EC plan gets PM's backing

KATHMANDU, June 26: A group of Election Commission officials met with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday to inform the PM about the commission´s initiative to introduce a new voters´ list accompanying photographs of the voters. The new initiative is a part of the commission´s Strategic Planning 2008 introduced with a view to bringing improvement in election management system.



The prime minister, in turn, assured the officials of giving priority to the EC´s plan and including it in the government´s program and policies for the coming fiscal, according to a press release issued by EC. The release added that the prime minister also assured the EC officials of necessary funding support for the plan from the government´s side.



Also present in the meeting were Finance Minister Surendra Prasad Pandey and Chairman of National Planning Commission Dr Yubraj Khatiwada.

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