CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli on Thursday called for an investigation into tendencies to change power through undemocratic, antisocial and criminal means and install puppet governments. He made the remarks in Kathmandu at the public launch of the website of the Policy Study and Research Institute, held at the party office in Chyasal. Oli said democracy must not be undermined through undemocratic methods and urged that such tendencies be investigated.
Call for an investigation
Oli’s central message was that attempts to alter political power should be examined when they rely on methods he described as undemocratic, antisocial or criminal. He also raised concern about the installation of what he called puppet governments. His remarks framed the issue not simply as a change in who holds office, but as a question of the means used to bring about that change.
The UML chairman stressed that democracy should not be weakened in the name of changing power. His call for an investigation was directed at the tendencies he described, rather than accompanied by details of a specific case in the remarks reported. He did not, in the account provided, identify particular individuals or set out a proposed investigative body or process.
The distinction in his statement was between political change and change pursued through undemocratic means. Oli argued that democracy must be protected from efforts that undermine it, and said the alleged tendencies should be investigated. His comments therefore placed the focus on the methods by which power is changed and on whether those methods respect democratic principles.
Remarks at institute website launch
Oli spoke during the public launch of the website of the Policy Study and Research Institute at the CPN-UML party office in Chyasal, Kathmandu. The event provided the setting for his comments on power and democracy. The available account identifies the occasion as a website launch, while the political remarks centred on his demand for scrutiny of undemocratic tendencies.
By raising the issue at the event, Oli used the public platform to warn against what he described as efforts to change power through antisocial and criminal means. He linked those tendencies to the installation of puppet governments and argued that they should be investigated. The statement did not provide further details about alleged incidents or explain how such an investigation should proceed.
Oli’s remarks add to the public debate over how political power is changed and what limits democratic principles should place on that process. His stated position was that democracy cannot be undermined undemocratically, and that conduct involving the methods he described warrants investigation. The available report did not include responses from other political parties or officials, nor did it indicate whether any inquiry had been initiated.
