A commission appointed to probe the excessive use of force during the Gen-Z agitation of September 8-9 in Nepal will summon ousted Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli for an explanation. Officials gave this information on Thursday (January 1, 2025).
At least 19 youth were killed in police firing during a protest against the Oli government in Kathmandu on September 8. 77 people lost their lives in the unrest that lasted for two days across the country. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and other concerned organizations have alleged that security forces used disproportionate and unlawful force, including indiscriminate shelling, against protesters. Due to this movement, Oli’s coalition government had to be ousted from power.
Commission chief Gauri Bahadur Karki told reporters on Thursday that after the completion of the process of recording the statement of the then Home Minister Ramesh Writer, preparations are underway to seek clarification from CPN-UML president and former Prime Minister Oli.
Bahadur Karki said the commission is working as per the plan to submit its final report within the extended deadline of January 21. The three-member inquiry commission was constituted through a Cabinet decision on September 21. However, Oli has raised questions on the validity and impartiality of the commission and said that he will not appear before it.
The Commission has also lifted the travel ban imposed on the Nepali Congress leader and writer. He was banned from leaving Kathmandu Valley and going abroad. The author had said before the commission on Monday that he takes full moral responsibility for the deaths and other losses on September 8. However, he claimed that the vandalism and arson that took place across the country on September 9 was not spontaneous, but the result of a ‘planned conspiracy against democracy and the nation’.
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