Kathmandu, Nepal: The government decision to revise the schedule of the local-level election has left the people in general and party cadres disappointed. Not only the people of province number 1, 2, 5 and 7 but also the people of province number 3, 4 and 6 are disappointed with the government decision.
The people of were eagerly waiting for the arrival of May 14 , the date earlier announced for holding the local level election nationwide, to take part in the local election to be held after 19 years.
The people in general have been casting a suspicion that the government would backtrack from the commitment and responsibility of holding elections in the pretext of responding to the concerns of the dissident forces, which would have intended to blemish the recent change in the pretext of protesting the elections.
As one after another disappointing voices are continually coming against of the elections, people in general seem skepticism for the timely completion of three tiers of elections, which is indispensible to implement the constitution and to institutionalize the recent change.
Notwithstanding the thirsting of the people to chose their own representatives to run local units, the government has decided to hold first phase of local elections on May 14 covering the provinces 3, 4 and 6 while the second phase of election is fixed for June 14 covering provinces 1, 2, 5 and 7.
Hundreds of thousand people who have returned home taking a break from their works in home and abroad just to participate in the election are left in confusion with the revision of the election schedule.
The people are worried that whether they would be deprived of choosing their representatives at the local-level, despite a long wait in this regard.
The postponement of the poll date has had its impact even on election related activities as well. The elections campaign reached in the village level have also relatively gone down in the in the aftermath of the announcement of new date for the election.
