The Election Commission (EC) is making preparation to recruit about 13,000 non-permanent employees to conduct Constituent Assembly (CA) election in Nepal, according to EC chief on Tuesday.

It is also preparing to assign national agencies, which are working as per the United Nations (UN) principles, and also invite some keen international observers to observe the elections scheduled for mid-June.

"A total of 140,800 staffers are needed for conducting the polls, but we have only 109,000. A total of 13,000 posts are still vacant. The EC is recruiting staffers for six months," chief election commissioner, Bhoj Raj Pokhrel told English newspaper, The Himalayan Times.

Stating that the law has ensured provisions for making the election free and fair, Pokhrel said, adding "the EC will assign teams to be on the ground to resolve any problem on the spot. It has been decided to allow those agencies operating as per UN principles and following the code of conduct to observe the election."

Source: Xinhua