The Election Commission has made public the code of conduct for the election of President and Vice-President on Tuesday. The code of conduct will come into effect from tomorrow, the EC said. The poll body said that the code conduct was published in the Nepal Gazette on August 29.

The code of conduct would apply to Nepal government, ministers, staffers of federal, provincial and local governments, security agencies, security personnel, civil servants, candidates, representatives of the candidates, political parties, their sister organizations, people holding public posts, voters and media persons among others.

The Election Commission is scheduled to publish the final list of the candidates who have registered their nominations for the presidential election today. Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel and CPN-UML leader Subash Nembang have filed their candidacies for the election. The election is scheduled for March 9.