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Kasho

Also: Royal Kasho

A Kasho is a Royal directive — the principal instrument by which the King articulates strategic direction for the country. Major modern policy initiatives have begun as Royal Kashos: the 2020 Royal Kashos on Education Reform and Civil Service Reform, the establishment of DeSuung, the framework for Gyalsung, the launch of Project 108.

Operationalisation of a Kasho typically takes seven to fifteen years through the Cabinet, the relevant ministry, the National Assembly, and the implementing agency. The decade-long lag is the architectural pattern documented in Chapter Ten.

See also: Chapter Ten, Paradox #41.

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