Though this article was written immediately after king’s first address, UWB has published it in order to bring the issue of monarchy for public debate.
By Mahesh Poudyal
The politics of monarchy
You must be thinking I must have made some mistakes with the heading “politics of monarchy,” you must be thinking “monarchs don’t get involved in politics.” Oh, yes they do, they do in Nepal if you didn’t know already! Of course, in this 21st century it is hard to find monarchy in any form – constitutional or ceremonial, let alone active monarchs. However, by the grace of god or his curse, we Nepalese have got an active monarch, so much active that he had for the past 15 months suspended political and press freedoms, and had tried to “rule” over his “subjects” – we Nepalese people – by any means he could. Okay, enough for the sarcasm – now back to the serious business. The question here is – does Nepalese politics need a monarch(monarchy)?
The question is as complex to tackle as simple it looks. First, let us remind that politics, especially democratic politics has to be “by the people, for the people”. If anyone wants to be active in politics, he/she has to be accountable to the people – especially to hold executive political posts, he/she has to be elected by the people. Even at this day and age, constitutional or ceremonial monarchy, with executive power lying at the hands of elected representatives, would definitely have been acceptable to Nepalese people. The people accepted constitutional monarchy after the democratic movement of 1990, and the late King Birendra was happy to stay as a constitutional monarch, leaving day-to-day running of the country to the elected politicians. Even though there were power struggles between political parties after 1990, including some corruption, we have to bear in mind that our democratic system was still in its infancy and probably the leaders didn’t have much clue as to what “being accountable to their constituents” meant. They would definitely have understood after fighting one or two elections, when people could have rewarded accountable representatives and punished those who were corrupt and unaccountable to their constituents. If I remember correctly that was exactly what happened in the second general election when the people punished Nepali Congress party by taking away their majority for what they had done during the three years of their majority government from 2048 to 2051. Wasn’t that the sign of a maturing democracy even at its infancy? I believe it was.
However, the 2001 royal palace massacre changed all that. I wouldn’t like to go into the details of the massacre itself, but what became clear after Gyanendra became king under those unceremonious circumstances is that he was not prepared to stay just as a constitutional monarch. By clearly stating that he wanted to play an “active” role in Nepali politics, he crossed the boundaries of what a constitutional monarch could/couldn’t do. Moreover, by appointing and sacking Prime Ministers at will by abusing certain sections of the 1990 constitution, he has not only brought about great crisis in Nepalese politics but also a great suffering to the Nepalese people. The final straw was the assumption of the executive powers and suspension of political and press freedoms in February 2005 in the name of bringing peace in Nepal by crushing the Maoist rebellion. After 15 months of that takeover, however, none of the promises that he made were achieved. Neither the peace prevailed in the country nor was he able to crush the Maoist rebellion. The situation has clearly got worse and the spill over of the unstable political situation can be felt in all other sectors, most notably that in the economy.
Now, why should people believe that a monarch (who doesn’t have to get elected) would act in their best interest, when he (the monarch) very well knows that the people cannot make him accountable? The people have no power to vote him out of his office, except by force like that of the French revolution just over a couple of centuries ago. Unless the person in power is accountable to his/her constituents and knows that power can be taken away easily, such as by voting, there won’t be any incentives for him/her to be accountable and act in the greater interest of his/her constituents. In case of Nepal, Gyanendra became king just because he happens to born in Shah dynasty and more importantly he somehow survived the massacre that wiped out King Birendra and his entire family. Now, we wouldn’t be having this debate if he had just stayed a constitutional monarch as his brother King Birendra did. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened and his ambition of playing an “active” political role, his fantasy politics and his abuse of 1990 constitution time and again has eroded any trust that people had in him. Moreover, since he does not need to be accountable to the people, why would he care if the people trust his actions anyway?
