Who cares about the election code of conduct?

Media institutions, employees and media personnel, schools, colleges or universities, and their teachers and employees are also within the scope of the code of conduct.

Falgun 12, 2082

Kantipur Reporter

Who cares about the election code of conduct?

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The Election Commission has reminded the public of the individuals, groups and organizations that are subject to the code of conduct for the upcoming House of Representatives elections. The Commission has issued the alert after incidents of code of conduct violations became public in recent days and a significant number of complaints were filed.

The Nepal Government and its ministers, the provincial government and its ministers are fully subject to the code of conduct. Similarly, the Nepal Government or provincial government bodies and their officials, local executives and their members, employees of the association, province and local levels, offices and employees of government, semi-government and public organizations are fully subject to the code of conduct, the commission has stated.

Media institutions, their employees and media personnel, schools, colleges or universities, their teachers and employees are also within the scope of the code of conduct. Political parties and fraternal organizations of political parties, candidates and their election representatives, voting representatives and vote counting representatives are fully subject to the code of conduct.

Private sector banks and financial institutions, cooperatives, commercial and industrial sectors, their officials and employees are fully subject to the code of conduct. Similarly, the commission has stated that the code of conduct is fully subject to the code of conduct, officials and employees of commercial organizations providing goods and services, private and non-governmental organizations, their officials and employees.

The election code of conduct applies to constitutional bodies, officials of those bodies, security bodies, security personnel, and employees, officials of the approval committee and monitors of persons holding public positions.

Similarly, the code of conduct applies to voters, supervisory organizations and observers, other bodies or individuals designated by the commission, development partner organizations, projects run by government and semi-government bodies and project employees, organizations operating voter education programs and employees of those organizations.

The commission had reminded the public of the code of conduct on Sunday after it was found that local executive officials had participated in campaigning contrary to the election code of conduct. On Monday, it was reminded again that the code of conduct will be fully applicable in the government or private sector.

Kantipur

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