India, Sept. 11 -- The President of Nepal, the highest ceremonial authority after the overthrow of the government in violent protests, has issued an appeal to citizens amidst extended negotiations to find a new executive leader.

"I am deliberating and making every effort to find a way out of the current difficult situation in the country within the constitutional framework and to protect democracy," President Ram Chandra Paudel's letter dated September 11, seen by HT, said in Nepali.

The letter came as the President and the army are learnt to have told the Gen-Z leaders that they must finalise a name. "The onus is on them (Gen-Z reps), so they can't blame the President and army later," a person familiar with the matter told HT.

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