Nepal

The federal parliamentary secretariat has stepped up preparations for administering the oath of office to the newly-elected members of the House of Representatives (HoR).

Once the President administers the oath of office and secrecy to the senior-most member among the newly-elected, other members would be sworn in later.

The secretariat has already sent a letter to the Election Commission (EC) requesting to furnish age details to identify the senior-most member. 

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called upon the parties to present their claim for Prime Minister in seven days within December 25.

Among the newly-elected members, the secretariat is understood to be checking age details of Chitra Bahadur KC, Mahantha Thakur, Mahendra Roy Yadav and Pashupati Shumsher Rana.

If any member wishes to take oath of office in own mother language, s/he shall arrange translation of the oath paper in to the concerned language and inform the parliament-secretariat three days before the oath-taking ceremony.

According to the information provided by the secretariat, as many as 36 members had taken oath in 11 mother languages (excluding Nepali) after the House of Representatives election, 2074 BS. The members, as informed, were administered the oath of office in Maithili, Tharu, Bhojpuri, Magar, Hindi, Abadhi, Nepalbhasha, Banjika, Newari, Urdu and Tamang languages.

The secretariat would also offer a badge pin to the newly-elected members of the HoR during the oath-taking ceremony. Each pin is prepared at the cost of Rs 5,800.

Though the swearing-in day has yet to be fixed, the ceremony will be held at the parliament building in New Baneswor within five days.

The spokesperson of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Rojnath Pandey said the members would be provided with a bag containing the Constitution, diary, pen, parliamentary regulation, directives and other publications. 

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