Prez questions legal provisions on EC commissioners' re-appointment

KATHMANDU, March 22: The Office of the President today issued a letter to the constitutional council (CC) asking whether re-appointment of commissioners of the Election Commission (EC) to the same post is as per the Interim Constitution or not.



The office questioned constitutional provisions on re-appointment of Nil Kantha Uprety as chief commissioner and Ayodhi Prasad Yadav and Dolakh Bahadur Gurung as commissioners. [break]



All three commissioners have already retired from their respective posts few months ago.



The CC meeting on Thursday evening again recommended Uprety as chief commissioners and Yadav, Gurung, Ila Sharma and Dr Rambhakta PB Thakur as commissioners of the EC.

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