EC cancels election programmes 
The Election Commission has announced cancellation of all polls programmes scheduled for November on Friday on the request of the government.
In a statement, the EC said as it alone can do nothing at this situation, all programmes for the polls have been suspended for now.
Earlier, the government had asked the EC to cancel the programmes. The meeting of the council of minister held this morning after the seven parties failed to reach consensus on electoral system had decided to request the commission to suspend the programmes.
The commission also held an emergency meeting on Friday morning to discuss the unfolding political situation.
Though the government has asked the EC to suspend the election programmes, no new dates have been fixed.
The poll was suspended after the Maoists stuck to its demand for announcement of republic through interim parliament and proportional representative election system with the Nepali Congress against it. nepalnews.com ia Oct 05 07
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