The Parliament on Friday endorsed the government's Policy and Program for the fiscal year 2016/2017 by a majority. President Bidya Bhandari on May 8 had presented the Policy and Program in parliament. Nepali Congress, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party and Khambuwan National Party had earlier registered proposals to amend the Policy and Program but they were rejected by a parliamentary majority. Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had responded to the queries and concerns raised by the lawmakers regarding the Policy and Program. Addressing the Parliament, PM Oli reiterated that there are no constitutional difficulties for holding the long overdue local elections. "Holding local elections is the current need. As the task of restructuring the local bodies will take some time, we should not delay to fill the vacuum created by the absence of people's representatives," said PM. "As the transitional provisions of the constitution have clearly mentioned about the local elections, there is no constitutional question on holding the election," he added.