KATHMANDU, Jan 23: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhi Prasad Yadav Tuesday said that result of National Assembly (NA) election would be made public as soon as possible.

Addressing an election related training in the capital organized for the representatives of political parties participating in the National Assembly election, CEC Yadav urged all political parties to make the NA election a success.

He also requested the political parties to follow the election code of conduct, urging all to help the EC to hold the election in a free and fearless manner. During the training, the EC would impart training to representatives of the political parties on various election related issues including model of ballot paper, voting process and vote counting.

Representatives from CPN-UML, Federal Socialist Forum Nepal, Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and Nepali Congress, other parties are participating in the training.

According to EC, election code of conduct would be implemented from January 26 for NA election. A total of 2,056 voters including 1,506 chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the rural municipalities and mayors and deputy mayors and 550 province assembly members of seven provinces would exercise their voting rights during NA election.

The NA election is scheduled for February 7. RSS

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Prime Minister has agreed to hold the National Assembly election on February 8, according to Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav.

Earlier, matter related to the fixation of date for the National Assembly election was discussed at a meeting held between Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav at PM’s residence, Baluwatar, this evening, said the PM’s Office.

On the occasion, CEC Yadav recommended the Prime Minister that it would be the suitable to declare the national assembly election date for 8 February 2018.

During the meet, PM Deuba said the date for election would probably be set for February 8 as per the consultation with the Election Commission.

However, the official date regarding the election of the upper house will be taken by the cabinet, said Yadav.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav on Sunday clarified that the results of proportional representation system of House of Representatives cannot be published unless the National Assembly is elected.

“Constitution provisions 33 percent women’s representatives in the federal parliament. After the National Assembly is elected, the missing portion will have to be fulfilled through the PR system of House of Representatives.”

“Thus, the results of PR system of House of Representatives will be published only after the National Assembly Election,” he added.

He also said that EC will publish all the results within 30 days of announcement of National Assembly election date.

CEC Yadav also warned the political parties not to make changes to closed list of PR candidates of province assembly submitted to the Election Commission while making selection.

“The political parties should submit the names as submitted in the closed list. Otherwise, it will be against the directives. The EC will take action against such activities,” he said.

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: The Election Commission has said it would take maximum one week to get the final results of the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies.

“The results of the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category will be out by maximum a week. The EC is preparing for the same. Management of human resources required for completing the vote counting within the expected timeframe has been done,” Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav said on Friday.

While giving his commitments in writing on a civic appeal for guaranteeing schools zone of peace amidst a program organized to issue the appeal by various nine organizations associated with education field, he said it was the compulsion of the EC to set up polling stations in schools as lack of physical infrastructure for conducting elections in other facilities.

The Election Code of Conduct has banned political programs like mass meeting, interactions and feast in schools in view of the elections and its effective implementation is going on, according to him.

He added that political parties had already expressed their commitments to the declaration of ‘school as zones of peace’ through their election manifesto and just the implementation of such commitments was required.

He sought roles and responsibilities of parents, guardians and teachers on discouraging them to join political rallies and any other sort of activities.

Nepal’s political parties on May 25, 2011 had expressed their commitments to the declaration of the School as Zones of Peace.

The 11 -point appeal declaration is about the prohibition of any sorts of political activities near and inside school premises, use of school age children in political parties’ mass meeting, rally and demonstrations, demonstration and stockpiling of arms within the school premises and use of school resources for the interest of political parties.

National Human Rights Commission member Govinda Sharma expressed his concern over the use of children in the election publicity campaign against the election code of conduct in the recently held local level elections in 18 districts.

Director General of Department of Education, Baburam Poudel said the Department was giving its special attention to keep children least affected from the impact of elections and school holidays to be given during the elections period would be adjusted from the cut off in the winter/summer vacations.

Joint Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Dr Hari Lamsal said the Ministry was aware that schools should remain open at least 220days in a year and there should be atmosphere for children taking classes confidently. “Natural and human-induced difficulties have affected the school activities, however.”

National Campaign for Education, National Campaign for Children as Zones of Peace and to protect children, National Action Aid and Coordinating Group, Education Journalists’ Network, Education Journalists Group and School Management Committee are among those issuing an appeal.

On the occasion Education Journalists’ Group chair Deepak Bohara expressed his concern over the use of children in the election publicity campaign against the election code of conduct. RSS