Gen-Z Protests Reflect Youth Aspirations, Frustration Over Corruption: Nepal PM Sushila Karki

Nepal Prime Minister Sushila Karki has said that the demonstrations and movement led by Gen-Z youth on September 8 and 9 reflected both the aspirations of young generation and the dissatisfaction with prevailing corruption in the country. Addressing the Constitution Day and National Day ceremony held on Friday at the Army Pavilion at Tundikhel, PM Karki emphasized the need to recognize that this movement emerged partly due to shortcomings in good governance, prosperity and development in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution, as well as from unfulfilled expectations and the frustrations arising from them.
She stressed that democracy is a system of listening to the people’s voices, engaging in dialogue and seeking solutions. The Prime Minister gave assurances that her government will continue to work with firm determination to address the aspiration and expectations of youth, women, children, differently-abled people, Dalits, indigenous peoples, Madhesis, Tharus, backward classes, communities and all generations. Prime Minister Karki emphasised that, now the challenges are of reconstructing the public infrastructures damaged during the Gen-Z movement and overcoming the losses suffered by business enterprises to uplift the country.
On the occasion of Constitution Day, PM Karki paid heartfelt tributes to all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the people’s movements of the past and the recent Gen-Z movement. The ceremony was attended by President Ramchandra Paudel, Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, Chief Justice Prakashman Singh Raut, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, Chairman of the National Assembly Narayan Prasad Dahal, former Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai, heads and representatives of constitutional bodies, senior officials of the Government of Nepal, heads and officers of security bodies, and heads of foreign missions in Nepal.