An editorial published in yesterday’s edition of Kantipur. Originally in Nepali: The role of the current government in the King’s refusal to answer must be made clear to the people.
King Gyanendra has again repeated his act of stubbornness by refusing to answer the questions of High Level Probe Commission (HLPC). This must have alerted the SPA-Maoists as it reflects the same old mentality, tradition and work pattern of the king. The HLPC hadn’t questioned the King on grounds of his being the Head of the State. The questions were rather focused on the activities carried out him after overthrowing the elected parliament and taking the responsibility of the Chairperson of Council of Ministers, which is obvious.
The executive head is primarily responsible for the misuse of power and violation of human rights during the 19-day People’s movement. As the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers the king should take the responsibility of excessive misuse of position, regime, power and national treasury in order to sustain the autocratic rule. Therefore, the king can’t stay outside the boundaries of the HLPC investigation.
The political and legal system after the April Movement is different. The Parliament has already made the ? decision in principle which allows questions against the King to be raised in the court. A lot of the King’s privileges have been cut off. He can no more commit the offense of curtailing the rights of the people. In addition to it the political powers are busy deciding whether to keep or overthrow monarchy before going for the Constituent Assembly. So the king’s refusal to answer has undoubtedly disrespected the Commission. It has increased concerns about the monarchy still posting a threat in the change people want.
The repression of the Royal regime killed 25 people, more than 5000 were seriously injured while many lost their limbs. There is no record of how much of the national treasure was misused to suppress the movement. As the ex-chairperson of the royal government the king cannot shy away from accepting its responsibility. The vice chairperson, ministers and security heads of the royal regime have already admitted to the commission of having acted as “directed from above”. Taking into account their interrogation and evidences acquired in the process of the investigation the king is in no position to escape unscathed.
The people directed the parties to hold the entire council of ministers including the Chairperson accountable for the atrocities in the 19-day movement. Accordingly the High Level Probe Commission (HLPC) was formed under the chairpersonship of Krishna Jung Rayamajhi. So HLPC has got more to it than just a legal background. It has the support and power of the thousands of Nepalese who took to the streets for overthrowing the autocratic rule. Thereby it is the King’s duty as well as responsibility to answer the questions asked by the people about the unfortunate events in his direct rule. The HLPC provided him an opportunity to do that. Backing out from answering is no excuse for it.
HLPC has got more to it than just a legal background. It has the support and power of the thousands of Nepalese who took to the streets for overthrowing the autocratic rule. Thereby it is the King’s duty as well as responsibility to answer the questions asked by the people about the unfortunate events in his direct rule. Backing out from answering is no excuse for it.
The current government hasn’t given any comments on the king’s refusal to answer. Why is the government silent about this event, which refutes the people and insults the Commission? Some days ago, the First Secretary of the king met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala. Many linked the meeting with the King’s refusal to reply. The government cannot stay silent about the King’s refusal to answer the People’s Commission. And as the head of the government Girija Prasad Koirala’s is a question of accountability to the people. The role of the current government in the King’s refusal to answer must be made clear to the people.
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97 responses to “Haughty King: Gyanendra Refuses To Answer People”
A thief or killer or perpetrator never willfully wants to be questioned or prosecuted. That’s the universal character of those people. That universal monoculture has influenced the royal palace of Nepal as well. I am sure people inside the palace also wear jeans in private parties, drink beers and listen to American pup music while watching skinny models’ catwalk on Fashion TV. Now there is no point in making a hue and cry over king’s refusal to answer the questions of the probe commission. Just overthrow him or, as someone suggested in a previous blog, send him to the Dodo’s club!
King has lost the opportunity to be accountable to the people. But some times I wonder what is the meaning of people; Maoist”s people, King’s people and SPA’s people.Actually, everybody says it is their people. I think now King’s people are in minority. It seems that Maoists have a “lot of people” but it is only under the threat of gun.And what about SPA’s people ? They are the people who are comelled to live under the maoists threat, abduction, extortion,rape and killings. I wonder xhy SPA Government does not declare the talks are a faikure because of Maoists continued abduction, extortion, killings or the breach of code of conduct by Maoists. To day, Nepal Human Rights commission has published the of 15 who were abducted by Maoists. I WONDER why the victims of atrocities of Maoists come together and form a youth squad to assassinate Prachanda and Baburam. We shouls not in any case leave them alive whenever possible.These are the culprit who must be punished.
