National Assembly (Nepal)
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The National Assembly (Nepali: Rastriya Sabha) is the upper house of Nepal, which along with the House of Representatives—the lower house—composes the federal parliament of Nepal.
The composition of the Assembly are established by Article 86 of the Consitution of Nepal. It comprises a total of 59 members with each of the seven states alloted eight members each. They are chosen by an electoral college composed of members of each State Assembly, Mayors and Deputy-Mayors of the Municipalities and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the Village Bodies with votes having different weights.[1] The remaining 3 are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.
Members serve staggered six year terms such that the term of one-third members expires every two years.
History
The National Assembly under the 1990 Constitution was dissolved On January 15, 2007 and replaced by a unicameral interim legislature. Following two constituent assembly elections which also served as a unitary legislature parliament, the Constitution of Nepal provisioned for a National Assembly as an upper house.[2]
Membership
The qualification for being a member of federal parliament is laid out in Article 87 : (1) must be citizen of Nepal, (2) must have completed the age of thirty five years, (3) should not have been convicted of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude, (4) must not be disqualified by any Federal law, and (5) must not be holding any office of profit.
References
- ↑ Article 86 (2) Constitution of Nepal
- ↑ Jivanta Schottli, Subrata K. Mitra, Siegried Wolf (2015). A Political and Economic Dictionary of South Asia. Routledge. p. 258. ISBN 9781135355760.