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Election Commission to hold bypoll as Deepak Manange’s seat ‘turns vacant’

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Kathmandu, April 20

The Election Commission says it will hold a byelection for the Province 4 Assembly position representing Manang B as the lawmaker elected here, Deepak Manange, has been convicted of attempted murder and subsequently sent to jail.

The Commission says the position has turned automatically vacant with the conviction and imprisonment of lawmaker.

The constitutional body’s spokesperson Nawaraj Dhakal, however, clarifies that the Assembly should write to it officially informing the imprisonment whereas the federal government has to fix a date for the election before the Commission officially begins preparations for the poll.

Meanwhile, Dhakal adds that Manange cannot contest any election anymore as the election laws forbid convicts of criminal cases to run for legislative positions.

In fact, Manange’s candidacy for the election held last year should have been rejected, but he managed to run and win as no one noticed his conviction.

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