The first session of the House of Representatives (HoR) reinstated with the force of the people’s movement and on the basis of political decision is convening today at the Parliament Building, Singh Durbar.
His Majesty the King reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR) on Monday, dissolved on May 22, 2002 as per the roadmap of the seven major opposition parties.
The opposition political parties say work to prepare the modalities for holding the election of the constituent assembly is the main task of the HoR.
The parliament was reinstated after the popular movement of the country.
The opposition parties said that they will form a powerful commission to take action against those found using excessive force to suppress the pro-democracy movement of the country and to provide appropriate compensation to the victims of the movement.
The parliamentary committee meetings of major political parties endorsed the proposal to give top priority to the agenda of election of the constituent assembly.
Maoists had withdrawn the blockade of the valley and district headquarters till today, saying that the meeting will announce the election of the constituent assembly and warned that they will announce fresh protest programmes if the first session of the parliament failed to address their demands.
The session is also expected to remove red corner notice and terrorist tag of the Maoists and reciprocate the unilateral truce announced by the Maoists.
The leaders of the seven political parties said that the parliament will move ahead as per the roadmap of the seven political parties.
Various organizations and rights activists are going to organize sit-in in front of the Singha Durbar to pressurize the lawmakers to work in favour of the people and announce the unconditional election of the constituent assembly. nepalnews.com pb Apr 28 06