KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the bodies concerned to carry out the vote counting task within a maximum of five days of its commencement.

Issuing a press release on Wednesday,  EC spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Poudel has also urged the stakeholders concerned to refrain from aggravating the dispute by turning minor issues in the vote counting a major issue. EC has assured that EC has left no stone unturned to ensure that the election has been free and fair.

“EC urges one and all not to disseminate news likely to create confusion regarding the election system and process. The Commission sincerely requests all not to disseminate or make others disseminate news creating distrust towards the Commission’s dignity and the election process itself by making comments giving the opposite notion to the steps taken for completing the designated responsibilities on time,” the press release reads.

EC has, likewise, appealed to the political parties, the election candidates, their representatives and the employees at various vote counting centers to internalize in a realistic manner everybody’s wish that the vote counting is concluded on the designated time as far as possible and have it done in an expeditious manner in keeping with this aspiration. (RSS)