In Nepal, Post-Election Politicking Takes Precedence Over Governance
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
In an article written for the U.S. Institute of Peace, NDI Senior Country Director for Nepal Deborah Healy and Program Director for Asia-Pacific Sneha Moktan cover how the latest bout of coalition politics in Nepal glosses over the country’s troubling drift away from democratic principles and toward further political instability. “[Nepal’s] positive momentum seems to now be staggering, with the same actors from several decades ago largely interested in maintaining a status quo while inflation steadily rises and federalism struggles,” they urge.