Kathmandu, January 2
The Election Commission of the CPN-Maoist has made public the revised election schedule. The commission, which had made public the programs including nomination of candidates, had postponed all the programs yesterday as per the proposal of the closed session.
Additional program was postponed till 1 pm today after Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ informed in a closed session that efforts were being made to select the leadership by consensus.
According to the Chairman of the Commission, Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, the nomination of candidates will be registered from 2 pm to 3.30 pm today as per the revised election program. The registration list of nomination papers of the candidates will be published at 3.40 pm.
The time for filing a complaint against a candidate has been fixed at 4 o’clock. The time till 4.10 pm has been given to report the complaint against the candidate.
According to the commission, the election is scheduled to be held from 6.25 pm to 10.25 pm today. Chairman of the commission Shrestha informed that an arrangement has been made for the Maoists to elect a 299-member central committee.
By Muna Chand
