The government has said that comments made by the international community on the recent municipal polls amount to interference into the internal affairs and sovereignty of Nepal.

A press release issued by the spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Saturday said the government does not have any alternative to election to bring the democratic processes back on track.

The MoFA said the comments by other countries are “unfortunate and unacceptable” and added that only election would give the government a constitutional legality and enhance the democratic system. “The polls have secured the right of people to choose their representatives amid threats and insecurity.”

The government also asked the international community not to maintain double standard in matters of democracy and terrorism.

“We have repeatedly called on the political parties to take part in election. But they chose to protest against most democratic processes,” the release stated, adding that activities of the mainstream political parties would not help strengthen the democratic process in the country.

On Friday, vice chairman of the council of ministers Dr. Tulsi Giri described the international comments as being “narrow minded”.

Countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Japan and the European Union have criticized Wednesday’s municipal polls, saying they would not recognize the result.

The US marked the polls as ‘a hollow attempt’ of the king to legitimize his authority and Japan said that elections were held “without a broad support” of the Nepali people. Southern neighbor India questioned the credibility of the election that was participated by less than one-fourth of the total voters while the UK marked the municipal election as a meaningless exercise.