Code of Conduct for National Assembly Elections will come into effect from today
The election code of conduct has come into effect from today for the election of members of the National Assembly to be held on Magh 11.
According to Section 22 of the Election Commission Act, 2073 and Section 1 of the Election Code of Conduct, 2079, the Commission has informed that the Code of Conduct will apply to all concerned persons, agencies and officials from Magh 2nd to Magh 12th. Elections for 19 vacant posts of members of the National Assembly, the Upper House of the Federal Parliament, will be held on Falgun 20th.
Shaligram Sharma Paudyal, the spokesperson of the Commission, issued a statement and said that during that period, no public resource and property should be used or caused to be in favor or against any party or candidate, spoil the material or information related to the election or in any way add to it or cause any government or semi-government body to do so.
Or public institutions or universities or schools or colleges should not be used to hold election-related gatherings or campaigns. Similarly, no of political party or candidate. Similarly, there is a legal provision that it is prohibited to produce, use, sell, distribute or display any material bearing the election symbol of a political party or candidate.
In addition, it is not allowed to conduct election propaganda or conduct election campaigns in such a way as to hurt the sentiments of senior citizens, women, sexual and gender minority communities and persons with disabilities or cause character assassination, and children cannot be used or caused to be used in election propaganda.
According to the code of conduct, it is prohibited to conduct any kind of procession, general meeting, corner meeting, meeting, assembly, publicizing election campaign, spreading or causing false, misleading or malicious information on social media, with the intention of influencing the election, in a way that is prohibited at the time and place prohibited by the prevailing law. , disinformation, spreading misleading information, insulting, hate speech, etc.
It is forbidden to hold opinions, spread propaganda, produce any electronic material and publish on social networks or share the materials published by others in a way that adversely affects or disrupts the election, does not violate the confidentiality of the voter in any way, with the voters and any staff assigned to the polling.
There is a provision that no action should be taken to debate or discourage them, no action should be taken to affect the cleanliness or fairness of the election in any way.
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