Kathmandu, April 23 -- The House of Representatives Regulations Drafting Committee, which submitted its report to Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal on Monday, appears to have been framed with the intention of safeguarding the parliamentary position of Rastriya Swatantra Party chair Rabi Lamichhane.

Rule 259 of the draft regulations, unanimously prepared by a committee led by RSP lawmaker Ganesh Parajuli, states: "Notwithstanding anything written in prevailing laws, these rules shall, in matters concerning the House, its committees, and its members, function as federal law and carry the force of a special law."

In the previous House, Lamichhane was suspended by then-Speaker Devraj Ghimire after he was charged in connection with a cooperative frau...