KATHMANDU, APRIL 5

Political parties taking part in local level elections scheduled for May 13 have expressed commitment to fully abide by necessary rules and laws for holding election in a free, fearless, trustworthy environment.

Inviting political parties at the Election Commission today, the EC asked them to commit to fully follow the election code of conduct and laws.

The commitment letter reads, 'We are ready to follow different provisions of the Constitution of Nepal, Election Commission Act- 2017, Political Parties-related Act-2017, Election (Crime and Punishment) Act-2017, Local-Level Election Act- 2017 and Election Code of Conduct-2022 with honesty.'

Expressing commitment to be present if EC, election monitoring committee, election officer and polling officers call them in the context of election, leaders and representatives of political parties signed the commitment letter.

Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said that political parties were invited with the objective of seeking their commitment to fully abide by the election code of conduct before implementing the election code of conduct.

Nepali Congress Vice-president Purna Bahadur Khadka, CPN-Maoist Centre central committee member Leelamani Pokharel, executive committee member of Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal, Beduram Bhusal of the CPN (Unified Socialist) and Election Department member of CPN- UML Baburam Dahal, among other party leaders and representatives signed the commitment letter.

A version of this article appears in the print on April 6, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.