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Government preparing a 'peace and security' bill that proposes power for local administration officers under Home Ministry, to deny permission for peaceful gathering and protests, as per their discretion. Still under any illusion,what's coming next? #Nepal
Just for the record, the proposed bill comes riding on the constitutional loophole that provides exceptions to fundamental right to peaceful assembly and protest under the Article 17.The reason i had been pointing to this loophole long back. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/nepal-costly-constitution-161207093116670.html
Control over civil society, mainstream and social media spaces, disregard for transitional justice,encroaching community spaces(Guthis), and now,restricting information access and transparency...what kind of regime is this turning into? #Nepal https://twitter.com/kathmandupost/status/1140437656431714305?s=19
Having captured legislature and judiciary, gagged media and civil society with draconian laws, Oli looks to expand his control over remaining constitutional bodies by simply erasing checks-balances inthe constitution.Make no mistake, #Nepal is turning into a tin-pot democracy.
