INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 2The Election Commission has actually recommended to the federal government that it repair February 8 as the date for
holding by-election to the uninhabited post of a member of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament.
EC officials,
consisting of the Chief Election Commissioner, offered this advice to the federal government today in a conference with Prime Minister
Pushpa Kamal Dahal.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi
Lamichhane and Government Chief Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi were also present at the meeting.Discussions were held on the by-election to
fill vacant posts of member of National Assembly, president and vice-president and an integrated election law, among other modern topics.CEC
Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya shared that the by-election to fill an uninhabited post of member of National Assembly had to be carried out as the
resignation tendered from his post by Khimlal Bhattarai (other cluster) who was chosen to the upper home from Lumbini Province was accepted
on 9 October 2022 and the post had actually fallen vacant
He even more stated, The election to fill out vacant president berth has to be held before March 12 as the term of the incumbent president
will be ended on that date and the election to fill in uninhabited vice-president berth has to be concluded within 15 days of the date of
the governmental election
EC spokesperson Shaligram Poudyal stated the meeting was also notified that the EC was preparing to present, through the government, the
draft of the Integrated Election Laws that it had actually prepared in the first session of the Federal Parliament.On the event, Prime
Minister Dahal thanked the Election Commission for performing the local level election on May 13 and the election to member of House of
Representatives and National Assembly on 20 November 2022 in a totally free, fair and courageous environment.He made it clear that the
federal government was ready to provide required support, coordination and assistance for election to the post of president and the
vice-president as proposed by the EC and to forward the Integrated Election Laws.In this connection, DPM and Finance Minister Poudel said
the Ministry of Finance was preparing to mobilise financial support required for the upcoming elections.DPM and Home Minister Lamichhane
ensured cooperation on behalf of his ministry as the ECs liaison Ministry.A version of this short article appears in the print on January 3,
2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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