Kathmandu, 28 December : The civil society representatives have urged the government and parliaments to immediately address citizens' participation in law making process. Law made by ignoring public acceptance and participation will be protested, they warned.
 The civil society representatives strongly urged the political leadership not to limit people's participation only in words but in law, politics, constitution and practice equally. They have requested the parliament and lawmakers to hold adequate debate and discussion on law-making so that it would not be questioned in the constitutional bench, they further added. They have expressed much concern why 15 bills were passed in a single day without ensuring citizen's participation. It has weakened the rule of law, the civil society blamed, adding that it created such situation that even the lawmakers were not aware of the bills- why they were made. Addressing a function organized in Lalitpur today, the members of civil society urged for the concerning quarters to follow the participatory process in law making.
People's News Monitoring Service