Fifth line up the end:… do not come together and……
The king is above the law
no one should dare to question his majesty
Senior advocate Sarbhagya Ratna Tuladhar, attorney general of Nepal during the rule of the CPN (UML) has said in yesterday’s Himalayan Times that the commission had no authority to send a questionnaire to the King. Likewise, Ganesh Raj Sharma, another top constitutional lawyer has also said that the commission does not have any legal ground to question the King.
Why are we so bothered about 20 odd people losing their lives? What about the 13 thousand including those that dies in Madi, Chitwan last year? Why not form a judicial commission to probe into the Maoist atrocities from 1996-2006?
and those 20 odd ppl were all hooligans who were destroying public property and some were shot dead “accidentally” while stayin in their own house … so all of them were declared matyrs by this stupid SPAM…
desh le ragat magi rakhya cha.. prachanda ra baburam ko …
King Gyanendra is not a common man…he comes from a royal dynasty…he sure has much wealth….he sure has got some self-respect. Its hard for him to kneel down before political leaders (in whose hand Nepal lost everything in 12 yrs) and before red rebels (whose every gun is painted with blood of innocents). Its really hard….atleast for a man who odered to shot rubber bullets at protesters against him. I sure dont want him back……but then give me only one name who could rule the nation…..I dont want any komrade to answer….This should be answered by only Nepali.
Harke dai and ankit i strongly support your commens. i dont know why MR wagle so much worried about king all the time. Only 20 people were killed during the royal regime. Dont count 13000 people who were killed in last ten years war.More than 30 people already killed by maoist since they sign the peace aggrement and after establishment of loktrantra.
King is already gone.His all power been dismissed. May be after constituent assembly we dont have king anymore in this country.He already got his part of punishment.
At the moment we need to voice together to speak against the maoist activities.
If i have to choose betwn king and maoist,my choice would be king.
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prof pyare lall, harke dai, ankit…you panches, have u already packed ur stuff? cuz u soon u will have to flee the country when Gyane is sent to gaol. don’t write silly comments here. go n pack ur things!
I wish all you bloggers happy deepawali.
Happy blogging.
taa jasta mora haru le garera ta maobadi haru ko din ayeka huun tankey..
samaya mai hoos ma ayija..
nabhe maobadi ko khet khana tayar hunu chadai
King Gyanendra does not have to answer these questions by the Rayamajhi commission on legal grounds. Although I feel he should on a personal level. On the other hand, I am also awaiting answers from Prachanda and ilk on the many atrocities he has led his people to commit. I wonder when a commisssion of any kind even a truth and reconciliation one will be established to hear from the likes of Puspa Dahal. It’s okay to say Sorry in front of your entire PLA army with a handful of victims and families of victims surrounded by these murderers, but it is quite a difference if Prachanda were to stay in front of an independent commission and answer to them as well without the physical and immoral presence of his personal army.
Today Mark has wrtten a good article on the communists as a whole, and Maoists in particular in Nepal news. So, I really surprised how a name like Maoists can garner support in Nepal. It may be because the governments after 1990s were concentrating only on to make Sujata and Govinde and the like to make rich. Parties to become rich.They completely neglected the rural youth. They became angry young men and took up arms under the bad impression of sugar-coated speech of Prachanda and Baburam.
As Mark has said, in Thailand, Monarchy was strength to quash the Maoists whereas in Nepal, Monarchy is weakness.
Can you believe it ? Former IGP Krishna Mohan Shrestha was killed by the order of Gyanendra.According to a report, Shreshta saw Gyanendra and Prachanda meeting in a secret place so he was eliminated within a week.Believe or not ?
Dr Goebbels Reborn – Dr Tom Marks article in the American Chronicle “From Maoism to Fascism in the Himalayas”
Dr Tom Marks (US “counter” terrorism expert) thinks the people of the world are stupid and the peoples of Nepal and India are ignorant.
