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The Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML have taken exception to the interim order issued by the five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha on Wednesday against the federal and provincial governments for allocating money under the constituency infrastructure development programme, also known as pork-barrel fund.
Constitutional experts, however, disagree with the lawmakers’ criticism.
Interim order questions if lawmakers doing the work of the executive would undermine separation of powers principle.
The constitutional bench has noted that the major responsibility of lawmakers is to perform legislative duties.
In the past, local units implemented projects funded under the so-called constituency development fund.