KATHMANDU: Nine different civil society organizations have been granted permission to observe the upcoming local level by-elections. The by-elections are scheduled for December 1.
Those receiving Election Commission's permission to serve as observers during the by-elections are Jana Prasashan Sangh, Radium Lamichhane Memorial Study and Research Institute, Nepal Human Rights Organization, and Social Mobilization and Awareness Raising Group Nepal.
Similarly, the Central Deaf Campus, Good Governance Federation Nepal, National Election Observation Committee, Democracy Resource Center Nepal, and Informal Sector Services Center have received permission to observe the election, according to the EC spokesperson Nita Pokharel Aryal.
The Commission shall issue identity cards to the observers with a maximum of two observers from one organization at a polling station.
