Seven Party Alliance (SPA)’s Joint Movement Committee has rejected king’s offer of Primiership and vowed to continue the protest. According a press release issued by them, the movement goes on, General Strike will continue for the 17th day tomorrow.
SPA’s top leaders’ opinion will be published only after their meeting tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile, UML’s Standing Committee is holding its meeting tomorrow morning at 8 am. It will decide on UML’s position. UML’s leader Amrit Bohara said that he can dwell upon the issue only after the meeting. His reticence had earlier sent a chilling message that UML and NC may have been seduced by India’s offer. But, things are appearing in different shapes now. Most of the vocal party leaders said that the address has failed to address the movement as well as the 12 point agreement. People are frustrated by its inability to deal with the major concerns country is facing today.
Party leaders have remarked that the appointment of a PM is not an antidote to the political maladies. Meanwhile, Maoist spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara told BBC that the address not only failed to deal SPA’s agenda, but also kept mum over the issue of Constituent Assembly(CA). It was noteworthy of Mahara when he said that Maoist’s further move will be based on the dialogue with SPA.
The post-address message is loud and clear: king has once again tried to fool the public in general and political parties in particular. As the address is scrutinized and dissected, king’s motives have been crystal clear. India played vital role to strike a deal with king. It was only after Dr. Karan Singh delivered his PM’s letter that king was convinced to address the nation. Indian applause to king’s proclamation shows that India was behind all this conspiracy. So, this is an Indian roadmap to which king consented. Meanwhile, UML leaders Jhalanath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam were arrested today at TIA while returning from Delhi.
Im a nutshell, king has himself paved a way for a republican Nepal. The ongoing movement will not cease unless a fair election of CA. Any kind of outcome of that poll will be acceptable.
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115 responses to “King's Hollow Address, Parties' Movement Goes On”
So SPA has officially rejected the Raja G’s offer ? Or it is just the view of Deuba, Paudel or Situala ? And please give us a break, everyone knew from Karan Singh’s visit that he was bringing something nobody was going to reject. No point now talking about it. But by this couple of things are clear. SPA wants nothing but a republic, they trust Maoists over Raja G, and they are ready to piss big brother India off : ) ..
AT THE STOKE OF MIDNIGHT
BROTHERS IT IS ALMOST MIDNIGHT
IT IS TIME TO END THE FIGHT
TIME TO JOIN HANDS AND UNITE
BLOGGERS GO OUT INTO THE NIGHT
SHOUT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
ALL THOSE WHO WANTS TO BE PM RIGHT
COME TO TUDHIKHEL FOR THE COMPETITIVE FIGHT
GIRIJA, MAKUNE, SHERBAHADUR ETC. PULL UP YOUR UNDIES TIGHTS
GET IN THE RING AND HIT EACH OTHER WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
THE LAST MAN STANDING WILL BE DECLARED THE NEW PM, ALRIGHT ?
OH! LORD WHAT A DELIGHT! I WOULD PAY A MILLION DOLLRS TO SEE THIS FIGHT
ITS ABSOLUTELY OUT-OF-SIGHT!
King G did more damage to monarchy than the murder of King B or even Paras.
King’s offer might have been enough a year or two ago. Not anymore. The nation has decided to move forward leaving the King behind. Trying to be too clever, King G missed his opportunity. He should have got a clue from the turnout at the municipality election. But just wanted to live in a bubble.
Time and tide waits for no man, including a King.
I hope the party leaders stick to their guns on this one!!!
Don’t be taken in by this G fella’s trickery. While he’s still in any position of power he’s a danger to any political development. And what about the next generation?
Nip it now
SPAMERS WHEN ARE YOU ALL GOING TO END YOUR LUNANCY?
UNTIL YOU GET YOUR WISH FOR A CONSTITUONAL ASSEMBLY ?
WHAT GURANTEES DO YOU HAVE THAT THE ELECTION FOR THE CA MEMBERS WILL BE DONE FAIRLY?
WHEN THE MAOISTS BLOOD SUCKERS HAVE CLAIMED SUPREMACY
OVER 80% OF NEPAL’S TERRITORY?
