by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 20, 2022While the issue of electing parliamentary party leader is heating up in the Nepali Congress that won 89 seats in the House of Representatives in the elections last month, there is an unusual silence in the other two major parties–the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre). The work execution committee of the Nepali Congress on Sunday announced a three-member committee to conduct the election of…
Posts tagged as “Election”
With the Local Government Elections a near certainty in 2023, new political alignments are being fast-tracked by all concerned parties. The rejuvenated Pohottuwa with Basil at the helm is working overtime at Nelum Mawatha to pull back its rural supporters who were alienated by GR’s reckless decisions, particularly about fertiliser use and other agricultural inputs. Thanks to those decisions, we had the lowest paddy yields for Maha in decades. Paddy purchases were chaotic and the…
report in The Island, Dec 17, 2022Ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has indicated that it was ready to consider contesting the next election, under a new symbol. Having obtained the Election Commission recognition in 2016, the SLPP won the 2018 Local Government polls, the 2019 Presidential, and the 2020 General Election, under its own symbol Pohottuwa (Lotus bud). Chief Government Whip, Prasanna Ranatunga, on Thursday (15), said that the SLPP would contest the next…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 17, 2022Of the 12 parties elected to the House of Representatives in the recently-concluded polls, as many as three made it to the lower house in their first attempt at parliamentary politics. The Rastriya Swatantra Party, the Janamat Party and the Nagarik Unmukti Party have not only entered Parliament in their first bid in major elections, they have also become kingmakers—with the potential to shape the power…
by Anil Giri & Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 16, 2022With the Election Commission submitting the election results to President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday, parties have stepped up discussions on a new government and candidate for new President. The post of President is among key positions the ruling coalition will include in its power-sharing deal, which the member parties are yet to agree upon. Other positions to be shared among the parties…
By Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, 14 Dec 2022After rolling out the 10-point demands including parliamentary elections under a non-partisan caretaker government, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will now announce state reforms. Following that, the party wants to start a larger simultaneous movement against the government in a non-violent way. Party sources said they will announce soon as to what fundamental reforms they will bring along with other anti-government political parties. The party will announce a…
By Safrah Fazal in The Morning, Dec 12, 2022Amidst discussions pertaining to Local Government (LG) elections in March next year, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) met with nine constituent parties last Saturday (10) on preliminary discussions into plans on regrouping and facing future elections. Speaking to the media following the meeting, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa stated that discussions mainly centred on how the SLPP can rebuild as an alliance in the face of future…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 12, 2022CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday said foreign powers directly interfered in the November 20 federal and provincial elections and called the situation serious. This is the first time a top politician has publicly accused foreign powers of meddling in the recent elections. “We have seen many elections since joining the peace process [in 2006]. But never before…
by Tika R Pradhan & Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 11, 2022The seven political parties that earned the national party status in the recently-concluded polls finalised the candidates to be elected under the Proportional Representation (PR) category and submitted their lists to the Election Commission on Saturday, the deadline set by the election body. “We have received the PR lists from all the concerned parties,” said Guru Wagle, assistant spokesperson for the Election…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Dec 9, 2022The ruling Awami League yesterday drew heavy flak from its left-leaning allies for ignoring them in taking many crucial political decisions and also for already starting “electioneering” for the next national polls. At a meeting of the 14-Party alliance, they said the AL calls them only when it faces a crisis, said top leaders of the AL-led alliance. The leftist parties also said they are…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 9, 2022After the publication of the results of the November 20 elections, political parties are not only engaged in the formation of a new government, but are also considering possible candidates for the post of President. The ruling alliance is two seats shy of a majority (138) in the federal parliament and expected to form the new government with the support of fringe parties. The Constitution of…