Sushila Karki asks country to come together to rebuild in first public statement since becoming interim leader.Nepal’s new prime minister has called for calm and urged her compatriots to “get together to rebuild the country” after violent protests against corruption killed at least 72 people and injured hundreds more.In her first public remarks since becoming the Himalayan nation’s interim prime minister on Friday, Sushila Karki said on Sunday that the country must listen to its young citizens.“We have to work according to the thinking of the Gen Z generation,” the 73-year-old former chief justice said, referring to the demographic that led the anticorruption protests.“What this group is demanding is the end of corruption, good governance and economic equality,” she noted.Karki added that she had not wished to lead but her name was “brought from the streets”.She was made interim prime minister after several days of negotiations among protest leaders, President Ramchandra Paudel and army chief Ashok Raj Sigdel.Late on Friday, Paudel announced her appointment, saying parliament had been dissolved and elections had been set for March 5.“We will not stay here more than six months in any situation. We will complete our responsibilities and pledge to hand over to the next parliament and ministers,” Karki said on Sunday.State TV reported that the new prime minister, who held a minute of silence on Sunday for those killed in the protests, has promised the families of those slain by police that they will each receive about …
