Kathmandu, June 21 -- The people must take leadership in a democracy... and elected leaders should listen to them," Prime Minister Oli said in a speech at Oxford University last week.
But back home, protests over the controversial Guthi Bill had snowballed precisely because his government had ignored the will of the people in trying to ram that and other legislation through Parliament.
Combined with the Media Council Bill, which would have dampened freedom of expression, the National Human Rights Commission Bill, which could undermine the constitutional body's independence, an attempt to interfere with academic appointments, and other decisions, Oli showed an inclination to centralise power and go it alone.
The charitable explanation fo...