Addressing a province-level training on operation and management of the Local Level Elections-2022 organized by the Election Commission in Morang today, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya stressed on the need of making the local level election free, fair and frugal.
Chief Election Commissioner Thapaliya said the Election Commission had forwarded all the processes required by the laws and the constitution for the local level election and that the election guidelines and self-declaration provisions would make the candidates more accountable.
He added that the Commission would set up a mechanism to monitor and follow up on the compliance of the election code of conduct.
The Chief Election Commissioner said that telephone and internet facilities were accessible at 10,200 polling booths.
Chief Secretary of Province No 1, Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire said the election should be taken as a festival and all should become responsible for conducting it in a free, fair and fear-free environment.
One hundred and twenty officials, including the chief election officers and election officers from 11 districts in the province except Khotang and Okhaldhunga are taking part in the training.
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