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An image with headshots of six politicians—incumbent Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Baburam Bhattarai, Madhav ...

In some countries, for example, the United States, there is no age bar for politicians, but there has been a cap of two terms for the presidential post since 1951. A division bench of then justices Kalyan Shrestha and Prakash Osti directed the government and the Election Commission to ensure the negative voting provision. “It won’t do any good if the youths start having high ambitions for higher positions,” he said, eliciting criticism from social media users. In his interview with onlinekhabar.com on July 22, Thapa, 46, said: “Why should the frontbencher of all parties, not just the Nepali Congress, get to govern the country again for the next five years? Some social media users were quick to demonstrate their creativity, giving a pun to a recent notice by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City on disposing of degradable and nondegradable waste, in an apparent reference to “wasted” politicians. The Election Commission has failed to implement the right to reject or negative voting for lack of a law. Their party president, Deuba, is currently serving as prime minister for the fifth time. Is it a lack of political culture, or growing cronyism with the backing of Nepali parties and their leaders? Gagan Thapa, a Nepali Congress general secretary, has announced to claim the prime minister’s post from the upcoming elections, saying Deuba from his party shouldn’t be repeated. Through the social media campaign, we want to put pressure on them against contesting the elections,” Shahu told the Post. “With due respect to these leaders… Weeks before general and provincial elections were announced, a section of voters had launched a campaign on social media calling on voters to reject some politicians, particularly those who have become prime minister at least once. it’s not just their failure; they have actually failed the country.”