HOW EASILY YOU ALL FORGET THEIR CRIME AND TYRANNY
Seshyan Nepal Go to hell you son af biach
that KG has to be brought down, and hanged in tudikhel
G Shah + Indian’s offer = kick the former out of the country. No more deception!
well seshyan nepal has a point too.. KG killed 14 ppl in last 15 days and yes we are furious..but mao commies have killed 13000 mostly innocent villagers .. slayed them in cold blood with no remorse..and now when they are in the doorstep of ktm..so who knows whats their political agenda is ? are they gona stab us in the back again ? dont forget..this is the same janta who had cried ” raja auuu desh bachauu” when KG came to power..i read in the earlier post than the mao are a power to reckon with the RNA and i can see the gleam in some eyes..but better watch out hai … we want a prosperous peaceful nepal.. not another pol pot again
the parties should accept the royal address and work towards peace. man,seeing conspiracy in everything is not right yeah. the king has addressed so the parties to form the governement and govern the country according to what they deem right. asking the king out right now will be just more fatal for nothing.
the monarch has stepped down and has comitted himself to be the constitutinal monarch so stop the agitation here and start the new life for nepal…. start from the beginning and govern the nation properly so that the king or anybody else never gets the chance to take over…
man give peace a f@ing chance….beeen more than 10 12 years of bloodshed…
We people will have no idols of temple left,
we people will have no rhinos in Nepal,
we people will have no trees, tigers,red pandas..etc if we believe the brother-killer and go to king with our PM.
….for Martyr’s sake..lets go to our resp. party offices and stop our tired old bones from going to Narayanhiti…
..and i think the municipality election turnout was a far cry from truth..when the average turnout in the national election is less than 50%.. there were 20% ppl voting .. exercising their rights i guess.. this country IS divided mind you.. and if some puts a gun in ur head and says if u go to vote i will kill you or your family then.. of course..it was intimidated by fear too..so dont use the municipality election as an example of failure..that was never supposed to happen in the first place
I am for the hanged the Gyanendra Son of the biach and kamal thapa as well.
Neta ho plz rejected his proposition, he is no one to dicisioon maker for us. this is time now to hange him and his family.
we have to go for the republic.
THE PEOPEL OUT IN THE STREETS WILL NOW BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF THE SPAS AND THEIR CRONIES IF THEY DON’T TAKE HIS MAJESTY’S OFFER AND FORM A GOVERNMENT. THECOMMON PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THESE DEMONSTRATIONS AND HARDSHIP. THEY JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET ON WITH THEROI LIVES. AFTER ALL THEY KNOW: JUN JOGI AYEPANI, KAN CHIRA!
Seshyan Nepal, get a grip. Stop being a hysterical for no reasons and turn your caps lock off. You can’t make a point by posting the same message over and over in different topics. What is your problem ?
Dagger,
Your stats are wrong. The Govt. under King killed majority of the 13,000 killed during the maoist war. According to INSEC, approx. 2/3 of the 13,000 deaths were attributed to the Government forces and majority of the 13,000 lives were lost after the King G first called emergency and sacked Deuba.
Maoists are to be blamed for starting the war. But King G is to be blamed for his stubborness and prolonging the mess, which cost us so many lives. KIng G killed thousands of people and he has blood on his hand.
dagger, that figure of 13,000 you mention is the total of all deaths during the insurgency, NOT ALL DEATHS COMMITTED BY MAOISTS. Many of those deaths were commited by the army…don’t forget that. Both sides have blood on their hands.
THE REALITY IS WE ARE ALL ACTING LIKE BHEDAS.
WAITING FOR ORDER FROM THE OUR LEADERS WHOEVER IT MAYBE SPA, MOABADI, ROYALISTS EVEN TO POST A COMMENT HERE.
LET US GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. I THINK POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD BE BOLD ENOUGHT TO TAKE THE POWER.
its time that SPA leader come out of street rhetorics and put their good brains together.
once they are on charge, they can recommend anything they like. with the massive support from all walk of life, millions of vocal supporter on street they can push any agenda they have, its time to show some guts to go through any agenda, even constituient assembly and put forward to king.
