KATHMANDU, JANUARY 3
The Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra Shah (Balen), has filed a writ against the Election Commission in the Supreme Court.
The commission had decided to fine many local level election candidates, including Balen, for not submitting election expenses. Balen filed a writ in the Supreme Court against the commission's decision.
He has claimed that he submitted the expenditure statement to the Election Commission on June 26 within the period prescribed by law.
Balen has claimed that the statement of election expenses should be submitted within 30 days from the date of announcement of the election results, as there was a public holiday on the 30th day, it was submitted the next day.
Balen has demanded the submission of election expenditure with fine of 750,000 on time. He has also demanded that fines be imposed on 123,664 candidates from all over the country who participated in the local level elections, if they had not submitted their election expenditure within six months, they would not be allowed to participate in any election for 6 years and if anyone was elected, they should be dismissed from office.
Similarly, they have requested an interim order to stop the implementation of the decision of the Election Commission until the end of this case.
A version of this article appears in the print on January 4, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
