Kathmandu, April 20
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the full implementation of the election code of
conduct issued by the Election Commission of Nepal for the upcoming local level election
scheduled for May 13.
The EC’s Code of Conduct states that people’s representatives at the local level seeking re-
election must resign from their posts before fielding their nominations for the upcoming
elections. A joint bench of Justices Tej Bahadur KC and Til Prasad Shrestha on Tuesday issued the order dismissing a writ petition filed against the provision set in the EC’s code of conduct.
With the latest ruling of the apex court, the election code of conduct will now be fully
implemented. The local level people’s representatives now must resign from their posts to
contest in the upcoming poll.
Helambu Rural Municipality Chairperson Nima Galyzen Sherpa on March 21 had registered a writ petition in the apex court against the provision in the EC’s Code of the Conduct.
A single bench of Justice Bom Kumar Shrestha had earlier issued an interlocutory interim order to the Commission in its rule on ‘resignation for re-election’.(RSS)
