Kathmandu sources stated that the European Union's Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) in a report released on Wednesday raised questions over the elections' transparency, fairness and electoral process. Meanwhile the prime minister said the report made public by the EU in the name of election observation has hurt the sentiments of Nepali people and is against spirit, norms and provisions of the Constitution.
He said at a program organized by National Election Observation Committee (NEOC) in Kathmandu to release the committee's report on election observation that "He and the Nepali people have felt humiliated by the EU's report and humbly request the EU to correct it immediately".
Earlier the EU election mission also asked Nepal to consider removing
Khas-Aryas from the inclusion quota under the proportional representation (PR)
electoral system as the community is already well-represented. Further it said
representation of a well-represented group contravenes international standards
of equality, as affirmative action measures are foreseen only as a means to
promote equality.
