According to Karna, the leaders believed that it would be too small a position for the Vice President if he or she were asked to preside over the upper house. Vice President of Nepal: Website: Office of the President of Nepal: The president is indirectly elected by an electoral college comprising the Federal Parliament of Nepal and the provincial assemblies of each of Nepal's seven provinces, who themselves are all directly elected. The central secretariat SINGH DURMAR. Oli’s move of dissolving the House has raised some serious questions and dragged all the branches of a democratic government—the judiciary, the executive and the legislature—as well as the Office of the President into a highly-charged debate. Office of the Vice President, Nepal. Parmananda Jha of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum was elected with the support of the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Address. Pradhan joined the Post in 2016 after working at The Himalayan Times for more than a decade. Besides her official meetings, Roth will share experiences with the Nepalese civil society in tackling several challenges in the fields of human rights, climate change and renewable energy among others. “I had once even said publicly that the Office of the Vice President should be scrapped.”. He served as the chief commander of the People's Liberation Army in Nepal. “Even when the President goes abroad, the government authorities do not trust the Vice President.”. Politics/राजनीति The whole social media is flooded by the reports of Kamala Harris being the first south Asian women vice president elect. Its Clause 2 says the Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President until a new President is elected in the case when the President ceases to hold office due to reasons other than when the President is absent or the term of office has expired. He is obviously not satisfied with having no role to play as such but that’s how the constitution has defined his role,” said Manoj Gharti Magar, press coordinator for Vice President Pun. “I had repeatedly talked about my role when I was the Vice President so as to convince leaders that they should provision some role for the Vice President in the constitution,” Jha told the Post over the phone. May 28: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, who is currently on a visit to Austria, held a bilateral meeting with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna on Monday. In a message of best wishes on the occasion today, Vice-President Pun asserted that the country was moving ahead in the path of sustainable peace, development and economic prosperity carrying a campaign ‘Prosperous Nepal: … After Jha, Pun was elected the Vice President in October 2015. Since the constitution does not provide any substantial role for the Office of the Vice President, it has by and large become an idle institution, experts say. “Yes, we have heard about some discussion about expanding the Vice President’s role.”. A blast went off just outside the home of Nepal's vice president in a Kathmandu suburb on Friday, injuring one person, police said. Gautam has claimed that the Nepali people will never forgive any leader who joins the party split and leads the split. [3] He proved himself as a good artist by drawing a map of Nepal with an image of moon above on a canvas while inaugurating an art exhibition at the Nepal Art Council in Babarmahal today. “But our suggestions were ignored.”. But the Indian constitution has defined a role for the Vice President. He or she shall perform his or her functions in accordance with this Constitution and theFederal law. Nepal no longer has kings as it became a republic in 2008 May, abolishing the monarchy. When discussions to formulate the Higher Education Bill were taking place at the Education Ministry, there were suggestions for making the Vice President the chancellor of some selected universities, changing the existing provision of prime minister being the chancellor. “I think they [the President and the prime minister] don’t want the Vice President to work.”. “It doesn’t look good that the second highest ranking person has no job and the state has to spend resources on that person,” said Jha. The first election was the 2008 Nepalese presidential election. KATHMANDU, Nov 29: Chandra Dhakal has been elected as Senior Vice President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI). “As a matter of fact, the Vice President in Nepal barely has any role in the current constitutional set-up,” said Chandra Kanta Gyawali, who specialises in constitutional law. President: (1) There shall be a President of Nepal. However, if one were not forthcoming, they could be elected by a simple majority. The parties failed to agree on candidates for president or vice president, so an election took place. “The only job of our Vice President has been to attend functions organised by some foreign missions during their respective national days.”