Kathmandu, June 8 -- Four weeks after the government tabled eight ordinances in the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, it has yet to initiate the process required for their approval, raising uncertainty about their future.

Although ordinances must be endorsed by Parliament and replaced by bills to become permanent laws, the government is now discussing the possibility of introducing separate bills instead.

The ordinances, issued by President Ramchandra Paudel on the recommendation of the Cabinet by May 5, were tabled in Parliament on May 11. The next step would normally be for the government to present proposals seeking parliamentary approval of the ordinances. However, no such process has begun.

"After the ordinances ...