Election Commissioners go on monitoring mission in Province-2;  Election code of conduct to be implemented firmly, EC says

Kathmandu / Sept 2: Election Commissioners have left for the various districts of the Province-2 for monitoring all aspects of the election including the overall status of preparation, logistics management, abidance of the election code of conduct and the security arrangements among others.

Election is being held for the 136 local levels in eight districts of the province on September 18.

Accordingly, commissioner Ila Sharma has left for the high-level monitoring in Dhanusha and Mahottari districts, commissioner Narendra Dahal in Rautahat and Sarlahi districts, commissioner Ishwari Prasad Dahal in Parsa and Bara districts, and commissioner Sudhir Kumar Shah in Saptari and Siraha districts.

Election Commission joint-secretary and spokesperson, Nawaraj Dhakal said that the election commissioners, in course of their monitoring visit, would hold discussion and interactions with the chiefs of the government offices, representatives of the political parties, media persons and representatives of civil society, among others, based in the districts.

They would also give instructions to the bodies concerned regarding making the necessary arrangements for the election after studying the condition of the roads, culverts and bridges damaged by the recent flooding and also the situation of the polling booths and centres, Dhakal said.

Election code of conduct to be implemented firmly, EC says

Meanwhile, the election Commission is to be strict on the implementation of the election code of conducts in the upcoming federal and provincial elections.

The EC decided to be strict as code of conduct violation issues were largely reported during the first and second phase local polls.

Earlier, Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has announced to implement stern policies to enforce the election code of conduct.

Election Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Shah today also said that most of the cases of violation of election code of conduct are from the government side.

He further added that government had transferred the EC secretary without pre-information to the Commission which shows that the government itself was main violators of election code of conduct.

Commissioner Shah added that the EC has provided some responsibly to the chief district officers to take action in the code of conduct violation cases in district levels.

Similarly, the observer’s team will further assess on the election management, code of conduct implementation and other issues, he argued.

It is noted that two secretaries and 16 joint secretaries have been mobilized for monitoring in 136 local levels of eight districts in Province No. 2. RSS