Monarchists argue that the monarchs are/have been an unifying force in our country’s politics (BUT also see the upcoming part the culture of monarchy – on this point). May be a proper constitutional monarch like King Birendra had been a unifying force in our country’s politics – especially by providing guidance to the elected political representatives that held power BUT never interfering on what they did. However, there is no evidence to believe that the current monarch, king Gyanendra has been an unifying force in our country’s politics – in fact, the opposite. By his senseless political meandering, he has probably created more political divisions in the country than unification. “Divide and Rule” seems to be the weapon of all autocratic monarchs if we look at the history of monarchy, not only in Nepal but in other countries as well. Same is true in case of king Gyanendra – time and again he has tried to create divisions within our society, within political alliances, and even within political parties. Our country is more divided than ever in these last five years of king Gyanendra’s reign. So how can we believe in the monarchy being an unifying force?
Now, if we do need an unifying force in our country’s politics, a figurehead to look up to, someone who could provide guidance to the political leaders in power (but not interfere), then who better to look to than our own statesmen like Ganeshman, Pushpalal, BP or Manmohan. True they are all DEAD, but if you really want names of those living who could hold similar position in our country’s politics then why not turn to Daman Nath Dhungana, Padma Ratna Tuladhar or even our new hero of non-violence movement – Prof. Krishna Khanal? We need statesmen who provide guidance rather than monarchs who interfere in politics without being accountable to the people. If king Gyanendra would really like to “work for the benefit of ordinary Nepali”, why doesn’t he “take off his crown and fight election with other politicians” as late Madan Bhandari would have put it. He could then have as active role in politics as he would like.
So, what is the verdict then? I would say if the constitutional monarchs in our country had kept themselves true to their constitutional role, there is no denying that the Nepalese people would have embraced them even when they really are white elephants economically. Just looking at the support King Birendra and even Prince Dipendra had (remember massive sense of loss, grief and the shaved heads when they died?), we can safely say that Nepali people were very fond of their monarchs. They trusted them to be true to their roles and saw them as “unifying figures” in Nepalese politics. However, the situation has changed drastically since that fateful event in 2001. Not only was there a sense of anger during the present king Gyanendra’s coronation under those unceremonious circumstances but there also was a sense of suspicion on what really happened that day in the palace, as King Birendra’s family was hastily cremated without proper autopsy or any criminal investigation. To add salt to the wound, Prince Dipendra’s body was cremated without proper funeral procession. However, even after becoming king under those circumstances, ever forgiving Nepalese public were slowly showing support to king Gyanendra and were even beginning to accept him as a figurehead in the country’s politics in his constitutional role. This monarch wouldn’t have it however, and after his actions during the past few years of his reign, especially during the last 15 months, any trust that people had on him has eroded irreparably. There seems to be no way back now than to opt for a monarchy-less political system in Nepal. As I said before, we need a clean statesman who can be a figurehead in Nepali politics, a unifying figure if you will, and not the monarch who interferes in the politics without being accountable to the people.
(To be continued)
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51 responses to “Is Monarchy Relevant for Nepal? (Part II)”
We need to go for constitutional assembly .
We dont need king Gynendra anymore !
We all know how he got into the power
It is big suspision about his brother king birendra death
Who might have done that?
So Everybody Be care ful with Paras and Gynendra .
What they have done to Nepali people
Opressing them with lots of force .
That was crime against Humanity
The Author,
Whats up with the continuation? Why can’t you present your analysis all at once rather than presenting a piece without the head and tail? I could neither see a link to previous issue nor a perspective for the future issue.
And, the analysis is too cliche.Look at your points…democrats say this…royalists say this…and ….I think these things have been discussed time and again and have been raised in many articles and news items by people who frequent this blog. So, basically you are repeating the things said by hundreds of other folks who frequent this blog.
Is UWB running out of headlines? Just curious…
Hari, Sometimes U talk too sensibly like here now. I completely agree with you. I think this blog does not have anything to write any more. So, it seems that they will be repeating again and again same materials without any innovation.
Dear All,
Some people are advising that the new government/ reinstated parliament should start its work by amending the current constitution. I smell rat on this proposition. Going directly to CA ( without any condition) should be the road map and by doing so it respects the people’s aspiration.
I wonder what the police will write now in their website instead of this http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/incident_detail.php
any guess ??
BBC-TV reports Mabadi rally in Kathmandu 12noon
tomorrow.. Can anyone confirm ?
