Need of law on concurrent rights: Law Minister

Kathmandu : Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Bhanubhakta Dhakal, has said the law relating to the concurrent rights need to be framed to facilitate the functioning of the three tiers of government. During a talk programme on ‘law on concurrent rights of federal, provincial and local level governments’ organized by the Ministry on Wednesday, Minister Dhakal said the laws would be based on coordination, coexistence and cooperation.
As the laws to implement fundamental rights have been drafted, it is now time to scrap the laws contradictory to the constitution, according to him. On the occasion, Minister for Internal Affairs and Law of Province 2, Gyanendra Kumar Yadav, said the concurrent rights must be drafted by establishing proper coordination with the three tiers of the government. Similarly, Minister for Internal Affairs and Law from Gandaki Province, Hari Bahadur Chuman, said as the country is implementing a new system, the local levels must be empowered and the laws on concurrent rights must be devised accordingly.
Ministry Joint Secretaries Ramesh Dhakal and Dhan Raj Gyawali made presentation on ‘Law Making on Concurrent Rights: Principles, Practice and Way Forward’. Similarly, Chairman of Nepal Law Commission, Madhav Poudel said the federal government needs to expedite the task of formulating laws on concurrent rights of all three levels of governments.