President Ram Baran Yadav met with Interim Electoral Council of Ministers (IECM) Chairman Khil Raj Regmi on Saturday to discuss recommendations for the Election Commission.
On Friday, the president had asked the IECM to send a written explanation whether Article 128 (3 and 7) of the Interim Constitutional would allow three former commissioners to be re-appointed at the Election Commission.
Following discussions on Saturday, the IECM is now expected to send a written reply explaining that it would be constitutional to appoint all the recommended names.
Of the five recommendations made by the IECM to the president on Wednesday, three of them – Nilkantha Uprety (as chief commissioner), Dolakh Bahadur Gurung, and Ayodhi Prasad Yadav – have all served full terms at the EC. The other two are Ila Sharma and Rambhakta PB.
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