Good boy seshyan.. keep it up… ani, more seriously… ure right abt the common people… the common people are locked up in their homes.. sick and tired of the protests… sick and tired of sky high prices for supplies… and also they are probably very very bored… and also,, anxious… hopeful… hopeful that the message will get the SPAs to choose a damn leader… stop the anarchy… n stuff like that.
Dagger,
Stop cooking numbers to support your views. As far as I remember, turnouts in elections in Nepal were around 60%.
Bottomline, King G failed in all regards – security, controlling corruption, conducting fair election, defeating maoists.
Name one thing where he succeeded.
Was it a democratic offer of king G? It is all is under his condition again, that only works towards his own resignation.
A vote for the people works very different.
His first question should be: What do You like?
the second thing, he should do is: put himself in a vunarable position, to re-estalish his position. He never did, but if he would do now, it IS to late.
A few innovative, creative, independent and hounest young specialists who are charged with overseeing the formation of an interim government should be appointed by a group of wise leaders.
Not again an old prime minister.
Well, that’s that. You can’t be sympathetic to those who don’t fight for their democratic freedom. If the people are going to go home to watch Indian movies instead of demand their rights, then I guess there’s nothing we can do.
Fatty’s back in ruling the land and his uneducated supporters seem to have their lips right on his fat–
Ah well, if that’s someone’s dream in life, to spend an eternity kissing the fat behind of a donut addicted despot then they should go for it! 😛
SHADOWrati
you forget… the blood in the hands of the RNA is only because of the maoists.. the RNA is just an institution of the government following orders to quell a rebellion… a maoist rebellion… and maoist rebellions arent very nice… ask a chinese guy.
ok hellow.. u r right..these numbers included those killed by the army too.. we had a record of gross human right violation from both sides.. 😦 .. btw i had read in some paper a year ago abt telling to a journolist who had gone to rolpa .. he bid him farewell and said smilingly..meet u in ktm in a year friend..
am afraid.. this is turning out to be true..
hellow, shadowrati tell me friends..do u think we can really trust the maoists ? what if when they come to power they put the 12 point agenda in the trash and kill all the political prisoners..yes international pressure and people power is there..but would someone..who doesnt care about international relation give a deaf ear to it ? what if they just gun us down in cold blood too ? remember my dear friend maoists comprise mostly villagers ..uneducated..brain washed with some stupid mao teachings .. etc.maybe promised to the riches and comfort of the capital..but what if they take over us completely ?
Peace how did you get the idea that anything to do here, anyone who post anything here is following the ‘order’ ?
i agree with PEACE… spa should take the power back..itll be a start.. lets see what they do after that…
Melissa:
I have noticed that all your comments somehow have a weight/diet theme … why the obsession if I may ask? And of course that link you posted had the King with doughnuts … Kinda unrelated I thought but hey if that rocks your boat…
BHEDAs we all are… peace has a point… whoever says people arent stupid are wrong.. people are stupid… people do whatever other people do… people protest because other people do… people believe in the ‘truth’ because other people do… its basic human nature to have to be accepted… like its basic sheep nature to follow the herd… i know this is a very unpopular idea.. but hey, no one wants to think of themselves as sheep… sorry people.. but we are all sheep…
No you can’t trust Maoist, but you can get rid of Mao phobia. Keep on mind that Nepali people have shown a great courage in past couple of weeks. The power of people has once again defeated the mighty armed force. I don’t think Maoist will take a chance testing it once again. Maoists have fought their own tiresome ‘revolution’ and right now when they have chance to involve in the political picture, I don’t think they will ruin it. But again, no you can’t trust them .
Pawan seems to be right.
SO Budhai Punditji, what do u think now?
I think SPA should have taken up the leadership of the country and exhibited their maturity.
Continuation of movement will send country to anarchy and even might cause failure of the current movement even.
