Candidacy Registration Opens Today for Speaker Position

Candidacy registration for the Speaker position opens today, as the election is scheduled for Chaitra 22. According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, the registration period for Speaker candidates is set from 11 AM to 2 PM today, Friday. Following this, the list of candidates will be announced at 2:30 PM. During the House of Representatives meeting scheduled for Chaitra 22, proposals for the Speaker position will be presented and supported by their respective backers. The notice for the candidacy will be issued after collective discussions conclude, as per the defined agenda.

The Rastriya Samajbadi Party (RSP) has nominated the party’s Deputy Chairperson Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal for the Speaker post. The RSP held a meeting on Thursday where Aryal was approved to advance his candidacy for Speaker. His election appears certain, given that the RSP holds a major party status with 182 seats in the House of Representatives. Currently, in the absence of a Speaker, senior member Arjun Narasingh KC has been presiding over the House sessions.

Following the Speaker election, the Vice Chairperson election for the National Assembly is scheduled for Chaitra 23. The candidacy registration for this position will be held on Chaitra 22. The Vice Chairperson position in the National Assembly is presently vacant, as the tenure of former vice-chairperson Bimala Ghimire ended on Falgun 20.