INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
EC to submit report on presidential election to President on Friday
RPP to stay neutral in presidential election
According to Assistant
Polling Officer Amrita Kumari Sharma, voting will happen from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm tomorrow
There are 875 citizens in the voter list, consisting of 325 federal legislators and 550 members of provincial assemblies
Sharma said the name of Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal lawmaker Shahnaz Rahman, who passed away of cardiovascular disease on February 25, was
also there as her name had actually already been noted in the final citizen list
The EC is preparing to publish the vote count results tomorrow itself
We are trying our finest to ensure that the election results are revealed by 7:00 pm tomorrow, Sharma added
The EC has set up two polling stations at the Lhotse Hall of the Parliament - one for federal lawmakers and another for members of
provincial assemblies.The EC has deployed 14 employees - 7 for each of the 2 booths.Voters will not be enabled to bring cellphones inside
Sharma said image reporters will be enabled to take photos in the morning when voting starts but not after that and EC authorities will then
offer details frequently till the closing of the ballot process.The president will be chosen through an electoral college including federal
Federal and provincial lawmakers have various vote weightage.Paudel is supported by the nine-party judgment alliance whereas Nembang is
Rastriya Swatantra Party that was in the previous seven-party alliance along with the CPN- UML, remains uncertain relating to whether to
vote since today.Although the post of president is a figurehead post, this time the post has actually ended up being vital for political
celebrations as President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has obstructed the citizenship bill and is sitting on an ordinance brought by the Sher
Bahadur Deuba federal government to assist in withdrawal of cases against political prisoners.The judgment CPN-Maoist Centre broke alliance
with the UML over who ought to get the post of president in the power sharing offer
While the CPN-UML continued to claim that it ought to get the presidency, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his party leaders argued
that there ought to be a consensus candidate for president and if that was not possible then a candidate who might work within the confines
of the constitution.CPN-MC leaders pointed out the case of President Bhandari and previous president Ram Baran Yadav to argue that there
must be an agreement candidate for president who could work within the bounds of the constitution.Yadav had actually declined the then PM
Dahals decision to eliminate then army primary Rukmangud Katwal following which Dahal resigned as the PM.Meanwhile Rastriya Prajatantra
Party which has 14 legislators in your house of Representatives and 28 lawmakers in the provincial assemblies has chosen to remain neutral
in the governmental election
The RPP has 2,450 vote weightage in the electoral college.According to RPP Spokesperson Mohan Shrestha the Central Working Committee of the
party unanimously chose to stay neutral in the governmental election
Shrestha said the celebration took a choice to remain neutral in the presidential election mainly for two factors: the party supporters
absolute monarchy and it believes that the 2 prospects that are active in politics can not play a neutral role as envisaged by the
constitution.A variation of this article appears in the print on March 9, 2023, of The Himalayan Times
Ramchandra Paudel of the Nepali
Congress and Subas Chandra Nembang of the CPN- UML are the 2 candidates competing for the presidency.
This short article first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com
