Kathmandu, Nov 12-The question of conducting free and fair elections remains irrelevant and cannot acquire legality as well as political legitimacy if the polls are held without creating a conducive environment, former chief justice Biswanath Upadhyaya said today.
"The absence of a huge chunk of voters due to fear, uncertainty and migration raises questions on the relevance of elections," Upadhyaya, the chairman of the 1990 Constitution drafting committee, said at a programme organised by the Constitutional Lawyers' Forum here today.
He said the polls would hold no relevance with the absence of major political parties. "Such elections will not be accepted, both at national and international levels," he claimed.
Upadhyaya said that unless the King "publicly withdraws" both the October 4, 2002 and the February 1, 2005 royal proclamations, forms an all-party government and dismisses all his recently appointed administrators, elections will be meaningless.
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