Rastriya Swatantra Party Eases Party President Election Process

Kathmandu. Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has eased the election process for the party president. The election process has been eased by amending the statute approved by the first general convention held in Chitwan.

Previously, under the third amendment statute 2081, there was a mandatory provision that the winning candidate for party president had to secure (50%+1) of the total valid votes. Otherwise, there was a provision for re-election among those who received more votes. However, according to the new statute, there is a provision for the first-past-the-post to be elected.

Bipin Kumar Acharya, coordinator of the statute amendment drafting committee and general secretary, informed that the provision for the first-past-the-post to be elected has been kept by amending the statute.

Similarly, the provision for individuals who receive 10 percent of the votes in the presidential election to automatically become central members has been kept as it is.

'To strengthen internal democracy and to maintain broad unity and balance within the party after the election, the closest candidate who loses the party president election but obtains at least 10 (ten) percent of the total valid votes (Fourth Amendment, 2083) of the Rastriya Swatantra Party's statute will automatically become a member of the central committee,' the statute states.  

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