Thanks mike4radio@yahoo.com
“However, there is no evidence to believe that the current monarch, king Gyanendra has been an unifying force in our country’s politics – in fact, the opposite. By his senseless political meandering, he has probably created more political divisions in the country than unification.”
His actions have thrown the Maoists and SPA together with the CA the main point of agreement. The people have united to take to the streets against him. If not united ‘for’ him the united ‘against’ him, hoina?
The King was always gambling on being able to solve the crisis in Nepal and indeed he contributed to it but not in the way he had imagined. By listening to the people, he has given himself a chance to remain in office but we shall see in the coming days.
Let us hope that Friday marks the start of the dialogue for peace to end the violence, corruption, political paralysis of state infrastructure and the militarization of the people of the last 10 years.
When we see children on the streets chanting violence against the King we know that we walking in the wrong direction.
Let us talk.
I GOT THIS ARTICLE IN E-MAIL. MAYBE A LOT OF YOU MAY NOT AGREE TO THIS BUT ATLEAST EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS ONCE.This way we can start to think about the country more seriously.
UNTIL AND UNLESS WE START A STEP, NO THING BIG WOULD BE ACHIEVABLE.
Original Message Starts Here:
“As we see the situation in Nepal, anyone would think that the problem lies between the King, seven Political parties, and Maoists. And why? What each of them wants? We’d find answers for that also.
One may say political parties want full-fledged democracy. Similarly Maoists want the communism, and King wants to reestablish Panchayat or something like that in other form.
It may sound weird to you at first, but I see this crisis in completely other way. This is not any kind of conflict between Nepalese themselves. This is something between India and Nepal. It’s a grand and interesting game. At the same time, highly challenging for both the states. Every one of us knows the Indian approach of trying to dominate others, especially the neighboring countries. Defense and foreign affairs related decisions of Bhutan are directly handled by India. Nothing new about it, right? Which country in the SAARC except Bhutan is happy with India? Forget SAARC, what about other neighbors? China? Burma? Mentioning these issues just to rethink on India’s foreign policies! Now let us go to what’s there between India and Nepal? Care to see it thru big brother’s side. India ‘s average economic growth rate has reached around 7.5%
which is one of the best in world today. India is second largest market in the world in terms of population. Foreigners are seeing China and India as the new markets of this age and investing here rapidly. Bottom line is- India is developing. But how long people will invest in India if basic infrastructure is not there?
How much investments would be there in Agricultural industry if outsiders don’t see basic irrigation facilities in the field? In other way, when other area is developing, what about large Indian farmer population? When they’ll prosper if irrigation is not there? And most importantly, energy is vital for all development- industries, technology and everything. India is not capable of producing the required amount. India has successfully taken control over Bhutan’s energy resources and already started to have the benefit. Bhutan is also getting something out of it but in cost of SOVERIEGNITY. Now comes Nepal’s part. Nepal is second richest in water resource having potential of large amount of energy. Enough energy to cater India’s energy need for industrialization and irrigation and clean drinking water for eastern India
(perhaps more than that). For that, India can have straight business deals with Nepal. Take it if u want, but please pay.
But NO! India wants all those in the way they got from Bhutan. They want to have total control in any hydro projects that’ll be build in Nepal. They want to give us something out of it- lot less value than what we deserve. Since history India has been trying for this and as it was obvious for them to getrefusal.
In the mean time, foreigners wanted to invest in Hydro projects in Nepal. But India always fumed and fretted for any manipulation in rivers will lead to flood in India. So, all the big projects were cancelled. India didn’t stop. They wanted to get the resources according to their desire. When Nepal refused, they came into games with long vision. What I interpret the game could possibly be as such- Change the non cooperative government of Nepal. Keep people in power that will be ready to sell the resources of the country fro some money.
And if required, will be ready to sell the whole country. India knew that until and unless royal family is in power, it’s not possible. This is Because for the royals, Nepal is the only place in the world where they will get highest degree of respects and they’d never sell the country. For that, India played the key role to instill democracy in 2046 and implant corrupted people in the government. According to the plan, some leaders of ours sold out rivers and lands during the 15 years.
