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Citizen’s Appeal on Second Phase of Local Elections

Ten members of the civil society today released the following appeal related to the second phase of local elections, scheduled for 14 June 2017.  Statement  1. We are heartened that first phase of local-level elections have been conducted on 14…

SC stays impeachment motion against Sushila Karki

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday issued an interim order against an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki and directed the Legislature-Parliament to put the motion on hold, allowing the first female head of the judiciary to return to…

Two-phase Election is Proplematic

The government has finally introduced the revised Constitution of Nepal (Second Amendment) Bill 2074 to the parliament. The process on the Bill has already started, following discussion on the concept of the Bill last week. Meanwhile, the preparation of the…

Impeachment motion against CJ Karki

In a surprising move, two major ruling parties on Sunday registered an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki in the Legislature-Parliament, accusing her of interfering in the executive’s decision-making and working against the principle of separation of powers. Constitutional…

दुई चरणले आशंका: प्रबुद्ध वर्ग

पूर्वप्रमुख निर्वाचन आयुक्त नीलकण्ठ उप्रेती, सूर्यप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ, संविधानविद् डा. विपिन अधिकारी, निलाम्बर आचार्य, स्थानीय शासनविद् मुक्ति रिजाल, डा. श्याम भुर्तेल, हिक्मत बिष्ट, कृष्ण सापकोटालगायतले बिहीबार प्रमुख निर्वाचन आयुक्तसहित आयोगका पदाधिकारीलाई भेटेर एकै चरणमा वैशाख ३१ मै निर्वाचन गराउन माग गरेका…

Civil society raises concern over election code of conduct violation

During the meeting, former chief elections commissioners, Nilkantha Uprety, Surya Prasad Shrestha, constitutional experts Nilamber Acharya and Bipin Adhikari, local development experts Shyam Bhurtel, Hikmat Bista, Mukti Rijal and Krishna Prasad Sapkota drew the attention of the EC officials towards…

Experts say 2-phase polls will be against electoral principles

Former CEC Neel Kantha Uprety and Surya Prasad Shrestha, legal experts Bipin Adhikari, Nilamber Acharya and local governance experts Krishna Prasad Sapkota, Mukti Rijal, Shyam Bhurtel and Hikmat Bista had reached the EC headquarters demanding that the elections should be…

Ex-CECs concerned about government decision

Along with Upreti, former CEC Surya Prasad Shrestha, former chief of the Constitutional Committee of the first Constituent Assembly Nilamber Acharya, constitutional expert Bipin Adhikari, local self-governance experts — Hikmat Bista, Shyam Bhurtel, Mukti Rijal — and former chairman of…

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