Stuck in a time warp

Replacement of UML chair KP Oli with Ishwar Pokhrel or any other old generation leader will be meaningless.

Two months after the Gen Z movement, one of the three established political parties, the CPN-UML, remains the least interested in internalising the movement’s spirit. Trying to swim against the national political tide, it still questions the legitimacy of the interim government and asks for the reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives. The Gen Z-ers’ cry for an end to corruption and initiation of good governance practices has yet to reach the ears of the top UML leadership. Party chair KP Sharma Oli, who was the prime minister when state forces killed 19 demonstrators, mostly youngsters, still shrugs off responsibility for the mass murder. Instead, he continues to undermine the protest and to foster narratives detrimental to holding the March elections on time.