TAT WE ALL KNOW. AND MAN IT CANT GET DISGUSTING THAN THIS. Now India could not depend only on those dogs. For that, how to make Nepal completely helpless in shortest period? So that Nepal will come down on the ground with knees. There won’t be any other option remaining for Nepal and finally turn towards India and beg them to utilize our own resources, and give some riots two feed Nepalese twice a day. Attack on the source of economy was the simplest route towards Nepal’s bring down. And then Something happened out of blues. Maoists were born in western Nepal which is the hub of ayurvedic medicine and one of Nepal’s major exports. The area is still under Maoists control and no one knows how much of yarshagumba is smuggled from there every year.
Country’s revenue is going in vain. And let us recall, it was Girija’s tenure and whole Nepal knows how Maoists flourished in no time. Besides that, major objective of giving birth to Maoists was to attack the spinal of Nepal’s economy- tourism. And things happened accordingly. Nepal broke and got trapped into the crisis we r seeing today.Now please don’t doubt on who gave birth to Maoists. India was the first to call Maoists as terrorists when Nepal government was still calling it as insurgents. After that, US hit listed Maoists of Nepal in top ten among the world terrorists. Nepal government never called them terrorists those days. And in many cases, we have seen Maoists leader making rounds to Delhi in the same fashion as Girija and his daughter.
The recent meeting between the parties and Maoists leaders occurred in Delhi. How could India arrange the facility when Maoists are terrorists? Do they want to send a message that Lashkar-e-taiba should be entertained by governments of various nations? And surprisingly, nowadays Indian media do not right the word “terrorists” for Nepalese Maoists. The respected word given by them these days is “Nepal rebel”. This is all happening because of the slavish mentality India possesses due to 200 years of British rule. Anyways, now let us come to the major issue. After knowing all these, Im not in a condition to agree that the dispute in Nepal is for democracy. What I believe is it is for nationality. It is for saving the nation. It is for raising the nation with what we have. It is for replying back to all those who try to play with us. Now, it’s up to your
intellect to identify Who is working for what. What King is doing, parties are doing, and Maoists are doing. It’ll be a very appreciable opinion if you say what those pancheys are doing again here? We should not forget that democracy is nature’s law. When you are born, you come along with your freedom. No force can stop u for that. Let’s see the cause and what’s happening around. Democracy within the boundary is so important? Or democracy in a country will be there when a country will b there?
Let all Nepalese get together and stop the external force for some time when Nepal will try to lift up in a position from where no force would be able to bring it down. Democracy is always there. When Nepalese can change the government in 2046, same Nepalese can change the government again in 2066. And if required, forever free Nepalese could change the system around the world. We don’t have to doubt in our capability.
But the current need is not “restore democracy” as India is saying. Current need for each and every Nepali is to “save and raise the nation”. When US envoy to India made one statement related to India’s internal politics last week, whole India shouted back to the ambassador.
This is something good we need to learn from Indians. When India, and other far away nations are repeatedly trying to interfere our internal matter,our corrupted media (do I have to name the media which have bosses of Non Nepalese origins? Or u find it yourself) is not tired of singing their songs everyday. These Medias are responsible for creating a pessimistic environment in the action. People are not protesting those external interferences which are vital in present. Restoring Democracy is not the issue as far as I understand. What if democracy is restored tomorrow immediately? Same old faces who tried to help the neighbor more than own country itself will be back to power.
And the process of losing the nation’s independency which has been stopped temporarily through king’s move will get momentum again. But if Nepal and Nepalese succeeds to pause that external force for some more time, its strength will be minimized. Many things can happen within few years. Zest is- country first! Now, If you don’t agree on this, I m open to have your opinion. If you feel that there is some logic in what I have said, please forward it to as many Nepalese as possible. There is nothing good happening to you within 24 hours or 3 days or 1 week or so forth. But only God knows, long term benefits could be there.
(ORIGINAL MESSAGE ENDS HERE)
Vandeveer,
I hope you go to that rally. And I hope you get hit hard on the head by some police officer, who is so tired of managing these rallies and is really p*ssed off because he just wants a bit of peace and quiet, but people like you won’t allow that. I hope it knocks some sense into you.
