Sushila Karki asked Country to be rebuilt in its first public statement since interim leader.
Nepal’s new Prime Minister Call for peace and urge her countrymen to “gather together to rebuild the country” after violent protests against corruption that killed at least 72 people and injured hundreds.
Sushila Karki said in his first public remarks since becoming interim prime minister of the Himalayan country on Friday that the country must hear the voices of its young citizens.
“We have to work according to the thoughts of Generation Z,” the 73-year-old former chief justice said.
“This group demands the end of corruption, good governance and economic equality,” she noted.
Karki added that she didn’t want the leader, but her name was “bringed from the street”.
She was appointed interim prime minister after days of negotiations against leaders, President Ramchandra Paudel and Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel.
Later on Friday, Paudel announced his appointment, saying parliament had been dissolved and elections were scheduled for March 5.
“In no case, we will stay here for more than six months. We will fulfill our responsibilities and promise to hand it over to the next Parliament and minister,” Kalki said on Sunday.
State TV reported that the new prime minister remained silent on Sunday to those killed in the protests and promised the police that they would each receive about 1 million rupees (about $11,330) respectively.
Nepal’s worst unrest for decades was triggered by a brief social media ban. Thousands of people took to the streets to show their anger at widespread grafting and poverty.
Police opened fire on protesters in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital on Monday. Demonstrators then burned the president’s office, departmental buildings and homes of high-profile politicians.
Amid the chaos, KP Sharma Oli withdrew from serving as prime minister on Tuesday.
Sudan Gurung, the 36-year-old founder of Nepal’s non-governmental organization, played an important role in the anti-corruption demonstrations.
He promised: “I will make sure that power lies with the people and bring all corrupt politicians to justice.”
According to members of Hami Nepal, Gurung and his team were attending a meeting on Sunday to help decide on government positions.
After appointing Karki as interim leader, the International Rights Organization issued a joint statement calling for an end to “past impunity”.
“At a turning point, make sure that the hard work of all people can be established or reversed,” Isabelle Lassee, Nepal Amnesty International, said in a statement.
Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population and Health said on Sunday that the death toll from protests had risen to 72.
It added that efforts are still being made to recover some of the bodies of those killed during the unrest.
“The bodies of many people who died in shopping malls, houses and other buildings that were attacked have been found,” said Prakash Budathoki, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health.
In recent days, authorities have begun to mourn some of the bodies.
“When his friends retreated (from the protests), he decided to move on,” Karuna Budhathoki said as he waited to collect his body at Kathmandu Teaching Hospital. “We were told he was taken to the hospital.”





