Kathmandu, April 29 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party, which commands a near two-thirds majority, is attempting to govern by ordinance, suspending the parliamentary session.

A Cabinet meeting of the Balendra Shah government decided to issue ordinances to amend laws related to the Constitutional Council and the refund of savings deposited by members of troubled cooperatives, and sent them to the Office of the President. Kiran Pokharel, press adviser to President Ramchandra Paudel, told Kantipur that the ordinances are under review.

Based on the government's recommendation, the President had earlier summoned the session of both houses of the federal parliament for April 30. It was postponed indefinitely two days later, again on the Shah adm...