Guys just for your information, Monarch do exists in other countries. Yes, I am talking about active monarchs who choose “The Minister of State”. And the country is Monaco, though 2nd smallest country in the world “It has more millionaires per capita than any other country”.
Monarch system is itself not bad. People within the system made it bad.
By the grace of god or his curse, we Nepalese have got corrupt politicians like GP who become PM time and again and we Nepalese can’t do anything but accept it in the name of democracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco
well kirat, if u find peace in calling names and reproaching others sans any sane reason, I don’t have to say anything ’bout ur mental state. But if u call this a ‘humor’, u have a really sick sense of humor.
Is Girija Relevant for Nepal? 84 years old ??.. he has caused nothing but trouble since his arrival in 1990… wake up people !!
VandeVeer
The rally will be tommorow at 12 noon.
Finally we can see with our own eyes the people who where killing and murdering during 10 years.
But the good thing is that we know where they are during that rally so they not going sneaky shooting again and put some roadblocks.
I recommend Dr. Devendra Pandey, Sambhu Thapa and Krishna Pahadi also to be included in the new cabinet. Otherwise they should be incuded in a powerful People’s commission to investigate the excesses comitted by royal autocratic regime.
At anyrate, all of Kirat’s sillyness aside.. Seems hee/she/it never speaks to the question, just attacks someone trying to get some information…
I am amazed that this can be true. If the “red-tag’ is not removed this sounds like a bad idea, at least to me ….. I would hope this is some kind of a misunderstanding.
If this is true,it might well be a recipe-for-disaster !! ONE TINY STEP FORWARD, AND A GIANT LEAPE BACKWARDS !
Dr. Devendra Pandey: Oh maaaaa! corrupt no 1.
Go ask him and confirm
Sambhu Thapa: Mandale in disguise
Go ask him and confirm
Krishna Pahadi: Best actor nepal ever produced
all me witnessed
Don’t go thro your sentiments, Gita Jee!
Wait and See.let the politicins do their job they have accepted thier past mistakes. Give them a chance.
Rest are all nautanki, opportunists!
So “foreigner”, who does “we” refer to ? Just intellectual curiosity as many of us saw the leadership here in 2003, and espically before 1996.
Monarchy in Nepal is now a serious subject for every Nepali and we all must think about it deeply. First of all take a look at the monarch’s family background. Whom do you trust? Do you trust Gyanendra? Do you trust on his son Paras? Do you trust people like Pyar Jung Thapa who have played crucial role in reviving King’s power? The answer I know is definitely “NO”. Of course who would trust a king who sucks 86 Crore from the national tresury every year for his drinks when the rest of the country is going without food and shelter and education and primary health care.
Who trusts a king who roams around receiving flowers from the poor people but hides behind that black sunglasses and can’t even look eye to eye to his own fellow citizens. He participates in the international conference and represents a democratic nepal while in the country the leaders are suffering behind the bars. Of course the answer my friend is a BIG “NO”. It is time that we get rid of the monarchy. We will save Rs. 86 crore everyyear which could be used to provide free education and primary health care to all the poor people of Nepal. The royal palace could be converted into a beautiful public park and museum. Kathmanduities will benefit a lot from doing this. The useless army security can be used for some better purpose. So my answer is “No. Get rid of the king once and for all.”
kirat,
haven’t u noticed that many people who participate here with their serious , sincere concern have to waste their precious time defending your nonsense offence.
if u enjoy playing this sick game of calling names , why not gather people like u and start your own blog (and don’t forget to invite replytoall)
i assume UWB has higher intentions and deeper concerns.
but again excuse me kirat, if u r appointed by UWB to make it a little bit nutty.
“the way indian movies insert senseless suggesting scenes” in the name of masala.
Don’t watch Indian movies so don’t know what you’re talking about.
‘Phool ko aakhama phoolai sansara’
coke and all other cynical nepali (suffering from low self esteem and inferiority complex ),
why do we assume that nepal cannot produce a single good gyani person.
why do we say all are chor and fataha.
why don’t we realise there are many good and capable sons and daughters of nepal but due to lack of good system were kept out from the power center.
i donot say that get them into politics immediately, but i support that more and more good, honest, fore sighted ,competent people should get into politics.
the names gita has suggested are my ideals too.
