Nepal, March 4 -- The National Assembly is the country's 'permanent parliament'. A new batch replaces a third of its 59 members every two years. The assembly remains functional even when there is no lower house, the House of Representatives, for instance, when it is dissolved before its scheduled time or at the expiry of its term. This presence of an upper chamber keeps the country from falling into a legislative vacuum. The upper house is also a chamber of experts, a place where experts in different fields are sent, so that they can use their collective knowledge for the country's development and protection of its interests. It also has a concomitant function: To ensure the presence of communities that are not adequately represented in t...