By Our Reporter
The government has announced the local elections for May 13 and preparations for the polls should have been expedited. However, the dispute over the Millennium Challenge Corporation put the election related activities in shadow for over two weeks. The political parties have done nothing for the preparations of the polls, as the cadres of many parties spent energies in street demonstration against the MCC Compact. Even the NC had to postpone the district convention in 10 of the 16 district where it had not hold the convention last year. However, the Election Commission has been making preparations. It registered the political parties willing to contest the local elections and selected election officers for all districts.
As many as 80 political parties have been registered at the Election Commission for participation in the upcoming local level election, as the deadline for registration expired on Sunday.
According to EC, a total of 80 political parties have been registered at the EC to participate in the local poll scheduled for May 13.
Total 111 parties are registered at the EC, while only 80 parties were registered for local poll purposes, the EC informed.
The Election Commission is preparing to print around 20 million ballot papers for the upcoming local elections, which it said would be printed a week before the poll day.
It said an agreement had been reached with the supplier company on Sunday to purchase the required ballot papers.
However, it is yet to decide the types of ballot papers to be printed by estimating the number of candidates on the basis of the details provided from the local level about the political parties active in their respective areas.
Similarly, the Election Commission has urged political parties and candidates not to use public institutions or schools.
A meeting of the commission held on Monday urged the Prime Minister and the Office of the Council of Ministers to impose a complete ban on the use of land, buildings, furniture or any other means of transportation of public institutions or community schools or colleges by political parties and candidates.
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