He starts his article by praising the “Unknown Mao” by Jung Chang and John Halliday oblivious to the fact that Chinese studies departments in the United States have pointed out the inaccuracies in this historical “potboiler ” and “bestseller”. See criticism by University of San Diego Chinese studies studentshttp://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chinesehistory/mao/Mao.htm
I myself have written a series of criticisms of this book and I recommend you read my “Feast of Lies and Famine of Truth” on Seek-the-Truth-Serve-the People.blogspot.com as a starter.
The fact that the people of Nepal do not swallow uncritically the lies of Jung Chang and John Halliday about Mao Tse Tung is to their credit and intelligence.
Dr Tom Marks article reflects the closed mindset of neo conservative America and is based on a mythological history of the 20th Century.
He weeps over the break between the Palace and the Seven Party Alliance and the fact that the Nepalese Army has not been used to kill the Maoists who he clearly cannot comprehend through his neo conservative world view.
Kill what you do not understand rather than face reality is the motto of the new Dr Goebbels Dr Tom Marks or in the Goebbelian language speak of Dr Tom Marks that there is no military solution is a canard.
Never has an American President been so little concerned for the “facts” as George Bush who is a “gut” man just like Hitler and Dr Geobbels. Dr Tom Marks is as much a lieutenant as Adolf Eichmann was for Hitler has his government carries out the same covert operations today as it has done throughout the 20th century of supplying weapons and resources to proxy killers. to kill what they do not understand.
Remember 1963 and how the US Embassy in Iraq supplied lists of names of intellectuals and progressives in Iraq to be killed by the Baath Party your new friends then, remember 1965 in Indonesia and how the US Embassy supplied death lists of Indonesian Communists to the slaughtered. Then there is Chile in 1973 and at least a dozen Latin American countries where you have done the same thing.
As Dr Tom Marks mentions Chairman Gonzalo and Peru in his article we will remind Dr Marks about US support for the Rodrigo Franco death squad under Alan Garcia or the Colina death squad organized by Fujimori and Montesinos.
Yes and the world knows it and remembers it Dr Marks.
Your proxy killers, vigilantes would like to do to Nepal what you did to the world in the 20th Century but people learn and the Nepalese People have learned to dismiss the “Peace” rhetoric of James Moriarty the United States Ambassador to Nepal as they know that US peace is the peace of the grave.
No corner of the world can be blacked out for your subversion in the 21st Century as the spotlight is on you and your citizens will hold you to account as well as the people of the world for what happens to democrats in Nepal.
There will be no triumph of the will of US Imperialism in Nepal in the 21st Century and its “man eating” system.
Dear countryman,
Gyane[ndra] has shown us his stupidy again. We thought he could be somehow good but not at all so lets vote for Republican staright away. If SPA does not respect Janaandolan then we support Maoist to establish republican in the country. These SPA leaders should be hanged after the republican, specially Girija ( Gyane[ndra]’s Dhupoure) got to be hanged at Tundikhel
I agree with kp on this issue. This King should be made to answer questions about the April revolution. However, Prachanda should be questioned about the gross human suffering he has caused. Girija should be questioned about the many financial irregularities he was indicted on! Other political parties and Girija should also be questioned about operation Kilo Seirra which was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent Nepalis.
We need to question all ours leaders and let them know they have to be accountable.
well said HAINSALU, i totally agree with u…..
Comradely greetings rock dude.I always thought professors were hired prize fighters and it looks that prof Payre Lall has confirmed my thoughts.
Openly advocating the murder of Chairman Prachanda on what is a site dedicated to a democratic solution of the problems of Nepal.
He joins his comrade in arms Dr Tom Marks who is now pushing a military solution to the Nepalese conflict.
What can one say about such people they are condemned by their own words.
Maoists talking about democracy ? Tomorrow Sun will rise from the West. What type of democracy you want, everybody knows. It would be like Kim Jong Il’s democracy. Or Pol Pot’s.
You most uneducated people on earth have destroyed our country and the future of the people.We are already behind 50 years behind other countries. You are intoxicated by the Red Book or intoxicated by the speech of your leader who is worth nothing.I do not think your comrades can come to power.
