Periodic election is the key feature of a democracy. The nation is going to elect new representatives in the local levels on Friday. This is the second such election after the nation became a federal republic. A total of 17,733,723 voters are participating in this democratic exercise. They will elect 35,221 representatives for six metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities from among 145,011 candidates on the day.
KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) is making preparations to increase the number of polling stations and centers. According to the Commission, 3,928 more polling centers will be added this time. In the local level elections held in 2074, there had been 18,572 polling centers and 10,640 polling stations. This time, the EC is making preparations […]
KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Standing committee member of the main opposition CPN -UML Agni Kharel said that the five-year term of local government can not be delayed by a single day as it is determined by the constitution.
In a press meet organized at Birtamod of Jhapa on Tuesday, Kharel said that the UML would not tolerate any attempts to delay the local level elections by ‘violating the constitution'.
Also the former Law Minister, Kharel said further, “The election that should be held in May cannot be deferred for December. This is the local government, not the local body. The constitution has clearly mentioned a five-year term of the local government.”
He accused the government of making preparations not to hold local-level elections and intending to push the country toward the situation of uncertainty in the absence of people’s representatives.
Kharel expressed the view that the five-year term of local-level could not be extended by a single day and it would not be possible to keep the local-level without people’s representatives even a single day.
He blamed that ‘early election’ or three-tier election at the same time means a plan not to hold an election.
