Nepal: Why Protesters Chose Sushila Karki to Lead a Divided Nation?
Out of this unrest came an unexpected choice: Sushila Karki, Nepal’s first woman Chief Justice, now sworn in as interim Prime Minister.
Out of this unrest came an unexpected choice: Sushila Karki, Nepal’s first woman Chief Justice, now sworn in as interim Prime Minister.
Scroll through the Facebook account of Kathmandu’s mayor Balen Shah, and you’ll find the same refrain again and again. Frustrated citizens pile into the comments section with complaints: why are political families’ kids living easy lives while ordinary people struggle?
Nepal’s democracy is young, and political stability even younger. The country has seen 17 governments come and go in the last 14 years.