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Today, the House commenced its Third Reading on the Civil and Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019. 

The Finance Minister presented the Government’s Pay Revision Report 2019 to the House today.  

The Member from Draagteng-Langthil constituency moved the motion for an immediate policy and guidelines for the Right of Way (ROW) of transmission lines as rural people are most affected by it. The Member from Lhamoidzingkha-Tashiding constituency supported the motion.

The Member from Gangzur_Minjey Constituency moved the motion to review subordinate legislation by Parliament before its implementation by the concerned agency. The motion was supported by the Opposition Leader.

The Chairperson of the GGC, the Member from Dramedtse_Ngatshang constituency presented the review report of the ACC report 2018 to the House today. Based on the ACC Report, the review report was submitted on the ACC as an institution, the ACC’s performance, challenges and follow up on resolutions of the National Assembly. The Committee submitted 9 recommendations to the House.

The Member in-charge of the Bill, the Chairperson of Human Rights and Foreign Relations Committee moved the motion to withdraw the Royal Bhutan Police (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 from the agenda for this session.

The Chairperson of the Good Governance Committee, Hon’ble Ugyen Wangdi introduced the Local Government (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 for First and Second Readings.

The Member from Dewathang-Gomdar constituency moved the motion to: (1) Review the RSTA Act and refer to the relevant section of the Act for the amendment so that the authority to increase the load carrying capacity is liberally vested with a relevant and competent authority; and (2) Government to take immediate measures to resolve the current problem faced by truckers since review and amendment of the Act would take time.…....

The Member from Bardo-Trong Constituency moved the motion to: (1) Review and Implement Bhutan National Human-WildLife conflict Management Strategy as a National Flagship Program and (2) Government to provide barbed wire fencing materials on cost sharing model (50:50) on priority basis as a subsidy to all the affected rural households. The motion was supported by the Member from Bartsham-Shongphu Constituency.

Three Bills – the Mines and Minerals Bill of Bhutan 2019 (Government Bill), the Civil and Criminal Procedural Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 and the Penal Code of Bhutan (Amendment) Bill 2019 were tabled today in the House for First and Second Readings.

The Chairperson of the Good Governance Committee (GGC), Hon’ble Ugyen Wangdi presented the Review Report on the Petition to Avail permits for forest related services and submitted 11 Recommendations. After a thorough deliberation, the House endorsed 10 Recommendations out of 11 recommendations by a show of hands. 

The House deliberated on the Action Taken Reports concerning the resolutions on the Chamkhar Chhu Hydropower Project, retention of post of Gaydrungs, the Qualification and Skills Criteria for Gaydrungs and possibility of placing Gaydrungs under Civil Service, and on the opening of entry for tourists from border towns like Samdrup Jongkhar, Gelephu, Samtse, Nganglam and Panbang.

The Finance Minister, Hon’ble Namgay Tshering presented the National Budget (Appropriation Bill 2019-2020) and the report on the budget of the previous Fiscal Year to the National Assembly today.  

The Opening Ceremony of the Second Session of the Third Parliament was held today and was graced by His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen.

Ms. Argentina Matavel Puccin, Country Director, United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) for Bhutan, made a courtesy Call-on to Hon’ble Speaker in the Gyelyong Tshogkhang on 22nd May 2019. Mr. Yeshi Dorji, Asst. Representative of UNFPA in Bhutan accompanied the Country Director.