Ballot papers transported to seven provinces; EC directs govt for security arrangement in NA election
Kathmandu / Jan 19: The Election Commission has transported all the ballot papers of the National Assembly election to the offices of the election officers.
The Assistant Spokesperson at the EC Sridhar Panthi informed that the ballot papers have been transported to the Election Officer’s Offices of all seven provinces.
The National Assembly election is scheduled to be held on Jan 25.
EC directs govt for security arrangement in NA election
The Election Commission has directed the government and the Home Ministry to make arrangements for the movement of candidates and voters only after coordinating with the respective District Administration Office while participating in election-related programmes for the National Assembly election scheduled for January 25.
The government has been asked to make necessary security arrangements on the route leading to polling stations and residential areas of Province Assembly members, chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of rural municipalities and mayors, and deputy-mayors as they are the voters and they live in different places in the province.
Twenty seats at the NA are going to be vacant from March 3. Of 20 seats, the election is scheduled for 19 seats on January 25. The EC issued such directives on the basis of the recommendation of the High-Level Election Security Committee formed under Election Security (Management) Directive-2078 in view of possible security challenges, said Assistant Spokesperson at the EC, Shreedhar Panthi.
Office of the Election Officers has already been established at the Province Election Office in Morang, Dhanusha, Makawanpur, Dang, Surkhet and Kailali and the election code of conduct has been enforced since January 16.
The EC, through THE Government of Nepal, and the Home Ministry, directed the security bodies to ensure effective and reliable election security arrangements making the District Election Security Committee active and providing details after carrying out necessary supervision in the course of implementation of the election code of conduct. RSS