Remember how Gen Z burned down the parliament building in Kathmandu at the beginning of this week?
Well, the Gen Z Nepalis decided to flex their muscles a bit more by voting in a new leader via ... the Discord app:
The new interim prime minister, a woman named Sushila Karki, is an ex-chief justice of the nation's top court. She was part of the 1990 revolution that ended the monarchy.
Look at this poll:
"Random Nepali"?
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From the Associated Press:
Karki, a popular figure when serving as the court's only female chief justice in 2016 and 2017, was sworn in by President Ram Chandra Poudel at the presidential residence in a small ceremony broadcast on state-run television. Politicians, officials and foreign diplomats invited at the ceremony congratulated her.
Karki, 73, was known for her stand against corruption in the government while in office. Some lawmakers tried to impeach her in April 2017, accusing her of bias, but the move was unsuccessful and was criticized at the time as an attack on the judiciary.
The head of the army, which had assumed control of the nation following the riots and the flight of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, considered the Discord vote to be authentic and will meet with Karki to discuss elections moving forward.
A government toppled and replaced via Discord!
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