Prof. I detest the Maoists too but aren’t you ignoring the cause of the rise of the Maoists? Inequality, injustice, marginalisation of people, corruption, inability of the govt. to delivery basic services such as health, roads, education to the people, unemployment etc? If these issues were addressed properly by the govt.’s that have come and gone over the last 15/20 years we never would have had any Maoists. The Monarchs never addressed these issues and neither did the ‘democratic’ govt.’s that came post 1990. Any govt., except the Maoists, that comes to power and addresses these issues could easily defeat the Maoists. But it takes time and is a difficult task…and nobody really wants to undertake it.
Please tell SPAs that Maoists are the problem in the peace process. The King is staying out of picture while Maoists’ GUNDAS are roaming the country. SPAs need to grow backbone.
Kirat:
There is Inequality, injustice and marginalization in Bangladesh, Africa, Thailand etc. I used to think that perhaps the Moaist were fighting for a nobal cause. However, their actions and the Maoist party have proven time and time again that they are not fighting for the ‘people.’ Prachanda and Baburam have created a militias that is bent on wanton destruction and mayhem.
The worrying part is how these young militias can be convinced to give up their ways and join society. After leading a life where they have used force and intimidation to get their ways how will these young folks get back to hard work and disipline?
I would give the profesor a TV channel as he is the best recruiting seargent for The Maoists I have yet met on this site.
“You most uneducated people on earth” coming from the professor of ignorance this is wonderful.
Another quote from your comrade in arms Tom Mark s article
“What is fundamentally different in the Nepali scenario has been the crucial role played by the clueless united front allies of the Maoists, especially groups that bill themselves as “civil society” or even as “nonaligned.””
So civil society in Nepal does not suit Tom Marks or the Professor it is not in their image although they exploit it when they can.
Your arragance Professor is your vunerability as you are surely devine and the era of gods is over..
Bhudai, kirat and others,
So my point of view is how long we are ready to suffer from Maoists. I am not pro-king as well. I hate King and he had enough opportunity to prove his mettle but he was a modern BEWAKOOF.
The only way for us is middle path with democratic parties if they reform themselves and new leadership should emerge in these parties. I don not want to see the same faces like Sujata giving lectures on Foreign Relations. Makune could not prove himself to be the good opposition.These people are obsolete.
For maoists also, if they continue like this for three months without having any agreement for CA elections and lay down their arms, their own cadres might assassinate their leaders.That is another possibilty. The present worry of all is the security of the public in both rurala and urban areas. How long a country can suffer for the doings of two leaders supported by RAW ?
oye, oye!! even the ‘sick’ like pyare also hates gyane[ndra]!!!
pandit: what do you do?
i know harke and some others lick the a$$-of-his-boss gyane[ndra], but others?
dude, forgot nepali proverb? sauta ko ris le poi ko kakh ma [icd]?
if you hate, girija or makune or prachande, thats ok. lots of people hate them, and i’m no exception. but simply because i hate them i cant abuse loktantra, and join the [icd]-lickers’ club.
Bhudai- sure there is a lot of inequality in a lot of other places than in Nepal, that is why Africa/Bangladesh are always in turmoil, even Thailand has it’s rebellion in the south with the Muslim population. I’m just so frustrated that in Nepal the people/govt. never thought it necessary to address these problems. You might think I am just boasting but even in the late eighties/early nineties when I was in college I used to argue that Nepal would be a breeding ground for a communist inspired rebellion-I always thought that China would instigate it though, there I was wrong.
Prof-the problem for the SPA (not that I think very well of them but compared to the Maoists and the Monarch they are the lesser evil) is that it cannot count on the Army to be loyal to it. Whereas the Maoists can always rely on the PLA. Should hostilities resume between the SPA Govt. and the Maoists the Army cannot be counted on to follow strictly the directions of the SPA Govt. that is why the SPA is in a weak position when negotiating with the Maoists. The king will always play on this and will always make sure that the Army is more loyal to him than the democratic govt. even at the cost of the well being of the country. This is why I hate the Nepali monarchy so much. They only care for themselves and couldn’t be bothered about the misery of the rest of the Nepalis.
Sure there is turmoil everywhere but they don’t have a Maoist insurgency.
