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MPs seek to scrap mooted immunity for crime-accused lawmakers
May 9, 2018 07:41 am
KATHMANDU, May 9: Members of Parliament (MPs) have registered an amendment proposal in parliament demanding amendment of a proposed provision on not suspending MPs facing criminal charges.
Parliament drops provision to suspend crime-accused MPs
May 6, 2018 04:52 am
KATHMANDU, May 6: Going against the past practice of suspending any lawmaker immediately after he or she is accused of a crime in a court, lawmakers on Saturday endorsed the provision of not suspending such lawmakers. Such members of parliament (MPs), according to a new parliamentary regulation, will remain in position until and unless the court convicts them of the crime they are accused of.
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