The National Assembly's Legislation Management Committee has unanimously endorsed the bill relating to the management of order of precedence.
Preparations are being made to present the non-government bill on order of precedence at the National Assembly meeting to be held on Tuesday.
Today's meeting of the committee endorsed the bill incorporating the recommendations of its members and experts, informed Committee President Jayanti Rai.
The bill has legally addressed some of the key issues emerged in regard to the order of precedence in the country.
The bill has attempted to determine the protocol of VVIPs and VIPs. It has proposed placing the President at the top of the order of precedence, followed by Vice President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairperson of the National Assembly. These positions should be addressed with the phrase 'Right Honorable' before their names.
Likewise, the federal ministers and parliamentarians, province chief ministers, ministers, speakers, deputy speaker of the HoR and National Assembly vice-chair, Supreme Court Justices, chiefs and members of constitutional bodies, attorney general, former VVIPs and Constituent Assembly chair, vice-chair and members shall be addressed with 'Honorable' before their names.
The bill has proposed using the phrase 'Excellency' before the names of foreign heads of the state, Nepali Ambassadors, foreign ambassadors in Nepal, Secretary-Generals of the United Nations and SAARC, office-bearers of inter-governmental regional organizations and Nepal-based foreign consul general.
