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Poll Update (26 August - 01 September 2013)

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Comedians for Timely CA Polls
Comedians have urged concerned stakeholders to promulgate the new constitution by holding polls on the stipulated date. During a programme to mark the Gaijatra festival in the Capital last Wednesday, actors of popular comedian television shows - Meri Bassai, Tito Satya and Jire Khurasani - vowed to work together against social and political evils and support holding the CA polls on November 19. Comedian Deepak Raj Giri leaders them to be serious this time and to address the people’s aspiration by promulgating the new constitution. Also in the programme, Deepa Shree Niraula, Jitu Nepal and Shree Krishna Simkhada, among others, requested the leaders to give up their petty political interests for drafting the constitution.
 
EC Calls Application for Polls Observation
The Election Commission called for application from national and international organisations last week for the observation of the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls with some new provisions. According to Election Commissioner Dr Rambhakta PB Thakur, the EC has for the first time called for aspiring applicants to apply for election observation online.According to a new provision, the approved organisation to monitor CA polls should reach at least 100 election centers of mountain, terai and hilly regions. 
 
Separate Mechanism to Monitor Media 
The Election Commission formed a separate mechanism to monitor the media during the Constituent Assembly polls. The EC formed the Media Monitoring Committee under the chair of an Election Commmissioner, Ila Sharma. Federation of Nepali Journalists president Shiva Gaunle, however, said they were not consulted with while forming such a committee. The FNJ was in favour of the stance that such responsibilities of monitoring the media should be given to the Press Council, Gaunle said. 

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