KATHMANDU, May 13: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that the major political parties have been found violating the election code of conduct for the local level elections during the silence period.

In a pre-election monitoring report launched on Thursday, the NHRC shared that the candidacies of women and dalits are too few and no support system has been ensured for access of the disabled and the incapacitated to the polling booths.

Likewise, women, dalits, senior citizens and the disabled people are missing in the segregated data of the number of voters. The report states that voters have the compulsion of walking for up to eight to ten hours in remote mountainous districts to cast their votes in absence of easily accessible polling stations and that some political parties used children in their publicity campaigns.

The NHRC report said incidents of organizing feasts to woo the voters and using cyber space and public platforms to throw abusive words against other political party/ies were also found in the course of monitoring.

Moreover, election publicity contents were used by going against the code of conduct. It also pointed out the confusion among the voters regarding the voting process due to the lack of voter education. Moreover, women numbered more in the list of missing voter identity cards with photos.

The report also stated that the health safety protocols against COVID-19 were not followed by the political parties while organizing the mass assemblies. Moreover, it said women's candidacy except in special designated posts was very nominal in the post of ward chairperson. The report said the election materials were inadequate in several districts.

 
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