Editorial | Governing by status updates
Summary
The editorial criticizes Prime Minister Balendra Shah's government for prioritizing social media engagement over substantive governance, highlighting concerning trends of trivializing serious state affairs through digital spectacle.
Key Points
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah's government increasingly substitutes policy engagement with social media viral tactics.
- A late-night social media post about ambassadorship trivialized serious state affairs.
- Parliament was prorogued to bypass legislative scrutiny amidst a distracting viral photo of the prime minister.
- The government's digital approach showed a lack of empathy during the crisis of displaced squatter families.
- Use of law enforcement against a government secretary for digital communication indicates authoritarian tendencies.
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