We need to make some reforms in the NA. I think appointing the new army chief was a good step – at least his surname was a good change. This unhealthy relationship between the palace and the army really needs to end.
However, I think even the army now has realized that they must be under civilian control. But the SPA leaders are so unturst worthy that they will always be in a weak position. My guess now is the Mukune is giving the Maoists leanacy to undermine Girija.
Man only if we could get some new leaders. Where is Gagan Thapa these days? I had some hope in this guy but I don’t hear of him nowadays.
Bhudai, they might not have a Maoist insurgency but believe me they have worse things (except Thailand). Since we did have almost 11 yrs of interrupted democracy some fault lies with the people for re-electing the crooks again and again (eg. Khum Khadka, Chakra Bastola, Chiranjeevi Wagle, Padma S. Lawati, BB KC etc)But we were just learning then. I think it was just that after a 100 years of neglect/injustice at the hand of the Ranas and Shahs and then the disappointment of the ‘democratic’ govt’s of the Kangressis, Males etc the poor oppressed people who saw no hope just threw their lot in with a bunch of charlatans like Prachanda and Baburam who actually talked about eradicating their problems. No one had paid attention to them before. This is the success of the Maoists-they actually, at least in the beginning, paid attention to the common, little man. Why did everyone ignore/neglect them so much?
Start to THINK!
Only people who feel themselves above the law can easily accept that someone, be it a military dictator or a king or a Maoist ‘chairman’ is above the law.
The king’s move is not cowardice, he shows his ass to the will of the majority of Nepalese people. It seems, that the next attack from the reactionary block is imminent.
People of Nepal, you can only get rid of your injust masters by nonviolence. Follow the example of Mahatma Gandhi. Stand up against violence from both sides. Stop giving your children’s blood for these illegal masters.
AHIMSA knows: Kings are history!
It is stupid to talk about this issues now… where were we when we had to ask the same question to SPA when maoist attacked to the barrack on 1996? Are we responsible for the death of those nepal army, they were killed by maoist? So lets be fair and look for the future. What are the plan of maoist ………. show us…. what kind of vision they have got for NEPAL and we decide rest of all. We had enough with lock tantra and anti king protest. You guys show tire burning and bashing of innocent ppl…. that is not what we want. For the development of country it is not the king himself but the other ppl who don’t only use the power but abuse the power they have got… I came to know this after meeting son of Nepal Leader Joshi who was also known as PM ….. i.e pocket maar…..
Kirat,
I agree with your views no. 28. But this Katuwal can not be beleived and relied on.Pro-palace another gen. also has won the legal battle.So they can not be trusted you mean. But I think it is upto Girirja and SPA leaders to handle them. from 1990 to 2002, they antagonized the Army top brass. I think army started walking in the wrong path at the time of Prajwalla; He asked for the budget 14 Billion Rs from the govt. for the Army and he and his wife did a lot of corruption. They own a Hotel in Australia and a restaurant in Paris.So the budget of the Army was only 7 Billion before. Maoists were the boon for them. Army is the most corrupt organization. At least govt should have taken action on PJT and Katuwal. But they did not have that even much of guts.What a shame !!!
Gyanendra still thinks he’s above the law. Now its up to the people. Do they want to keep the monarchy unaccountable? Everything depends on you. Go out and make a difference instead of complaining.
Kirat:
I have to disagree with you. Yes maybe Baburam and Prachanda did talk about helping these marginalized communities but in reality these rural Nepalis have suffered the most. Most of the KTM elites are indifferent to what is happening. The Maoists talk was just that – alot of talk. Look I know there was ethnic marginlization and communities and regions in Nepal were neglected. However, democracy, economic development takes alot of time. It takes time for the spill over effect to reach everyone. A violent revolution isn’t necessarily the way out.
Take Bangldesh for example which has a poverty level greater then ours. They might have turmoil but they still have a 5% economic growth rate and they are improving very rapidly on their human development indicators (infant mortality, education etc.) I think the state Nepal is in currently is very bad… far worse then most countries (expect like Sudan, Somalia and a few others).
