Kathmandu, July 10: The government has implemented a system of directly informing the concerned lawmakers via telephone about progress made on the issues of public concerns and problems they raise in the parliament.
An arrangement is in place to this regard at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), which carries out weekly monitoring.
During a discussion with officials designated for coordination with different ministries at the OPMCM today, Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s political advisor Asim Shah urged the concerned ministries to work from today itself in order to settle the issues of public concerns raised in both Houses of federal parliament.
“The queries and problems raised by lawmakers regarding the citizens should not be limited to the practice of record keeping. So, the concerned ministries can work actively to resolve such problems so that lawmakers could be informed straight about the progress made on their concern,” he stressed.
According to Shah, the concerned ministries have to send the report of activities carried out over the issues put forth by the lawmakers at the OPMCM every week. The OPMCM would carry out its regular and in-depth monitoring.
The speakers and chief whips would also be informed about this provision, Shah stated, adding that the incumbent government would resolve all problems taking issues of public attention as the shared responsibilities of the government.
Similarly, Spokesperson at the OPMCM, Hem Raj Aryal, mentioned that the government had forwarded this arrangement to enhance its direct accountability to the citizens through parliament.
All the issues of public concerns surfaced during zero hour and special hour of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly would be addressed in a solution-oriented manner, he stressed.
There was no such systematic mechanism to inform the concerned lawmakers about implementation status of questions or problems after minister’s response, Spokesperson Aryal said, adding that the new move were being launched to institutionalize it.
The OPMCM would make overall review and monitoring after integrating reports submitted by the concerned ministries. Preparations are underway to develop an integrated record keeping system through the management information system for this purpose, it was shared.
