According to the new provision, details of election campaign expenses on online media should also be included in the election expenses, and political parties, candidates, and fraternal organizations of parties should organize their campaigns through online media and include such expenses in the election expenses details.
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The Election Commission has added a new point related to communication to the election code of conduct.
The Commission, in a program held here on Wednesday, informed that no discussion, interaction, meeting, workshop, symposium, etc. will be allowed during the election campaign prohibition period, no vote solicitation and election campaigning will be allowed through any method, process or medium.
According to the new provision, details of election campaign expenses of online media should also be included in the election expenses, and political parties, candidates and fraternal organizations of the parties should organize the propaganda done through online media and include such expenses in the election expenses details.
Similarly, the new point added mentions that the complete freedom of the press guaranteed by the constitution and its self-regulation have been internalized. The definition of social media has been made in the definition of a comprehensive social media platform, while the issue of violation of the code of conduct using artificial intelligence (AI) in changing times has been covered.
Arrangements have been made to print promotional materials in a newspaper in the same size as those used for publicity through newspapers, and arrangements have been made to conduct election publicity through road blocks, content blocks, homepages, banners, detail page banners, box advertisements (in the middle of news) through online media.
At the program, Secretary of the Ministry Radhika Aryal said that it is everyone's responsibility to successfully conduct the election. Suggesting that the election code of conduct be fully followed and enforced, she instructed the matters under her office's responsibility to work in a manner that does not raise complaints and questions.
Pointing out the need to work to achieve results using their structures based on possibilities, she said that further discussions should be held on IT issues that are relatively challenging. Suggesting that unregistered online media should send information and correspondence for registration, she pointed out the need to bring unregistered online media under the purview of regulation.
