Kathmandu, 2 Oct : Twelve smaller parties are submitting the revised list on the closed list towards the proportional system they had given to the Election Commission before this.
The nation is going to the House of Representatives and National Assembly member election on November 20. The seven-day deadline that the Election Commission had given to these parties for any revisions to the list of members under the proportional representation system of election is terminating today.
EC spokesperson for the PR Election system, Guru Prasad Wagle said the Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) have already submitted their amendment on Saturday alone. The EC had urged the political parties to submit the closed list of candidates from September 20 to 25, after verifying the proposed closed-list.
These parties were required to submit the revised list between September 26 and October 2. The EC’s secretary and Chief Election Officer for the PR system, Gokarna Mani Duwadi said the parties concerned were required to submit the revised list within seven days from the date when the letter was sent to them. The Election Commission stated that if any candidate wanted to take back his/her name from the closed list that can be done between 10 am and 12 noon on October 3.
