Government preparing a & #39;peace and security& #39; 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& #39;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">https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/o...

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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">https://twitter.com/kathmandu...

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.