(coke please give evidence if we r wrong)
but politics sure is a complex field and good intention alone cannot justify for their competence but is of course a major and primary content.
the rule applies to hollywood movies as well.
not trying to be a drag, but just my curiosity
‘are u a just US returned??u seem so out of touch of this soil.’
Democracy gives me the right to call stupid people stupid. If they don’t agree with me they can call me whatever they want. But stupid is stupid.
I am a ‘returned’ but I have been in Nepal now for over 16 years. If I seem out ‘of touch of this soil’ to you guys than I will take it as a compliment.
I like the proposal of Subhash Nembang to be the Speaker and Chitra Lekha Yadav to be the deputy Speaker. They are quite competant as far as I know. moreover, it will represent gender and ethnicity too.Anything against them.
Please do not fight like maoists. let us have constructive, friendly discussion. Let us learn to listen to each other’s opinion and let us learn to respect and appreciate each other. Let us be democratic.
I got the info from KP…
The ANNISR-R (ALL NEPALI NATIONAL INDEPENDENT STUDENT UNION-REVOLUTIONARY), considered to be in support of tha Mabadi announced the “Mass Rally ” for 12 noon.. tomorrow.
“Be domocratic” like ???
What about Laxman Aryal heading the upcoming powerful People’s commission to investigate the excesses committed by royal autocratic regime.
oh! u r a US returned.
now i got my answer why u r so shaped like this.
hey kirat u feel proud to be called ‘out of touch of this soil’ and preach about ground reality of Nepal, how ironic!!!!
i think u better close the books on world politis (US publications) and try to know Nepal more. with compassion and with insight.
(other US dwellers excuse me, for there are some like kirat who can not throw their old glasses in new place)
Like a democrat in any civilised society.
An example of a few” civilized societies”
Taaya,
Wrong, I did not return from the US of A. I never said that, don’t jump to conclusions. I simply said I was a ‘returned’. Nearer to Nepal than America.
Please read my words carefully I did not say I took it as a compliment to be ‘out of touch of this soil’ I said if you guys think I am ‘out of touch of this soil’ which is a totally different thing if you can understand proper English.
Why? Simply because the so called soil you seem to be in touch with is actually nothing but empty hot air.
Singapore and some European esp Nordic countries for instance
then i guess from perfect english speaking narcisssistic somewhere where calling names is the national game.
Gotta go bye!
It seems to me that some people here are wasting time chatting to each other. I think UWB is not for chatting but for putting your creative and construction suggestions and opinion. So please Kirat and Taya stop wasting your time as well as others who are looking for some real meaningful opinions.
My uderstanding so far about Nepalese people(including myself) is similar to a volcano or if we talk about some myth in our religion as Kumbakarna. We erupt once in a while but, tend to cool down pretty fast. This could be due to our young education history or the young democracy or the culture itself. If we keep on forgiving for the repeated mistakes then we will be back to square one in couple of months or in couple of years. We should not only depend on our political leaders to bail us out but, we need work hard and do the right things and learn from the mistakes to bail ourselves out.
We have gone through this democracy struggle 3 times already in last 55 years, hope this 3rd one brings positive results within an acceptable time frame. There are numerous examples to get back to the right track but, we people need to be involved by doing the right things and not doing the wrong things knowingly… if we loose this opportunity this time then god only knows where we will be in next 10 years(may be fighting for another democracy with the next dictator PARAS).
Just how old are the people arguing here? Kirat, are you a 14 year old boy? If you can argue in a discussion blog like a mature adult, please do so. If not, revert to calling people stupid (or any other petty name) and continue to look like a kid in the playground.
Tayaa, I don’t think the genius is comprehending what you’re trying to say.
I completely agree with Rabin. Nepalese for the most part are easy going. Hopefully, we can get rid of the monarchy until Paras1 comes to the throne, because I’m sure the army and police will be much more violent.
Yes democracy lets me call stupid a stupid.
I am a big stupid in this blog. I am the biggest [icd] in this blog.
Has anyone tested UWB so much that they have had to stoop so low as to impersonate me? Probably not. But I now know what you guys are made of anyway-it’s in your genes. No matter how hard you try blood will always out!
