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Nepal Army in Gen Z Revolution:

1-10-2025

Questions are being asked about Nepal Army's role or absence when the nation was burning. Obviously, these are mainly people or the political party cronies who are trying to undermine the spirit of the youth movement.  And also those who strongly feel about the loss of respected public institutions such as Singha Durbar/ PM office, Supreme Court or when the protestors stormed into Nepali Congress's president Deuba's house in the presence of security forces.  But as the constitutional provision for the Nepal Army, its the government that approves army's mobilization not the army leadership itself. According to the constitution of Nepal, the President has the role to oversee this process as a facilitator and only the executive prime ministers convenes the national security council meeting whose recommendation will be approved by the president, and that decision has to be passed in the parliament. Another possibility is of declaring state of emergency by the president, and that too has to be passed in the parliament. And then the army will take over control from there. Clearly, neither of the procedures were followed because the urgent situation demanded different solution to get out of the crisis with minimum damage of life and property. It was a common sense, in any case of army deployment while protestors were still in the streets would cause hundreds of deaths. Then question comes, just to save the government of Oli, will the army and the president would choose that path? Oli had already taken considerable time to resign although dozens were already killed and he knew that, and reportedly despite the army's and president's desire, Oli was not in the mood, and after some hours he relented. Well, on the question of parliament dissolution to form an interim government by the president is also not exactly according to the constitution because such situation was not envisioned, the supreme source was the spirit of the Gen Z protests and follow according to what they wanted. However, there are plenty of scenarios, arguments, possibilities, which we will be bringing to our valued readers in the days ahead. 

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