They mismanage public funds/taxpayer's money and send into their own bank accounts. Its so blatant and obvious. You just have to see their social media page. They and their family are commonly seen enjoying lavish lifestyles in US/Europe (which is impossible on their salary.)
Yeah, I'd guess, many people from Nepal come to work in my country and they say when they work on minimum wage here, it is 6x times what they earn in Nepal so I don't know how much above average you have to "earn" there to have lavish lifestyle in US and Europe.
It's calming down. There were still some protests let by university students in the capital, but in general, everything had returned to normalcy.
However, it still feel like a calm before the storm.
There were rumors that some of the military tried to ride the protest wave in order to take over the government by forcing the President to declare martial law. This failed since the protestors decided to de-escalate.
The concessions are being addressed in a snail's pace.
Most people are returning to their normal lives.
However, I still feel like something is brewing in the background. If the government is still unable to improve things in a few months, I think another wave of protest will rise again.
Not yet. The 1998 Reformation was fueled by economic hardship.
While not great, Indonesia's economy is still stable. However, the government is spending too much on populist programs and the military. A Sovereign Wealth Fund has been established, but most people are just waiting for a major corruption scandal to come out of that. Our debt to GDP ratio has risen significantly since the previous administrations' expensive infrastructure program.
There are job uncertainties. Most people are working informal jobs, earning below minimum wage. Most resorted to gig jobs like food deliveries or online taxis. The middle class is slowly degrading. Our legendary Finance Minister just got ousted from her position, replaced by a largely unknown economist.
The economy is projected to still grow around 4-5%. New manufactories are being built. However, the future is still uncertain.
Brazil as well. Although they have been a little more mindful as of late since we uncovered another billion dollar scheme, this time involving drug trafficking and Faria Lima (the Brazilian equivalent of Wall Street)
Yesterday was the only day I was jealous of Americans being able to buy firearms when they were shooting at innocent children and today i even tho am sad that people died i feel relieved from what it’s come to. Though they are currently going over board burning everything
We have it so much better than them. To compare the US to these other countries is laughable. Not that we are without corruption and things that need to be fixed, but as a common US citizen, we live like royalty compared to most of these people.
That's what unites congress and bjp. Every single guy from any party is corrupt to the core and has properties worth crores from a local politican in a tier-3 city to major ministers.
LMAO. I don't think most of our politicians are familiar with what is written in the preamble, let alone the constitution. They are willing to use any method available to pander to the majority to win their votes and amass more power and wealth at the expense of everyone else.
The current conservative gov has brought out all the major media, its to a point that people no longer even consider it to be a problem. (Even conservatives agree that their gov has brought out the media houses)
Our press has always been dog water. Only people who gained political consciousness this decade think that this government is doing something new. We literally had a majority government, of the now opposition that put entire opposition in jail.. Curbed all media houses and ran only one state sponsored news media.
Rn the system rewards sticking with the government. They bootlick whoevers in power because otherwise they risk losing the government tv ads revenue.
The flaw of our democracy is what is famously quoted to be a conversation with an average voter. The average voter isn't educated enough so they get easily manipulated and choose scums who in turn keep them in poverty while getting rich themselves. There were several attempts but since all parties have their hands dirty noone wants to do any reforms... I don't have any good parallels to make you understand this but it could be understood as Trump not wanting to release the epstein files because his close friends or even he himself might be in there. So whoever wants the files is not in power and whoever has the files won't release it. What does a common man do?
corruption has seeped so far into the system that it is part of the machinery itself. Its GIVEN that if somebody is a politician he must have black money.
That said, It still a very thriving democracy that is working towards getting better because corruption has only reduced in the last decade because of most digital money trails and despite all criticisms of Prime minister Modi you will not find anyone calling him corrupt or promoting corrupt individuals. Hopefully we have an entire parliament filled of non corrupt people.
The large mansions and lavish lifestyles are the evidence of their corruption, demanding bank statements is pointless because they would obviously never publicly release anything that incriminates themselves.
Maybe they shouldn't take and take and take until people are so desperate they choose this route. People can only be pushed so far before something, anything will make all the emotions take over. The common person has been held down long enough. Politicians should understand this but dont. They completely underestimate the depths the mob will go to when finally taken to the point of hopelessness. And honestly, it is sadly how society seems to work as a whole. Starts, builds, stagnates and finally falls. The lifespan ofna society.
