The Election Commission (EC) on January 11 refused to stop preparation being made for holding the midterm election scheduled for April 30 and May 10, reports Republica. Puspha Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal led-faction of Nepal communist Party (NCP) had asked the election body to stop the preparations being made for holding the elections arguing that cases against the dissolution of Parliament are still sub-judice at the Supreme Court. The EC has maintained that the election body is obliged to make preparation for the election as the election date has already been announced by the Government. “It is our duty to make necessary preparations and we won’t stop it until the apex court orders us to do so. The EC is acting as per the law,” senior officials at the commission said.