And my blood is out too coze we all are same blood..what the sucker I am
An imposter! They say flattery is the best compliment!
In the present heat of the moment, we might be saying monarchy is a dead institution, not required anymore etc. In a bit analytical mode, it seems monarchy is required since there is no other bonding institution in Nepal. The SPA, now popular, will lose sheen after sometime because it requires lots of time to solve Maoist problem, given its enormity and complexity. And we are expecting magic, which will not happen. At earlier days in power, the political parties had not been able to show maturity, thus late King had gained immense popularity. Probably, the same will happen. In addition, the King has control over the largest organized manpower in the country – the Royal Nepalese Army. At this point, you may despise the King, but you cannot do away with him.
my comment is whatever king is doing is he is going good
I think king is necessary. We are seeing how he has adapted to the new revolutionary government who wants to chop his head off despite they were the ones who brought him to power by fighting in the parliament. I don’t think magh 19 was a wrong step what could he had done if no one wanted to shake hands and no one could make nirwachan happen. It’s his contribution that in such a time he took control of country and held polls despite a failure but it was done anyway.
We think king is no. 1 enemy but I see myself and urge yourself to put in his place and think for a moment. What a head of family can do if everyone is fighting he cannot just wait dispute to be over my mom and don’t do that. I agree it was seen authorotarian but it is not so.
I don’t think there feaudalism or authorotarium regime in Nepal.What loktantra and what the hell is republic I can see any good reaswon for any sort of revolt why can we just our duty fairly and honestly. We could always have sat in parliament and discussed about these revolutionary movement recently done and passed them. We blame only one vulnerable target presently the king despite the maoist are still waging Chanda attanka and their military training of all kind. We see few people being killed in the street by the king but why are we forgetting many people who had thir hand tied behind their back and tied to the tree trunk and shoot or say cut down without even getting time to defend themselves.
King is necessary because monarchy is symbol of national unity. We cannot just blame him for backwardness of our land. I see he has still symbolic reference to god. I don’t say hethe monarchy should act like a tyrant but we can keep and give him his own limit. The protector of the religion(Hindu) as he has been known is infact a king who goes to Gumbas to pray also.
We heading towards the truth that is infact present parliament is behaving in more undemocratic manner when a minister is asked a question the answer is because we are all powerful as was done by one minister when she was asked the limit of parliament regarding the laws being passed in radio channel called BBC nepal.
Why to remove the king if he is willing to stay in the limit drawn by people. We must be sensible in choosing a path between constitutional monarcy and the path of doom like in postrevolutionary period in Russ and China where millions of people were sent to Siberia to be killed or starved to death by the cultural revolution by MAO.
A month or two back, I thought not. But now I can see a King or Queen is necessary in a ceremonial role, otherwise with the way the maoists are conducting themselves I can see a lot of unrest and even civil war. Every force needs a counter force – democratic parties need healthy opposition, the maoists too need their opposite – the monarchy, even if in a ceremonial role. A balance is the only way to ensure democracy, otherwise it will lead to authoratarian rule, then anarchy, then civil war. Any government should always have it in their minds that the citizens always have a other options, without these options the powers that be tend to get too cocky and autocratic and lack in performance and tend to think they can do as they will.
Nepal without a monarch is nation without a state. Frankly, if there isn’t constitutional monarchy in Nepal then be prepared to revisit Afghanistan. Someone has rightly said, if there is no division of power in a democratic setup where there is checks and balances then it will become one of the most corrupt and exploitative system.
But the intent on the part of the maoist is to completely wipe-out vestige of Monarchy in order to establish authoritarian one party rule. I say this because, as of now they are assured that they have the SPA by the balls and they do. SPA cannot break the agreement which they have signed and if they do they know the consequences. So in order to placate ever growing influence and demand of Maoist, they make proclaim and decree which is not even necessary i.e., secular state and seek audience with Prachanda in his hide-outs by flying in a helicopter -BY A STANDING HOME MINISTER. Have you ever seen this kind of appeasement, anywhere.
Monarchy is necessary for Nepal, geopolitically-wise, socially and politically. I standby it.
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