Cabinet Meet Decides To Amend 23 Laws

cabinet meeting held at PM GP Koirala’s residence at Baluwatar decided to amend 23 laws and scrape 16 others that contradict with the House of Representatives declaration on May 18.

Emerging from the meeting, Minister of State for Information and Communication Dilendra Prasad Badu, who is also the government spokesperson, told the media that the meeting approved the resignations tendered by the National Human Rights Commission chairman, NHRC’s other members, the chief election commissioner and the members of the Election Commission. The meeting also gave its policy-level approval for the amendments of some laws.
The meet appointed Bidur Prasad Poudel as the chairman of the Bagmati Sewerage Improvement Committee.

Deputy Prime Minister Amik Sherchan said that out of 80 agenda presented 40 had been decided.Badu said that the cabinet meet would reconvene at 3 pm. He also said that appointments had been made in some government bodies and corporations. But he did not reveal names of the appointed persons.