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2 PARLIAMENT of BHUTAN 5 SESSION Resolution No. 5 2ND PARLIAMENT OF BHUTAN 5TH SESSION Resolution No. 5 PROCEEDINGS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF BHUTAN ( MAY 8 – JUNE 17, 2015 ) Speaker: Jigme Zangpo Table of contents 1. OPENING CEREMONY ........................................................ 1 2. OPENING ADDRESS BY THE SPEAKER .......................... 1 3. ROYAL KASHO GRANTING ASSENT FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT REPORT TO THE JOINT SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ....................................................................... 4 3.1 REPORT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT .......................... 4 4. QUESTION HOUR - GROUP A: PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER FOR HOME & CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND MINISTER FOR INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS .......................................................... 13 5. MOTION ............................................................................... 15 5.1 MOTION TO ESTABLISH FINANCE COMMITTEE ........................ 15 5.2 MOTION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE 60 TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES OF HIS MAJESTY THE FOURTH DRUK GYALPO AND HIS HOLINESS THE JE KHENPO .......................... 18 6. MOTIONS FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS .......... 20 6.1 CONSTRUCTION OF CHAMKHARCHU HYDRO POWER PROJECT IN THE FIRST PHASE ..................................................................... 20 6.2 TIMBER FOR LHAKHANG RENOVATION AND TIMBER ENTITLEMENT IN RURAL AREAS ............................................... 22 6.3 TIMBER ENTITLEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTING WINTER AND SUMMER RESIDENCES BY EACH HOUSEHOLD ........................... 24 6.4 INCREMENT OF WAGES FOR CARPENTERS AND MASONS ........... 26 6.5. NATIONAL DRESS ................................................................... 28 6.6. NATIONAL LANGUAGE DZONGKHA ......................................... 30 6.7. PLEDGES OF PEOPLE ’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY ........................... 35 6.8. SCHOOLS MUST BE PROVIDED WITH ENOUGH DZONGKHAG LANGUAGE TEACHERS ............................................................. 37 - I - 7. QUESTION HOUR: GROUP B- QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ............................................. 39 8. QUESTION HOUR: GROUP C- QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR & HUMAN RESOURCES .................................. 41 9. ANNUAL BUDGET REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2015-16 .................................................................................. 42 9.2. SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2014-15 ...................................................... 64 9.3 BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2015-16 .................................................................................. 65 10. HUMAN RIGHT COMMITTEE’S IMPLEMENTATION REPORT ................................................................................ 66 11. IMPLEMENTATION REPORT OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND YOUTH COMMITTEE ............................................... 73 12. QUESTION HOUR GROUP D:(MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT, MINISTRY OF HEALTH) .............................................................................. 76 13. EXPRESSION OF CONGRATULATORY NOTES TO THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL .......................................... 77 14. MOTION BY THE OPPOSITION PARTY ......................... 78 14.1. MOTION RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT ....................................... 78 14.2. MOTION RELATED TO SITUATION OF ECONOMIC SITUATION ..... 81 14.3 MOTION RELATED TO EDUCATION .......................................... 83 15. BHUTAN ENTERS IN TO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS BY PLANTING 49, 672 SAPLINGS AT KUENSELPHODRANG ................................................ 84 16. SIGNING DAY OF THE BHUTAN CHILDREN’S CONSTITUTION .................................................................. 86 17. FIRST KASHO GRANTED FOR THE DECLARATION OF THROMDES ......................................................................... 86 - II - 17.1 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DECLARATION OF DZONGKHAG THROMDES AND YENLAG THROMDES ..................................... 87 17.2 CONTINUATION OF DELIBERATION ON DZONGKHAG THROMDES AND YENLAG THROMDES ....................................................... 91 17.3 THE SECOND ROYAL KASHO FOR CONTINUED DELIBERATION ON DECLARATION OF DZONGKHAG THROMDES AND YENLAG THROMDES OF 16 DZONGKHAGS ............................................. 95 18. QUESTION HOUR GROUP A (QUESTIONS RELATED TO PRIME MINISTER, MINISTRY OF HOME AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS) ................ 105 19. QUESTION HOUR GROUP B (CANCELLED) ............... 107 20. ANNUAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION REPORT, 2014 ..................................................................................... 