Kaski District Administration Urges Strict Adherence to Election Silence Period Rules

Kaski. The District Administration Office has urged strict adherence to the code of conduct as the election silence period begins from 12:00 AM tonight.

In a notice issued by the office on Monday, it informed that the silence period for the House of Representatives election will be enforced from 12:00 AM. The administration has urged everyone to observe and enforce the silence period to ensure the election is conducted in a clean, impartial, independent, peaceful, and fear-free environment.

The office stated that during the silence period, election campaigning, as well as any discussions, interactions, assemblies, workshops, or seminars, are prohibited. Campaign materials of political parties or candidates placed within three hundred meters of the polling station must be removed. Soliciting votes or conducting election campaigning through any method, procedure, or medium is forbidden. The notice further stated that posting or sharing, or reacting to any message, information, or promotional material in favor of or against political parties or candidates on social media, online, print, or any other medium is not allowed.

Officials, employees, and agencies must not engage in any type of interaction, conference, workshop, seminar, or collective discussion related to the election until the polling centers are closed. Political parties, candidates, and their affiliated organizations are prohibited from holding rallies, mass meetings, or corner meetings for election campaigning. The administration stated that no promotional materials related to the election can be published or broadcast by the media, nor can door-to-door campaigns be conducted.

The notice mentioned that employees associated with media houses and journalists must not publish, broadcast, or transmit election-related advertisements for political parties or candidates until the polling centers are closed, and they should not conduct additional talk shows, commentary, analysis, Q&A, or similar programs in favor of or against political parties or candidates.

The administration also stated that vehicles permitted for use by political parties, candidates, or their representatives for election campaigning purposes must not be used during the silence period.