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Disqualifying Criminals From Becoming Candidates For CA Elections
By KTM Metro Reporter
September 27, 2013: hearing on the case of the Clause 19 (e) of the Constituent Assembly Election Ordinance that disqualifies criminals from becoming candidates for the elections to a new CA at the Supreme Court of Nepal yesterday, a special bench of justices Girishchandra Lal, Sushila Karki, and Prakash Vosti has annulled the stay order on not enforcing the Clause 19 (e) of the Constituent Assembly Election Ordinance issued by the single bench on September 23, 2013, stating the Article 65 of the Interim Constitution of Nepal of 2007 has made the provision for making only the persons not indicted by any court could be the candidates for the elections to a new constituent assembly, according to the news in the ‘gorkhapatra’ of today.
Hearing on the appeal filed by advocate Biswoprasad Bhandari at the Supreme Court of Nepal for not enforcing the clause of the Constituent Assembly Election Ordinance that bars the criminals from being the candidates stating the cases of crimes committed during the conflict period are the special cases and are to be resolved by a special commission, a single bench of Justice Tarkraj Bhatta issued the stay order on not enforcing the provision made in the Constituent Assembly Election Ordinance for disqualifying criminals for being candidates for the members of the Supreme Court of Nepal on September 23, 2013.
