The Election Observation Committee Nepal has stated that it has deployed 700 observers across all 77 districts of the country for the upcoming election scheduled for March 5.
The committee said that the observers have been mobilized with the objective of making the House of Representatives election clean, fair, and free from fear.
According to the committee, preparations are ongoing for the sequential deployment of volunteer, short-term, long-term, and specialized expert observers. Under this initiative, 40 long-term observers are closely monitoring all aspects of the election's procedures and processes.
The observers are coordinating with all stakeholders, including the Election Commission, the Nepal government, political parties, security agencies, candidates, individuals holding public office, media personnel, social organizations, and voters, while conducting in-depth studies on compliance with the election code of conduct, campaign expenditures, and their sources.
The committee has emphasized that positive contributions from all stakeholders are essential to conduct the election in a lawful, peaceful, clean, fair, independent, dignified, economical, and fear-free manner.