"Why is the political parties´ preparation for election sluggish though they decided to hold CA election one year ago," he wondered. [break]
At a programme organized by the National Election Observation Committee (NEOC) to launch books on electoral education and observation of elections in Nepal at the Election Commission on Friday, CEC Uprety said the EC has proposed the CA election date for mid November.
He made it clear that the EC would wrap up the voter registration campaign by mid July.
According to him, preparation was on for producing informative and educational materials on election as comprehensively as possible in diverse languages. But, the problem is there are many languages (spoken) that do not have a clear script, he added.
Similarly, Mr Uprety said EC was committed to holding all-acceptable election with free and fair atmosphere.
On the occasion, NEOC Chairperson and former Chief Election Commissioner Surya Prasad Shrestha said the NEOC was following up every activity of the EC including the voter registration process lately. The voter registration must be ´unpolluted´, he pointed out.
Lauding the election preparation of the EC, Mr Shrestha blamed the political parties of undervaluing the election, as their political behavior is sometime adverse towards election and constitution.
He underscored that Nepal´s election system needs a review and was of the view that political parties should indeed be aloof from the technical aspects of the election.
Similarly, Professor Kapil Shrestha said free and fair election was instrumental to democracy.
On the occasion, CEC Neel Kanth Uprety, NEOC Chairman Surya Prasad Shrestha and Professor Kapil Shrestha jointly released two books- Electoral Education in Nepal, and Review Report on Election Laws, Administration and Management.
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