Kathmandu, March 23 -- Ever since its establishment four years ago, the Rastriya Swatantra Party has incorporated a provision in its statute that allows the recall of members of parliament if they fail to deliver. Now that it has emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives with almost a two-thirds majority, it is moving ahead with plans to implement this provision.

While addressing the closing ceremony of a training for the party's newly elected lawmakers last week, party president Rabi Lamichhane said the party was prepared to exercise the right to recall.

The statute allows for the recall of lawmakers elected both through first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) systems. For directly elected rep...