In the bid to cut the king’s power in state affairs, the House of Representatives (HoR) declared 50 articles and 31 sub-clauses of the constitution of 1990 invalid on Monday.

Monday’s session of the parliament took the unanimous decision to scrap them saying they contradicted the HoR Declaration of May 18.

Most of the provisions declared invalid were related to the king’s powers, privileges and authority.

The decision was taken based on a report submitted by HoR Declaration Implementation Special Committee headed by the Speaker of the HoR.

Presenting the report at the House, the committee’s vice chairperson and the Deputy Speaker of the HoR, Chitra Lekha Yadav, said the committee presented its report after identifying the need to cancel certain constitutional provisions to facilitate the government’s work.

The report suggested a 15-point provisional arrangement instead of those provisions. Terminologies like ‘state’, ‘Nepal government’, ‘Nepali Army’ and ‘Nepali ambassador’ are to be used instead of ‘kingdom’, ‘His Majesty’s government’, ‘Royal Nepalese Army’ and ‘Royal Nepali ambassador’ respectively.

The Prime Minister will present the government’s fiscal policy and programme before the House. Similarly, the House will appoint the PM and the PM will appoint the deputy PMs and ministers.

The Cabinet will nominate 10 members of the National Assembly who used to be appointed by the King. The Cabinet will appoint ambassadors and special representatives to represent Nepal abroad after approval from the House. The Attorney General and Chief of the Army Staff will also be appointed by the Cabinet. The authority provided by Article 127 will be used by council of ministers and ratification by the House.

As per the resolution passed, provisions like “Nepal as a Hindu Kingdom”, “king as a symbol of national unity and patron of constitution”, “royal family’s property as non-taxable” and “king’s actions unquestionable in courts” have been scrapped.

The House reinstated after the success of the recent people’s movement had already cut the king’s power, declared itself supreme and the sovereign body of the country. The HoR had said any provision of the constitution that contradicted with its proclamation would be declared null and void.