. House dissolution unconstitutional, former chief justices say, Government mute as Kathmandu air deteriorates to ‘hazardous’ levels, Has Oli killed two birds with one stone—or two interviews for that matter, China’s foreign aid agency is all set to make foray into Nepal’s northern region, Nepal, India likely to ink Covid vaccine pact during Gyawali’s visit to New Delhi, Money should be no issue for government to procure Covid-19 vaccines, experts say, Wildfire burns 700 hectares of forest cover in Manang, Constitutional Bench still unsure which bench will hear House dissolution case, Oli claims his faction’s Central Committee is the legitimate one. 16 likes. Articles 64 and 89 (1) of the Constitution of India states that the Vice President of India shall be ex officio chairman of the Council of States or Rajya Sabha. Former Vice President Jha shared his experience in the office, saying his job was just to look at Sheetal Niwas. All together 16 booths from 13 Nepali enterprises are participating in the Fair. President and Vice-President. The King became a private citizen. Who is the vice president of Nepal? Tika R Pradhan is a senior political correspondent for the Post, covering politics, parliament, judiciary and social affairs. The Vice President is to be formally addressed as 'His Excellency'. The Vice president going to take the army salute escorted by the Nepal Premier Bista. “The task force had suggested that the Vice President should be made the chairperson of the upper house, but leaders ignored the suggestion,” said Devkota, a senior advocate and one of the members of the committee. In India, the Vice President has a dual role to perform—as the second head of the executive and as the presiding officer of the upper house of Parliament. Chandra Dhakal win the elections of Senior Vice President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FNCCI). “We need to start a debate whether we need such an office and if it is needed, the current provisions must be changed so as to provide some role for the office holder.”. And many wonder why this office was instituted and what exactly it does. Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun speaking at the 13th National Convention of Nepal Chemists and Druggists Association, in Pokhara, on Friday, April 19, 2019. Even the country’s first Vice President Paramananda Jha had raised his concerns from the public forums about not having any role. Karna, who was a member of a task force to provide suggestions to the constitution drafting committee, said leaders refused to have a provision of making the Vice President the chair of the upper house. The only constitution, among the important democracies of the world, which provisions such an office is that of the United States of America. In the associate category, Dhakal received 522 votes against Pradhan’s 375 and […] As of now, Anjan Shrestha, Dinesh Shrestha and Saurabh Jyoti will contest for the post of vice president (commodity), vice president (district/municipality) and vice president (associate) respectively from the Pradhan led panel while Gun Nidhi Tiwari, Umesh Lal Shrestha and Ram Chandra Sanghai will challenge them from the Dhakal-led panel. (3) The President shall promote the national unity of Nepal. “I don’t know how the new Vice President feels about it.”. Vice President Pun along with the senior officials of Gansu Provincial People’s Government and Nepali delegates visited Nepali stalls in the exhibition center. Devkota, who is also the central member of the Nepal Communist Party, said if the Office of the Vice President is to be kept, the constitution must provide proper responsibilities for the Vice President. 61. KATHMANDU: UCPN-Maoist Standing Committee member Nanda Bahadur Pun has been elected as the Vice-President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. US Vice-President Mike Pence will attend the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden, multiple media reports said Saturday. Then again in 2018, he was re-elected to the post along with Bidya Devi Bhandari as the President—both representing the then Maoist Centre and then CPN-UML. Chandra Prakash Dhakal, chair of the IME Group, has been elected the senior vice president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI). Jha was elected to the second highest office in the country along with the country's first President Ram Baran Yadav in 2008. The Office of the Vice President is considered one of the unique features of the Indian constitution, as there is no exact parallel in the countries of other democratic constitutions of the world. The current vice-president of Nepal is Nanda Kishor Pun. The vice president is to be formally addressed as 'His Excellency'. Then again in 2018, he was re-elected to the post along with Bidya Devi Bhandari as the President—both representing the then Maoist Centre and then CPN-UML. After Jha, Pun was elected the Vice President in October 2015. [3] On 28 May 2008 the Assembly had voted to abolish the monarchy.[4]. The current vice-president of Nepal is Nanda Kishor Pun. The Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution established that the president, vice-president, prime minister and Constituent Assembly chairman and vice-chairman would all be elected on the basis of a "political understanding". “Even a bill endorsed by the federal parliament some three years ago when the President was on a foreign visit was delayed until she returned,” said an official who did not wish to be named. President Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal urged him to comply with the court order. Though the constitution says the Vice President performs the duties of the President in the latter’s absence, no such opportunity has ever come for the Office of the Vice President in the last 12 years. Dhakal has been serving as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Indonesia