Nepal, April 29 -- On April 22, President Ramchandra Paudel, on the government's recommendation, summoned a joint session of both Houses of the federal Parliament for April 30. A day later, the decision was indefinitely suspended. Although the government maintained that the session was deferred by only a few days, citing incomplete preparations at the Parliament Secretariat, the real intent became clearer on Monday. The session was called off before it could even begin in order to issue ordinances.

The government led by Balendra Shah has recommended that the President issue ordinances amending the Acts Related to the Constitutional Council and addressing the refund of savings deposited by members of troubled cooperatives. The Office of t...