The Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oliresigned on Tuesday after protesters challenged a touch of indefinite remaining and faced with the police. The revolt crawls since Monday, the day she recorded 19 dead in protests caused by the prohibition of social networks.
The OLI government had to raise the digital ban today, after the intensification of yesterday’s protests when on that occasion the police triggered tear gas and rubber bullets against the protesters who tried to assault the Parliament. 19 people died there and More than one hundred injured in the riots were counted.
He Interior Minister Ramesh Lekhak He also resigned during an emergency meeting of the cabinet on Monday night and four other government ministers resigned in the last 24 hours.
Crisis in Nepal: he resigned in the prime minister, the parliament set on fire and 19 dead
But the tension did not cease on Tuesday, since OLI was forced to resign by plunging Nepal into a new political uncertainty. Reuters stressed that riots are the worst in decades in the country of Himalaya, located between India and China.
“In view of the adverse situation that the country is going through, I resign from today to facilitate the solution of the problem and contribute to its political resolutionaccording to the Constitution, “said OL in his renunciation letter to President Ramchandra Paudel.
“I am here to protest against mass corruption in our country,” said student Bishnu Thapa Chetri, according to France 24 and added: “The country has worsened so much that for us, young people, there are no reasons to stay.”
The genesis of protests: the gene generation
The concentration was called The protest of generation Z, After several social networks – including Facebook, X and YouTube – were blocked last week in the nation for not complying with a new requirement of government registration and supervision.
The Nepal government seeks to regulate social networks more widely through a bill so that the platforms are “properly managed, be responsible and accountable”. But the proposal was interpreted as a censorship tool and to punish government opponents who express their protests online.
As a history, Nepal Vetó Tiktok in 2023 arguing that it affected “social harmony, good will and spread inappropriate content.”
Provisional government in Nepal
A government source told Reuters that The resignation had been accepted and that the president had initiated the “process and discussions for a new leader“
Upon hearing the news, young people entered the parliamentary complex, stirring their hands in the air and shouting slogans while smoke came out of some sections of the building.
“We won,” wrote a protester with huge orange letters on the beige wall of the Parliament building, while another close to him made the sign of “V” with his fingers, in victory.
Although the protesters continued in the streets of the city, there were no longer confrontations or violence since the security forces did not interfere or attempted to use the force, witnesses said.
Source: Ambito
