KATHMANDU, March 3: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Election Code of Conduct Monitoring Officers to effectively implement the election code of conduct until the voting centres are closed from today.
The House of Representatives (HoR) election is scheduled to take place on March 5.
The EC has assigned the Assistant Chief District Officer and Chief of the District Treasury Office as the election code of conduct monitoring officers with specific responsibilities.
EC appoints Election Code Monitoring Officers at districts
The EC has directed the concerned officials to effectively implement the code of conduct as per the provisions stated in the Election Code of Conduct, 2082 BS.
As per the election code of conduct, the political parties and candidates have been barred from being engaged in election publicity campaigns since midnight.
With the beginning of the silence period for the March 5 election to the House of Representatives, the election publicity is banned.
The silence period provides time for the voters to decide on their voting for the favourable candidates. The election publicity and silence period are also effective on social networking sites.
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