When you’re aristocratic, you’re supposed to be tall and thin, not gross and disgusting looking. His son looks like a snow man and I remember his daughter from Triyog about fifteen years back and she was huge, I mean like a hippo.
Neeways, you’re right, I think the King likes donuts a little too much or something. See if you can see this from your comp: http://i3.tinypic.com/w15jwj.jpg
BBCs saying that Nepalese are refusing to leave the streets 🙂 yay! 🙂
This is outright nonesense. Who the hell is Gyane to ask parties to recommend him name to appoing PM. He doesn’t appoint anybody anymore. Not a hint of sorry or name of loss of life. No mention of why he was having to concede. This moron with such a high attitude belongs in Kal Kothari not in Raj Sinhasan.
Nothing sort of republic is a grand betryal of all those lost lives. Again political parties who will accede to power on the shoulder of unarmed civilians blood better think it right.
Nobody let king g succeed… call me a royalist.. an assh0 el e …. but … heres what i think happend… king g took over… maoists saw opportunity to get people against the gov… stepped up their violence… spa s got desperate.. they dint have power.. maoists played them like the whatevers they are… got them on their side.. ’12 point thing’ … and so everything wen against king g…. and yes.. everyobody is a bheda.. no doubt about it…
Dagger,
Your concerns are valid but King G’s rule has made the Maoists stronger. King G has alienated the parties and people, his traditional supporters and looked after his well being, thus making Maoists more powerful. This situation would not have been created if he was not this stubborn.
Also, I do not think we can defeat maoists militarliy. We should start a negotiation and disarm them with help of UN, and move forward. Playing games and hollow actions and speech from both King G and parties will not solve the problem.
What we need is King G to step aside completely. Parties will form a Government and negotiate with Maoists / for constituent assembly and move forward. If not dilly dallying by changing Government will only make Maoists stronger and make your fear a reality.
DEAR POLITICAL PARTIES,
This is just a nepali spaking trying to suggest u few things..till now u have carried quiet a good demonstration and i believe that the king is feeling heat under his seat…but…now, i doubt that this is the same controversy that he used to break u guys a year ago..and u people we all know are stupid morons…yet we support you.u guys shud consider urself luck that people are still ready to die for u guys…
Take my words mate…if it was king birendra that had taken over the power like mr g shah did..i am dead sure no one would have supported u….rather u all would have been busted off and would be behind bars..consider urself lucky guys…
coz we have eyes on u guys too…u perverts…u are the ones who stopped the demonstration just for the chair of prime minister didnt u?…girja bau and madhav dai…u jerks..u think we dont know u guys…thank lord that u all r hanging in there…so take my words and do what is best for the country…this is ur last chance mate….this time if u go wrong…that that mass is gonna burst ur heads off…and to mister girja bau…look dude…take my words…finish this thing…reestablish democracy, and go for 4 DHAM bro…thats the best thing u can do..or take rest in biratnagar no need to come to kathmandu…k bhako ho sathi…morney bela bhaye sakyo aba ta choda na PM ko sapana..kattai PRESIDENT banney sapana boki hideko ta chanau hai timi?…and u mister madhav kumar nepal….we all know what had happened to MADAN BHANDARI bro…u r a person with lots of desire hann…better cut off all that thing ..coz now every nepali know whos what ….i know u all…u guys are the same…desh lai ago balera…nyano tapney ho timi haru shubbai……but still..people want democracy..so better work for the country…and bro..if u have to be a PM u will be some day…dont just play games to become a PM…
And that pashupati bro..hello brother..hi there…i know about u as a student in oxford….was a smart piece of brain ray hoina?..tyo mula 4-5 jana supporter liyera PM ko kurshi cahi na takau hola..pahila party daro banau….ani …sayad pachi …..
Tough luck bro…timro tyattro pura khandan was a prime minister for more than a century..why cant u just satisfy urself with it man…just keep quiet and take care of the flowers in your garden…
hoina k bhako ho yo budha haru..morney umer ma anek thari cha……
well…i might be sounding harsh..but this is the truth..i know G shah is wrong..but this doesnt mean that these guys are right too…they definately need improvements….
