Decision is made following protests by the Nepalese population as it would prevent access to the main social networks and, however, was removed, but did not prevent the fall of the Nepalese government
Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel dissolved Parliament on Friday and announced general elections on March 5, 2026, proposed by the new interim prime minister, Sushila Karkki, said the presidency.
“On the recommendation of the Prime Minister, the Parliament was dissolved. The date of the elections was set to March 5, 2026,” French news agency France-Presse (AFP) Kiran Pokharel, spokesman for Presidency Nepalesa.
With the appointment of the interim prime minister and the announcement of the date of the elections, the Nepalese responsible seeking some political stability, following the violent popular protests across the Himalayan country, in which more than 30 and over 1,000 have died since Monday.
The interim government should be in office to new elections.
On Monday, protesters joined in front of Parliament to protest a law aimed at baning 26 social networking platforms and, as they forced the entry into the building, were received by police shots, killing dozens of protesters.
After these deaths, the protests rose from Tom the next day, with protesters vandalizing state representative infrastructures, setting fire to Parliament, Supreme Court, presidential palace and the prime minister’s official residence.
The attacks aimed at squads, borders and arrests, which led to the escape of more than 13,500 prisoners, such as the private residences of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the Minister of Communications and the former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, whose wife died in the attack.
The Hilton Hotel in Katmandu and the Kantipur Media Group offices, the country’s largest communication conglomerate, were set on fire, leaving several servers out of service.
Several car dealers were set on fire, with the revolt leading to the collapse of the country’s leading infrastructures, isolating the Nepal of the outside world and completely paralyzing everyday life and economic activity.
The movement, which was born on social networks entitled “Generation Z”, besides revolting against the ban on digital platforms, has also materialized because it considered that the Nepalese government is corrupt and illegitimate.
The Armed Forces ended up imposing a mandatory collection and restoring some calm in the country, after the resignation of Sharma Oli, and a meeting of Army Chief Staff, Ashok Raj Sigdel, with representatives of the parties and protesters of “Generation Z”.
This Friday was reached a consensus and an interim prime minister in one of the most violent weeks in Nepal, since the 2008 revolts during the abolition of the monarchy.
