Presidential election process to begin from Wednesday

The process of electing the first president of republic Nepal is set to begin from Wednesday.

As per the election program mentioned in the procedure passed by the Constituent Assembly, the voters' list will be published at 10 am on Wednesday on which protests can be registered till 12 noon.

The final list of voters will be published on 12:30 pm. On the basis of political understanding, presidential and vice president candidates will file nomination papers till 5 pm in the evening.

However, if the political understanding is not forthcoming, nominations can be filed on Thursday between 10 am and 1 pm. The final list of candidates will be published at 5 pm on Thursday.

The whole of Friday has been reserved for campaigning. The election will then take place between 11 am and 2 pm on Saturday. At 5 pm, the CA will declare the result of the winner. President can be elected based on simple majority. If none of the candidate gets majority, the top two candidates will head to second round of voting.

Only the CA members are eligible for voting in the election. nepalnews.com sd Jul 16 08

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