Election Commission Complete After Approval of New Commissioners

Kathmandu. The Election Commission has been completed after the Parliamentary Hearing Committee approved the names of the Chief Election Commissioner and two other commissioners of the Election Commission. The hearing committee, in its meeting on Wednesday, approved the names of Man Bahadur Karki as the proposed Chief Election Commissioner and Gurupraasad Wagle and Dr. Rajiv Subba as commissioners. With the approval from the Parliamentary Hearing Committee, the path for their appointment has been opened.

The five-member commission currently has only Dr. Janakumari Tuladhar and Sagun Shamsher Rana. The responsibility of ensuring that the elections to be held in the coming days are not only independent, impartial, and fearless, but also technology-friendly, rests on the shoulders of the commission's officials. Stakeholders say that the responsibility of initiating the necessary legal framework and timely management of financial and technical matters lies with the commission and its officials.