Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed chief election commissioner, Nila Kantha Upreti amidst a ceremony in Shital Niwas this afternoon.[break]
Following Upreti’s swearing in as EC chief, Upreti administered oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed commissioners, Dolakh Bahadur Gurung, Ayodhi Prasad Yadav, Dr Rambhakta PB Thakur and Ila Sharma.
Earlier today, President Yadav had appointed Upreti as EC chief and Gurung, Yadav, Thakur and Sharma as commissioners.
President Yadav appointed them following a written clarification of Constitutional Council (CC) to the state head that such appointments would not violate exiting constitutional provisions.
Earlier on Friday, the president had written to the CC asking whether it would be within the constitutional boundary to re-appoint EC commissioners to their previous posts.
Upreti and Gurung had retired as acting chief election commissioners while Yadav had retired as commissioner.
Thakur is a former chief of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who also served as Nepal´s ambassador to Egypt. Sharma is a former journalist who has also worked as a consultant to UNDP on trade law issues after Nepal joined the World Trade Organisation.
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