LIKE I SAID…i strongly believe..IF it was king birendra at the palace right now…no one would have supported the political parties….and this is ur luck…NEPAL KO HISTORY MA…SUCH A DEMOCRACY LOVER KING WAS KILLED IN THE PERIOD OF THESE GUYS….
And not to forget…it was mr DEUBA..who handed over the parliament to the king…it weas all his fault..bhako democracy lagera bujjhauney….ani shubbai kanda ahiley aaye paryo desh ma….MAOISTS ARE THE RESULT OF FALIURE OF POLITICAL PARTIES…OH DEUBA JE…K HO??..ABA KCM MA GAYERA PRINCIPAL KO KURSHI SAMBHALERA BASHAU HOLA…KATTI PM BANNU PARYA HO BRO TIMI LAI…BARU EUTA BOOK LEKHA BASHERA…PUBLISH GARA..I’ll be the one to buy ur first copy..hoina k ho..paisai kamauna cha bhani…ramrari kamau na sathi ho…
KURSHI TAKERA…DESH LUTERA KINA KAMAUNA PARYA HO TIMI HARU LAI???…
take my words bro..araju didi lay tyatro NGO bata uthai rakhnu bhako cha ta..pugi halyo ne….tyo motey chora lai katti cahiyo ra…pugcha tyashlay…dherrai na khoja sathi….
and finally my dear mandals….come on bro..at least public ma speech dinda ta nepali ma deu bhai ho…..k bhako ho yo mero desh lai hera…tyo india ko jhanda bhako shawl odchan hera nepal ka party haru…k bhako..k bhako…harey…mero desh lai kawadi khana banayera chodya chan…jallai j maan cha tyahi garney…
THIS IS UR LAST CHANCE.Dont play games and keep demonstrating FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT FOR URSELF…yo mula haru ko kunnaiii bharosha lagdaina mallai….tero party lai government dinchu bhanyo bhani turuntai tayar huncha yo mula ABSAR BADI HARU..please nepali janta jaga …aba jaga…..TIMI HARU LAY….10 barsha agadi…”BIREY CHOR DESH CHOD BHANYEU…PAMPHA DEVI HAI HAI BHANNEY NE TIMI HARU NAI HAU….TIMI HARU LAY NAI FERI…JESTHA 19 PACHI ..HAMRO RAJA HAMRO DESH PRAN BHANDA PYARO CHA BHANYAU…..
ENOUGH OF ACTING LIKE SENCELESS MORONS..STOP FOLLOWING JUST FOR THE SHAKE OF PARTIES…DEMONSTRATE AND FIGHT FOR YOR COUNTRY…NOT FOR GIRIJA OR MADHAV NEPAL…
TIME TO FIGHT FOR YOURSELF RATHER THAN FOR ANYONE..
NATRA YO TAUKO FODAYERA….RAGAT BAGAYERA..YEHI JHAREY HARU LAI KURSHI MA PUGAYERA…TRUST ME…IT WILL MAKE NO CHANGE TO NEPAL…NOT AT ALL..YEHI GIRIJA..YEHI MADHAV NEPAL…NA DEKHYA HO RA…SUTKERI BHATTA SAMET KHANEY….LULA LANGADA MANTRI HARU…THIS IS THE TRUTH OF THESE SO CALLED BIG PARTIES OF OUR COUNTRY..GUNDA HARU …..KT KO GHAR MA…PARKHAL CHADERA JANEY SANSHAD HARU NE INNAI HUN…MAFIA SANGA BHETNA JANEY NE INNAI HUN…
p.s: I AM NO MAOIST….I AM NO SUPPORTER OF KING..NOR AM I AGAINST U GUYS…I M JUST SAYING WHAT I FEEL..I M JUST 20 YRS OLD CHAP…SORRY IF I AM WRONG…I JUST WANNA SAY THAT NEPAL IS A HEAVEN..I HAVE REALISEZ THIS LIVING OUTSIDE HOME..PLEASE MAKE SURE IT IS NOT TURNED INTO HELL WHEN I COME BACK…
I can understand the anger of SPA. If King had announced these things only on the 14th April he would have saved a lot and may be agitation would have calmed down. But its too late. It can eat up the Monarchy itself.So from the very beginning King has ulterior motives.He was cocerned about Maoists, that he said to take the full powers, but he wanted to destroy the parties and prolong and consolidate his rule for always.He appointed the dendents of Judha Shamsher everywhere.Like, Prabal, Prajwol, Srish, Nikchhya and depended on the advice of Sharad Chandra Shah,Bharat keshar, satchit etc.The most allergic was the Tulsi Giri who was called from exile to punish the Nepalese people.They should be caught and lynched by the mob as in French revolution.Kamal and Niranjan are already there who were detrimental in the fall of Panchayat and Birendra.KG had real intentions to perpetualise his rule.