108 21. QUESTION HOUR (GROUP C) MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MINISTRY OF LABOUR, MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ............................................................................. 116 22. IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE ECONOMIC & PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ..................................................................... 118 23. RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE BUDGET REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2015-16 AND SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2014-15 ................................................................................ 121 24. RECTIFICATION AND ENDORSEMENT OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTION .................................................................... 123 25. ROYAL KASHO ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT ................ 123 25.1 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT ........................ 124 26. CONCLUDING CEREMONY ........................................... 143 26.1 MOTION OF THANKS ............................................................. 143 26.2. SPEAKERS SPEECH ................................................................. 145 - III - Table of contents of Resolution on Acts and Conventions 1. ROYAL KASHO ON DISPUTED BILLS ......................... 150 1.1 NARCOTIC DRUGS , PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE BILL OF BHUTAN 2015 .......................... 150 1.2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS ENTITLEMENT BILL OF BHUTAN 2014 ..................................................................... 151 1.3 BIO -SAFETY BILL OF BHUTAN 2014 ...................................... 151 1.4 OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL OF BHUTAN 2014 ...... 152 1.5 TENANCY BILL OF BHUTAN 2015 ......................................... 152 2. FIRST READING OF ENTERPRISE ................................ 153 REGISTRATION BILL OF BHUTAN 2015 ..................... 153 2.1 SECOND READING OF ENTERPRISE REGISTRATION BILL OF BHUTAN 2015 .................................................... 153 2.2 ADOPTION OF ENTERPRISE REGISTRATION BILL OF BHUTAN 2014 .................................................................... 155 3. ADOPTION OF JABMI AMENDMENT BILL OF BHUTAN 2014 ................................................................... 156 4. THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE 2015 ...................................... 157 5. RATIFICATION OF CONVENTIONS .............................. 157 5.1 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION.................................................................... 157 5.2 EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK (EIB) FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT .................................................................... 158 5.3 SAARC FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR ENERGY COOPERATION (ELECTRICITY) .................................... 160 5.4 ADMISSION AS MEMBER TO AFPPD (ASIAN FORUM FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) .............................................................. 161 6. ADOPTION OF COMPANIES BILL OF BHUTAN 2015 ..................................................................................... 162 - IV - 7. REDELIBERATION AND ADOPTION OF ENTITLEMENT AND SERVICE CONDITIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL FOR THE HOLDERS, MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES OF BHUTAN 2015 ............................................ 162 ANNEXURE I ................................................................................. 164 LIST OF DOCUMENTS DISTRIBUTED FOR THE 5TH SESSION OF THE 2ND PARLIAMENT . .................................................................. 164 ANNEXURE II ................................................................................ 165 LIST OF MEMBERS PRESENT DURING THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE SECOND PARLIAMENT ................... 165 ANNEXURE III ............................................................................... 168 ADDRESS BY THE SPEAKER AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 5TH SESSION OF THE SECOND PARLIAMENT OF BHUTAN ........ 168 ANNEXURE IV .............................................................................. 175 ADDRESS BY TSHOGPON JIGME ZANGPO AT THE CONCLUDING CEREMONY OF THE 5TH SESSION OF THE 2ND PARLIAMENT (17 TH JUNE , 2015) .......................................................................... 175 - V - - 1 - PROCEEDINGS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE 5 TH SESSION OF THE SECOND PARLIAMENT 1. OPENING CEREMONY The Opening Ceremony of the 5 th Session of the Second Parliament commenced on the auspicious 19 th Day of the 3rd Month of the Wood Female Sheep Year corresponding to May 8, 2015. His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo was received with elaborate Chipdrel and Serdrang ceremony to the Parliament Hall, followed by the traditional Zhugdrel Phuntsum Tshogpai ceremony. 2. OPENING ADDRESS BY THE
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