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Legal Advice To Procure MRP
BY KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
March 2, 2010: Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Madan Kumar Bhattarai has met with Attorney General Prof Bharat Bahadur Karki at his office seeking legal advice to procure machine-readable passports (MPRs) immediately making it possible to issue such passports starting on April 01, 2010 the deadline the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has set for all its member states to issue MRPs.
The Public Account Committee (PAC) has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow the financial rules and regulations for procuring MRPs; however, Deputy Prime Minister holding the portfolio of foreign affairs has cancelled the bids for procuring MRPs in January 2010 and wants to import MRPs from India without following the financial rules and regulations.
Secretary Bhattarai’s talks with the Attorney General have mainly focused on procuring MRPs immediately not breaking the financial rules and regulations according to the state-run newspaper ‘Gorkhapatra’ of March 2, 2010. However the Attorney General did not disclose the advice he has given saying it is a state secrecy.