in Nepal since 2010. President Donald Trump and Vice President Pence entered office on January 20, 2017. The Vice President of India is the second highest constitutional office in the Government of India after the President.In accordance with Article 65 of the Constitution of India, the vice president discharges the functions of the president when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death, impeachment or the inability of the president to discharge their functions. “Lawmakers and legal experts had suggested that the drafters of the constitution should envision some role for the Vice President—chairperson of the National Assembly,” Gaywali told the Post. January 9, Kathmandau - Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Bamdev Gautam has appealed to both the parties to unite. Nepal’s parliamentary system is analogous to that of India and the United Kingdom, but the latter is a monarchy. But Nepal’s Vice President so far has not got a single opportunity to perform any duty. Over the past few weeks, the country has been endlessly debating KP Sharma Oli’s decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s promptitude to approve it and whether the move is constitutional, whether the Speaker can revive the house, whether the House will be restored by the Supreme Court, and whether the declared elections will take place if the Supreme Court endorses the government's move. But there is one office, which is also envisioned by the constitution, that has failed to draw anyone’s attention. (2) The President shall be the head of state of Nepal. The parties failed to agree on candidates for President or Vice President so an election took place. During the meeting, the vice president appreciated Austrian support for the preservation of heritage in Nepal, according to a press release issued by Nepal’s Embassy in Vienna. “The Vice President’s main role is to protect the constitution. The Vice President and Prime Minster Bista embrace each other after hand-shake Five Virgin girls in Tibatan colourful dress garlands the vice-President. Likewise, Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun has wished good health, peace and progress to all the Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad on the same occasion. KATHMANDU: With the appointment of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN-UML) leader, K.P. Dhakal defeated his nearest rival Kishor Pradhan during the election held on Saturday to elect a new Senior Vice President of … The position of Vice President of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालका उपराष्ट्रपतिहरू, Nēpālakā uparāṣṭrapatiharū) constitutes the deputy head of state of Nepal and was created when the Nepalese monarchy was abolished in May 2008. The last time Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun got a mention in the media was on Tuesday when he extended greetings on the occasion of Tamu Lhosar, days after he extended similar greetings on Christmas Day. Article 67 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 says: There shall be a Vice-president of Nepal.”. Vice President Roth will pay courtesy visits to President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar during her stay in Nepal. Kathmandu. “The Vice President’s main role is to protect the constitution. Some say the Office of the Vice President in Nepal literally has no job to do but the state continues to spend money from its coffers on the institution. With the appointment of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) leader, K.P. During the tenure of the first Constituent Assembly (from 2008 to 2012), a task force was formed under the constitution drafting committee led by top leaders including Agni Kharel, Radheshyam Adhikary, Sapana Malla, Laxman Lal Karna and Khimlal Devkota. Vice President Mike Pence remains grateful for the grace of God, the love and support of his family, and the blessings of liberty that are every American’s birthright. Elections for the president of Nepal will take place on March 13, with elections for vice president expected shortly after the announcement of presidential results. Experts and political party leaders say it is not clear why exactly the drafters of the constitution decided to create the Vice President position when the country transitioned into a federal republic in 2008. Nanda Bahadur Pun (Nepali: नन्दबहादुर पुन; born 23 October 1966), is a Nepalese politician and also known as Nanda Kishor Pun, is the second and the current Vice-President of Nepal, in office since 2015. The vice president can only be elected after a winner is declared in the presidential election due to the constitutional requirement that the president and vice president represent different sexes or ethnic But the United States has a presidential system of government and not a parliamentary one. “I believe the person who holds that office must be feeling humiliated,” said Karna. Before the opening of the Nepal Pavilion, Nepal promotional video was screened in front of pavilion. It is now being implied that the vice-president has become the latest longtime loyalist to abandon an increasingly isolated President Donald Trump. According to sources at the Office of the Vice President, the President has travelled about half a dozen times since October 2015, but not even once has the Vice President got any responsibility. 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