New MPs to take oath on Thursday
Kathmandu: Final preparations for the oath-taking ceremony for newly elected members to the House of Representatives have reached final phase. As per the schedule, the new lawmakers will take oath of office and secrecy at the Baneshwar-based Federal Parliament Building at 1:00 pm on Thursday.
Spokesperson of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Dr Rojnath Pandey, told RSS that the newly elected members of the Lower House have been requested to come with their certificate of election to the post for the swearing-in ceremony.
Senior-most member of the HoR, Pashupati Shumsher Rana, will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the newly elected HoR members. Similarly, a pin representing the logo of parliament would be distributed to lawmakers soon after taking oath of office and secrecy.
The Secretariat has already prepared oath paper in Nepali language for the swearing-in ceremony. Time has been given to those lawmakers who want to take oath of office and secrecy in their mother tongue till 11:00 am Thursday. After oath-taking ceremony, a tea reception has been scheduled in honour of newly elected lawmakers.
