The commission has said that digital media should be prioritized instead of physical promotional materials and measures should be taken to reduce noise and air pollution.
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To make the February 21 House of Representatives elections environmentally friendly, the Election Commission has suggested that parties and candidates prioritize the use of electric vehicles when going to campaign events.
In a discussion with political parties on the code of conduct on Friday, Election Commissioner Sagun Shamsher Jabra said that the main objective of green elections is to make elections clean, free, fearless and less costly. According to Section 36 (g) of the Election Code of Conduct 2082, electric or renewable energy-powered vehicles should be used in campaigning as much as possible. In line with the concept of green elections or 'green elections', the commission has set a goal to conduct elections through digital, sustainable and pollution-free means, using minimal materials such as paper, plastic, and fuel that harm the environment. Story: Section 2 (a) of the Code of Conduct defines green elections as sustainable and pollution-free elections conducted with minimal use of non-biodegradable materials. Story: According to Section 36 (a), only environmentally friendly materials should be used in election campaigning. Clause (b) states that materials that do not harm the environment should be used during meetings or rallies. Clause (c) states that digital media should be given priority over physical propaganda materials. Clause (d) states that measures should be taken to reduce noise and air pollution.
Clause (f) prohibits the use of inorganic materials like plastic or polythene. ‘In Nirvana propaganda programs… vehicles operated by electric or renewable energy should be given priority when using vehicles,’ clause (g) of the same clause states.
Clause (h) of Section 36 has entrusted the responsibility of properly managing the materials used after the propaganda program is over to the concerned party or candidate. ‘After the election campaign programs such as meetings, processions, rallies or door-to-door campaigns, the materials used by the concerned parties and candidates should be collected and managed in an environmentally friendly manner,’ it is stated in clause (h).
Progressive Democratic Party representative Ojaswi Bhattarai, although welcoming the concept of green elections, criticized the distribution of water in plastic bottles at the program on the commission premises. ‘Let us not speak for the sake of speaking, let us implement what we have said, let us speak only if we can implement it,’ she said. She also asked what the punishment would be for using plastic leaflets.
