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Election Date: November 19

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By TC Correspondent

Three months after its formation, the Khil Raj Regmi-led Interim Election Government on thursday finally announced November 19 as the date for holding fresh Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. The cabinet meeting also forwarded the ordinance on amending the Election of Members of the Constituent Assembly Act, 2013 to President Dr Ram Baran Yadav for approval. The president approved the ordinance on Friday.The Interim Election Council Ministers had forwarded the election-related ordinance after removing the proposed threshold provision. Though the EC had earlier proposed that a political party must secure 1.5 percent of the total valid vote cast in the election in order to claim seat allocations under proportional representation, the constitutional body had later reduced the figure to one percent following objections by fringe political parties.

The government has also excluded the proposed provision that a candidate should disclose his/her property details and state whether or not he/she is a defendant in any court case filed by the governement. However, the ordinance has barred candidates who have already been handed down final verdicts of guilty by a court for involvements in criminal case. Those who have been handed down final sentences by the courts for involvement in criminal cases including corruption, rape, murder, passport misuse, money laundering, drug smuggling and human trafficking, or have been black-listed for bank related offense, cannot file candidacy.

Meanwhile The Election Commission has said that it is all prepared for the polls and will move ahead by creating an election- friendly environment

Free, Fair Elections: Regmi

Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khilraj Regmi said in a televised address to the nation Friday evening that the sole purpose of the government is to ensure the election as scheduled. He added that the government will do its best to conduct the elections in a free and fair manner and make it inclusive. Regmi addressed the nation a day after the government set November 19 as the date for the proposed Constituent Assembly (CA) election.

 

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