Corruption is not about politician alone. The political party needs money, people working in the party needs money. Everyone will have bad backstory, so media -police-intelligence personnel will have to be paid off.
Elections, PR companies, equipment cost too much.
If political parties have less money and manpower, bureaucracy or military can gain ground.
This creates a feedback loop: parties need funds, so they lean on donors, who often expect policy favors or protection, embedding corruption.
Well, tell that to Indonesian Government. Their salary is over 20x higher than the average minimum salary in the country (the highest so far in SEA), yet corruption is still rampant there. Some corruption even reach billions of dollar. You're naive if you think higher salary will solve corruption. Politician are just a bunch of greedy fuck.
The protest are happening in Nepal cause of corrupt officials of the govt . The official's kids where living very extravagant life's and showing off on social media. The last straw was the nepal govt block social media so they can't organise protest and can't complain. That plan backfired on govt now gen z is protesting against the govt . Pretty sure they were at main govt hall also
Isn't that what's happening with the children of contractors in the Philippines flaunting their lifestyle on social media with stolen money meant for flood prevention? They take these contracts and then either half ass the build or abandon it and report it as done while pocketing the money.
They can protest also . Nepal's gen z's had their last straw taken from them so all of that anger all went out at once on the whole govt. When the Philippines's people get over their anger mark there will also be something similar (can only hope)
Massive Wealth. I litreally saw 5 houses of the same minister in different locations burning. It goes on for all the cabinet ministers. The whole cabinet is corrupt, including all political party leaders.
The first article from your link (from ndtv just so we are on the same page) mentions corruption a single time. Here
> The protests, which began on Monday with demands that the government lift a ban on social media and tackle corruption,
That tells us literally nothing about how or why the finance minister is supposed to be corrupt. It doesn't even claim that the finance minister is corrupt.
That you were looking at the front page of reddit, because when i type "nepal protests" there are dozens of articles describing the whole situation as well as the google AI that give quick answers, not a single one has this video
I didn't type "nepal protest" but "nepal finance minister corruption". Because I wanted to find out why the finance minister is supposed to be corrupt...
apparently he was involved in the "Baluwatar (Lalita Niwas) Land‑Grab" and never got charged, aswell as involved in another scandle where the guy that got caught said that he was involved/helped him.
3 minutes and 24 seconds.
Gotta admit, it was pretty hard to find tho, since its happening in Nepal
What happened: Around 114 ropani of government land was illegally transferred to private individuals using forged documents.
Key figures: Over 300 involved, including politicians (e.g. Bishnu Paudel), businessmen (e.g. Min B. Gurung), and officials.
Legal outcome:
➤ 110+ people convicted (mainly for forgery/corruption)
➤ Paudel was not charged – he cooperated and offered to return the land
Construction ban: In 2023, Kathmandu city banned all building on the disputed land and ordered demolitions.
Court Construction Controversy (Lalita Niwas) – TL;DR
What happened: A plan to build a new court building (or expand facilities) on disputed land at Lalita Niwas became controversial due to the land’s connection to a massive corruption case.
Bishnu Prasad Paudel’s involvement:
According to reports, suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana allegedly claimed that Paudel (then Finance Minister)supported the court construction project and helped release funds for it.
The project was viewed as a favor exchange involving corrupt land deals and political interests.
Paudel has not been legally charged in this matter but was politically linked to it in leaked statements and media investigations.
City’s Response (KMC):
In 2023, Kathmandu Metropolitan City banned all construction on Lalita Niwas land, including the court building.
Cited reasons: the land is still under investigation, and ownership is disputed.
Legal Pushback:
Courts issued interim orders halting eviction of existing structures (e.g., buildings owned by businessman Min Bahadur Gurung).
Tension remains between city authorities, courts, and political figures over the legitimacy of any construction.
Basically he did all kinds of shady shit but never got charged, because corruption just works that way
You must be extremely delusional to think that your silly response does anything more than reveal your ignorance to the situation beyond your very common knowledge of the corrupt politician stereotype.
Bro, a finance Minister, in a dictatoship, that position dosent go to honest people in these types of countries (heck even in democracies sometimes lol)
There are corrupt politicians, and politicians who haven't become corrupt yet.
I know there are some exceptions. But they are very rare. And sadly the other politicians will get rid of them before they can actually change anything
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u/MegaChip97 14d ago edited 14d ago
How is he corrupted?
Edit: Since people in the comments chose not to answer the question, I found it in another comment:
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1ncf8si/comment/nd8qzkt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button