The people he chose were wrong people. He risks the throne now.
the parties should accept the royal address and work towards peace. man,seeing conspiracy in everything is not right yeah. the king has addressed so the parties to form the governement and govern the country according to what they deem right. asking the king out right now will be just more fatal for nothing.
the monarch has stepped down and has comitted himself to be the constitutinal monarch so stop the agitation here and start the new life for nepal…. start from the beginning and govern the nation properly so that the king or anybody else never gets the chance to take over…
man give peace a chance….beeen more than 10 12 years of bloodshed…
Does anyone has any idea about the 12 points agreement between SPA and Maoists ? I am pretty sure they had discussed the current situation back then. If SPA wants to play fair, they are not going to accept the king’s offer. Because I don’t think Maoists had agreed upon the alliance anything lesser than the Constitutional Assembly. They can either persuade Maoists now to join them in the interim government or continue the andolan until another response from Raja.
I personally wish they should take the offer. Hold the constitutional assembly, let the voters to decide if they want to keep Raja amymore or not.
as far as maoists are concerned, this time they should not retort to any excuses, its not their agenda anymore nor SPA’s, its people’s agenda–over million people on the street and massive support from all walk of life–and they should respect it. instead insisting to their own agenda maoists should respect people will. no more excuses and scapegoats.
Anything less than constitutional assembly and restructuring of royal nepal army should be the minimum commitment.
Otherwise, if SPA agrees present offer they will be only seen in the history book.
The ‘ giving ‘ and ‘taking’ power from the King’s message should be eliminated from now onwards. Who is he after all in front of people? Why he is acting medival period king in 21st century.
Alright Sandesh, what he could have done ? What were we expecting in the message ? Should he have called for the CA election, then again the question would be, why is he acting like a KING to order an election. No I don’t have a sympathy with Royals but isn’t it time for us to see the situation ? Parties should take the offer, parties and maoists should make a coallition, they should hold the elction as soon as possible, clean up RNA and then decide the fate of the king. Let Nepali people to decide this in ballot papers.
“A monarch willing to kill his own people to save his skin”
says one uk paper front page.
Hellow:
You have hit the nail in the head. The Maoists cannot be defeated militarily!
The King needs to step aside and let the Parties/People take over. I know the parties are bad … but its not the party but the system what we are after.
i am concerned that demonstrators in kalanki set fire and vandalised Land Revenue Office in Kalanki. We must protest for democracy but lets not vandalize public property. Why dont they understand is : Government office and property are our own. We must not vandalize them. Its our taxes that builds those furnitures and building. Destroying it will not affect those in power but the money that we pay will have to be used to rebuild and less money will go other required areas such as health in remote villages in Nepal.
Glade,
King’s speech is so vague that I do not know what he is offering. He says that he is giving sovereignty back to people but he is invoking an article in the constitution that vests executive power to the King and the council of ministers. So the King could be either giving up in good faith or he could be just playing games.
Since he is asking parties to submit a PM candidate, it could be interpreted that King still holds the supreme power i.e. power to dismiss Governments again using the same constitution. If this is the case, then I do not think we should accept it. Army still backs king, and I think accepting this offer will only create a Government too weak to do anything without royal blessing. So I do not think constituent assembly or negotiations with Maosists will be possible without King’s agreement.
