Last week in Nepal, the Gen Z uprising against corruption, bad governance, and lack of accountability toppled the KP Sharma Oli-led government, a powerful coalition between the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, in just two days. President Ramchandra Paudel, acting on the recommendation of youth representatives, appointed former chief justice Sushila Karki as prime minister of an interim government. He also dissolved the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections. Appointed on September 12, Karki has the responsibility of holding elections on March 5 next year and handing over power to the elected government. However, even as the country achieved a huge political transformation under Gen Z’s leadership, tens of thousands of youths could be prevented from exercising their right to vote under the existing law. Section 4, subsection 2 (2) of the Voter Registration Act, 2073, stipulates, “No person shall be registered in the voters’ list for the purpose of an election after the date of that election has been declared.” ..Source:bbc.com/news
