endorsed by the parliament for the first time. There is a provision that the President should authenticate the law within 15 days if the law is sent to the President for the second time. If there is no authentication, it should automatically become a law. All the countries with parliamentary practices have the same practice," he argued, ruing over the bills or ordinances becoming inactive in Nepal after the President did not authenticate them.
Khand requests president to authenticate citizenship bill
He claimed that the ruling coalition upholds the view that the President should now authenticate the Bill to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act-2063 BS as, he added, it was still lawful according to the lawyers.
The former Deputy Prime Minister asserted that the constitution was impeding the institutional development of the Federal Democratic Republic system in the country and thus called for an amendment to the national charter.
Arguing that everyone should be honest to implement the constitutionally enshrined rights to strengthen the provincial government, he emphasized the earliest endorsement of the Civil Service Act and Act on Adjustment of Police for the institutional development of federalism.
On a different note, Yadav stressed on impartial investigation into the fake Bhutanese refugee scam and bringing all the culprits involved to justice.