Just my thoughts.
Accepting this offer for PM:
Issues: Parties need to stay united and need to bargain with the King skillfully. There is danger that King may outmaneuver the parties and take back the power
Pros:
– Less bloodshed in urban areas
– Accepted by the International community including India, US, EU
Cons:
– King still holds power and may dismiss the Government again to his liking in a later date
– Risk that division in SPA will emerge to King’s advantage
– Not acceptable to Maoists, who will start the war
– Not acceptable to many people who want republic and danger that Maoists may take advantage of it and make Maoists more powerful
– All the cronies like Kamal Thapa and so on may go scot free
Not Accepting the Offer
Issues: Need to keep the momentum in the movement and hardships to people and need to complete the movement before monsoon
Pros
– Power to people and parties
– It will create a Government powerful enough to create Constituent assembly or negotiate with Maoists
Cons
– More bloodshed
– Risk of losing the momentum
– Will the World Media still keep watching Nepal?
It is a tough call. I hope party leaders will rise above to take the responsibility gravely. I hope people will watch keenly and keep pressuring parties, King, and the Maoists.
From the day King Birendra was killed I have seen that Internet postings (such as this one) have been monitored and disinformation planted by royalists. These infiltrators know that the Internet plays a critical role in information society, but ironically, they are way out of tune with reality as regards the people’s feelings for the monarchy in Nepal today. Or maybe they are just paid mercenaries without any loyalties – how much is it now, $2 an hour to spread fear of “Maoist Takeover” on Internet forums today?
Isn’t it ironic that England’s Queen celebrated her 80th birthday in style and happy throngs lined the streets on the same day as people are spitting on Nepali monarch’s face? Well, this is what happens when a person is not satisfied with what he has and wants more and more and more. Was 66 crore rupees per annum not sufficient for this king to live a comfortable life while commoners die in villages for want of paracetamol? What is also instructive from this episode is how King Gyanendra built a wonderful trap for others and fell in it himself. Once cornered there is no way out for him now.
This movement is peoples’ movement. It will be a shame if SPA tries to take much credit for it. And if SPA tries to be too clever and accept what is not acceptable to the people in the streets, people will turn against them as well. People are not afraid of the King, SPA or Maoists. Nepali people have had enough. They want a democratic society where they can speak with freedom and without looking over their shoulders. They want to live without fear of King or Maoists.
Let’s salute the brave people of Nepal !! While we in foreign countries were afraid even to watch TV for fear of what might happen on days of shoot-at-sight curfew, and while we frantically telephoned our loved ones not to go out of homes, people in Nepal came out in hundreds of thousands, not caring for their lives. I should be ashamed for my cowardice, and rightly so.
Those who gave orders to shoot peaceful protesters should now be quickly apprehended and charged in court. The process-based society demands that it be the first step taken, so as not to insult the blood spilled in the streets.
The people have spoken: It’s time for the end of monarchy in Nepal.
Nepalese people are expecting a tansition not a back turn. Several prime ministers were selected under the article 35, do u still think this is a step down?
I don’t see any slight stepping down of king instead he is making a chess-move for another favorable condition to victimise the democracy.
This is a move to turn the international pressure from him (it seems international communities, namely US and India, were looking for a room to hit back the people’s aspirations).
I agree the emotional feeling bloggers are expressing here, no more bloodshed, but how long we will be compromising with this saha regime.
US and India pretend not understood the meaning of nepalese voice otherwise they would not have welcomed this incomplete call.
This was a transition point in the past to step up for a chairman of council of ministers by king.
This is our fight!, history respects the outcome.
The king did not address the two key things the SPA wanted: restoration of parliament and a constitutional assembly to decide if they need a new constitution, one that perhaps would not include a monarchy! gyanendra cleverly hedged around this one, so in a way, he is still in full control, as he interpreted the present constitution in any way he wanted to. If you have a new constitution, you could leave the king out of the process entirely, and allow the people to be in control. A constitution of the people, by the people and for the people, and not OF GYANDENDRA BY GYANENDRA AND FOR GYANENDRA