Koirala tables “bold” proposal to make sweeping changes in the country’s constitution (3:15 p.m.,18 MAY. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has tabled a “historic” proposal before the House of Representatives on Thursday depriving His Majesty the King of all the privileges enjoyed by him and declare the reinstated House as “supreme.” former Minister Pandey (File Photo) According to the proposal, the provision of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Nepalese Army being held by HM the King has been scrapped. The provision has deprived the King of his control over 90,000 soldiers of the country. The next is dissolution of the Raj Parishad Standing Committee. The job of the royal advisory body, which became controversial following the February 1 royal takeover, will now be taken care of by the House of Representatives itself. The declaration has also deprived the King from his discretionary powers that were stipulated in the constitution of the kingdom of Nepal, 1990. Now onwards, the monarch will not have any authority to enact the law concerning royal succession, which will be done by the parliament. Another major change made by the proclamation is changing the name of the Royal Nepalese Army into Nepal National Army, and replacing “His Majesty’s Government” with the “ Government of Nepal”. The monarch will no longer convene a session of the parliament as stipulated in the constitution. According to new proposal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall convene the session on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. A special session of the House can be called on the request from 25 per cent of the lawmakers. The cabinet will decide about the appointment of the army chief, mobilisation of the army will be done as per the decision of the council of ministers. However, that will have to be approved by the stipulated parliamentary committee. The proclamation has also made the income and assets of the King taxable. The House proclamation is so powerful that it has declared all the provisions of the Constitution and laws that contradict this proclamation “ as nullified". nepalnews.com pb May 18 06