The House meeting will be conducted after doing PCR test of all lawmakers and keeping two chairs empty between the lawmakers. Use of mask has also been made mandatory for lawmakers during the budget session that will start at four on Friday.
"We will keep two chairs empty between the lawmakers and make mask mandatory for lawmakers," Secretary of the House of Representatives (HoR) Gopal Nath Yogi told Setopati. "We will make arrangements of washing hands with soap before entering the parliament."
He added that sanitizer will also be kept on the table of lawmakers.
The government's policies and programs will be presented in the House session and then the budget. Joint meeting of the HoR and the National Assembly are conducted during that period. "Almost 900 chairs would be necessary to accommodate 300 lawmakers during the period. We are thinking about not issuing pass to others this time," Yogi revealed.
The parliament building in New Baneshwore has 1,500 chairs. "We will need around 900 chairs for the lawmakers. We will conduct meeting maintaining social distance," Yogi revealed.
The Parliament Secretariat has already urged the Health Ministry for PCR test of lawmakers, staffers and security persons. Lawmakers had met Speaker Agni Sapkota demanding PCR tests.
The Constitution requires budget to be presented on Jestha 15 (May end). Pre-budget discussions and discussions on the government's policies and programs are held before that.
The government's policies and programs were presented before pre-budget discussions last year. The government is preparing to hold pre-budget discussions before presenting the policies and programs this year.
