Civil liberty is something the KP Sharma Oli administration has never given two hoots about. It was evident from its initial decisions not to allow protests in the Maitighar area.

In the subsequent months, the Oli administration tried to introduce various laws that were largely aimed at curtailing freedom of expression and press freedom and shrinking civic space. It was only after protests and objections that it stepped back.

The difference between the Oli administration and the governments in the past is it was the first one to have a clear electorate mandate to govern for the full term in about two and a half decades.

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