Kathmandu/New Delhi, Sep 12 (UNI) Former Nepal Chief Justice Sushila Karki is likely to be appointed head of the interim government and the Parliament has been dissolved.
The development follows day-long consultations between President Ram Chandra Paudel, the leaders of Gen Z protestors and the Army at the President’s office.
‘’President Ram Chandra Paudel agreed to dissolve the House of Representatives and declare a state of emergency under Article 273(1) of the Constitution…Following intensive discussions at the President’s Office an understanding was reached to appoint former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the head of an interim government,’’ the President’s Press Advisor was quoted as saying.
The decision comes after two days of violent protests by students and youth, dubbed Gen Z protestors, against corruption and banning of 26 social networking sites by the government. At least 50 lives were lost and residences of prominent Ministers were torched and vandalised. Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and five of his Cabinet Ministers were forced to resign.
The protestors were demanding immediate dissolution of Parliament and formation of a non-partisan interim administration. They, however, said they will not be joining the government but will monitor from outside.
Ms Karki who has studied in Banaras Hindu University, is the only woman to have held the post Nepal’s Chief Justice.
Born on June 7, 1952, Sushila Karki got her bachelor’s degree in law from Tribhuvan University in 1978 and master’s degree in political science from Banaras Hindu University in 1975. She began her legal career in 1979 and was appointed ad hoc judge in the Supreme Court in 2009 after rising to the rank of senior lawyer in 2007. In 2010, she was appointed the institution’s permanent judge.
