Nepal PM Marks 100 Days with Fast Change and Few Words
About 70 measures have been implemented as Shah uses ordinances and a 2.1 trillion rupee budget to push governance and anti-corruption reforms.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Balendra Shah marked 100 days in office, continuing a fast-paced reform drive that has upended Nepal's government while remaining an elusive public figure.
- Shah secured a landslide victory in the March 5 general election, fueled by public anger over corruption and lack of economic opportunity that toppled the government of former leader Sharma Oli.
- Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle presented a 2.1 trillion rupee spending plan to stabilize the economy, while the administration implemented about 70 measures from its 100-point reform agenda through executive ordinances.
- Opposition party CPN-UML described the government's work as "very weak, immature and controversial" on Friday, as researchers expressed concern that bypassing parliament for ordinances undermines necessary checks and balances.
- While Shah claims his administration is "on an expressway" toward change, journalist Pranaya Rana warned that despite initial goodwill, public criticism may now mount regarding his governing style.
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Malay Mail
From rapper to reformist: Nepal’s young PM tests limits of power in first 100 days
KATHMANDU, July 5 — One hundred days after taking power promising sweeping reform, Nepal’s 36-year-old rapper-turned-Prime Minister Balendra Shah has upended the government while remaining an elusive public figure.The former mayor of Kathmandu, better known as “Balen”, reached the milestone on Sunday and has moved quickly since taking office.Just a day after he was sworn in, police arrested former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and his ex-interior…
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Nepal PM marks 100 days with fast change and few words
One hundred days after taking power promising sweeping reform, Nepal's 36-year-old rapper-turned-Prime Minister Balendra Shah has upended the government while remaining an elusive public figure.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah, former rapper and mayor of Kathmandu, gives rise to as much hope as to questions after his first hundred days at the head of the country A hundred days already, but still
Despite its popularity, few analysts had anticipated the overwhelming victory of the rapper who had become mayor of Kathmandu, 36 years old, in the parliamentary elections of 5 March. But the anger of the youth of Generation Z against corruption and unemployment that brought down the government six months earlier swept away the political class that had been sharing power for several decades. In his rare public speeches, "Balen" Shah had indicate…
Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah marks 100 days with fast change and few words
Nepal's 36-year-old rapper-turned-Prime Minister Balendra Shah has marked 100 days in power with sweeping reforms and a low public profile. His administration, driven by a promise to combat corruption and boost the economy, has moved swiftly, implementing a significant portion of its 100-point agenda. While praised for action, Shah's unconventional methods and reliance on ordinances are drawing scrutiny, raising concerns about institutional proc…
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