Diversity deficit

The ghettoisation of marginalised groups in PR lists keeps them from exercising real executive power.

Ahead of the March 5 elections, the candidate lists for direct elections reflect a betrayal of the progressive spirit supposed to define Nepal’s post-Gen Z movement political landscape. Shying away from the movement’s demand for change, political parties have retreated into a familiar, hardened hegemony, continuing to sideline marginalised groups from the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral process.