Govt. to initiate elections from April

Notwithstanding the protest of the alliance of seven political parties for the restoration of full fledged democracy in the country the government has promised to start elections process from next April.

Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly late Wednesday, Foreign Minister (FM) Ramesh Nath Pandey said local elections could be held next April and national parliamentary elections by April 2008, The New York Times
reported.

A coalition of seven political parties has been demanding reinstatement of the last elected Parliament saying the time is not favorable for holding elections.

FM Pandey said that the king had made a commitment to "re-energize multiparty democratic institutions by restoring sustainable peace and making democracy meaningful, matured, cultured and refined," the report said. nepalnews.com pb Sep 23 05

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