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To: Moonray who wrote (14449)	4/2/1998 11:05:00 PM
From: jhild	Respond to of 22053

Lawmakers jettison jeans for national dress Thursday April 2 4:48 PM EST KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Bathroom slippers, jeans and funky glasses are no longer allowed in Nepal's parliament. Under new regulations, signed into law by King Birendra, members of the house now have to wear the traditional skin-tight slack, knee-length shirt, matching western jacket and cap during parliament sittings, officials said Thursday. Ishwari Prasad Upadhyay, parliament secretary general, told Reuters the amendment to house rules require a uniform code of national dress. In the past, only government ministers have voluntarily worn traditional Nepali dress, while deputies turned up in a range of informal wear. "Some (came) with sandals or bathroom slippers and one went even to the extent of coming barefoot...and some even dared to step in clad in jeans and funky glasses," the Kathmandu Post daily said. But the new rules prescribed no punishment for violating the dress code, Upadhyay said. "Deputies not wearing the national dress will be reminded of the rules by the speaker of the house," he said. "MPs should themselves think about the rules or else the public would judge their behavior." dailynews.yahoo.com