{"id":46724,"date":"2026-04-28T18:13:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=46724"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:28:04","slug":"congress-urges-govt-to-reconsider-undemocratic-ordinance-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/congress-urges-govt-to-reconsider-undemocratic-ordinance-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Urges Govt to Reconsider \u2018Undemocratic\u2019 Ordinance Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, April 28:<\/strong> The Nepali Congress has raised serious concerns over the government\u2019s move to suspend Parliament and introduce laws through ordinances, calling it a challenge to democratic norms and constitutional principles.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Tuesday, party spokesperson Devaraj Chalise said bypassing Parliament to legislate via ordinances undermines parliamentary dignity and violates established constitutional procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The main opposition party argued that the move is not just a procedural flaw but a clear overreach by the executive into the legislative domain. It warned that such practices erode the rule of law and signal the government\u2019s distrust of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Despite holding a clear majority in the House, the government\u2019s repeated reliance on ordinances points to a dangerous trend of power centralization, the party said. It cautioned that this could lead to decision-making being confined to a few individuals, weaken institutional checks and balances, and enable unilateral appointments without opposition participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe independence, impartiality, and credibility of constitutional bodies could be adversely affected,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress has called on the government to uphold democratic values, respect parliamentary processes, and immediately reconsider its decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, April 28: The Nepali Congress has raised serious concerns over the government\u2019s move to suspend Parliament and introduce laws through ordinances, calling it a challenge to democratic norms and constitutional principles. In a statement issued on Tuesday, party spokesperson Devaraj Chalise said bypassing Parliament to legislate via ordinances undermines parliamentary dignity and violates established [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46726,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46724\/revisions\/46726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}