Why neplanews, kantipur and its other sister publication donot write the kind of news published below? It is because this is done by maoist?
http://www.freenepal.com/show_details.php?article_id=947
pundit bro do u only know they hav been marginalized?? but they have exploited, oppressed to the maximum level, denied of development of thier culture, religion and tradition and many more. monarchy is the worst in trying to crush them, they used policy of ‘aik vasa aik bhes’. distributed lands cultivated by them to brahmin in the name of birta, jagir n all crap. when they opened a school for teaching thier lang they got shut down but imposed sanskrit as complusion in schools,dead lang. and then came every other political problems, it hurts the most when hit hard in ur culture, tradition, lang n religion casue its thier identity. how can’t extremism or rebellion grow in this situation?? n when they r being ignored again n again how can’t a violence grow??? the problem is local, its internal and its there.
rock_dude:
agree with everything you have to say. however, how grass root was this Maoist movement? I mean baburam, prachanda and krishna mahara are all elite brahmins. plus when i see how much rural nepalis (the people who were marginalized) have been suffering I doubt the Maoists objectives and intentions. I think prachanda and baburam are hungry for power themslves – they couldn’t care less about retifying social injustices.
otherwise why do they stop rural development work? why do they shut down schools in rural schools? why do they burn down health clinics in rural areas?
i fully agree the rana/shah regimes plus post 1990 regimes totally marginalized people, but don’t be fool with the Maoist’s pretenses.
let me continue… maybe as an idea its understanable why a maoist revolution might arise. but the reality of this ‘insurgency’ is something competly different.
It’s crazy how much people are bad-informed. What I feel reading some replies is just a fear of the change. Sure Status Quo is easy solution but what will it change for the people who cannot read these messages because they don’t live in KTM or in other city ? What will it change for the simply people living in the country side and working hard to food their family ?
Somes said that Maobaadis killed 13.000 people. No, it’s not true. Look at Amnesty International report that said that almost 70% of the people killed during the war are now dead because they were Maoists, suspected to be or to help them. (r)NA had killed more people than Maoists. When (r)NA as raped, killed civilians without any reasons and make believe by the press that they were Maoists, Maoists just attacked the ‘class ennemy’ wich is very logical in their strategy to suppress exploitation. Of course they didn’t respect some human rights but what the Parlementiary and Monarchy represent is just an other round of exploitation, submission to foreign economy and good money for their relatives.
Stop to be blind when you look the reality, stop to believe that Kantipur or Kathmandu Post always say the truth.
Comrade Haisanlu, Your apologetic for the murderous bandit Mao Tse Tung is laughable. I suppose you feel that Stalin was also a really nice guy that has been maligned by history. Your communist BS is not helpful in any way.
Dot.dot,
I do not buy that idea that Miltary killed more than the Maoists. Which report youread of AI which Year ?
I know military has done some atrocities on the general people but Maoists are the ones who killed the most, particularly poor people. They could not kill any rich or Zamindaar because they were or geting money from them. Maoists must be held trial by the UN or Nepalese Govt. in the near future if the drama of the talks fails.
The problem with all the powers that be from the palace to the parties and the maoists is that everyone makes a huge political issue of the injustice, poverty, discrimination etc. in our country, but they only exploit these ideas for their own power grabbing ways and think of justice as justice only for their own, economic bettermment as only enrichment for their own, and anti-discrimination only for their own.
All the parties mentioned basically want everything for their own and want to make their non-supporters powerless, economically deprived and discriminated against. These hypocrites intentions are geared towards power and money, so they look at opposition as an enemy they should wipe out completely even if it means murder, and they look at anyone richer then themselves as crooks and thieves and their money should be stolen to be distributed amongst their support group.
There is no intention of looking at oppositions as a healthy democratic practice who you can have a healthy debate with, and they completely ignore the formula required to make a nation proud and prosperous – the formula that includes good ethics and mutual respect for each other no matter what our beliefs and no matter if we are poor or rich, tharu or brahmin, man or woman. What use is power and money without the pride of being a nation with a people we can be proud of no matter what their political beliefs?
This article is a typical media hogwash with no legal jurisdiction. Granted maybe the King should give a personal statement for the goings on in the Janandolan period – but let us not be naive as this will also reflect the forced participation of the janta done by maoists with their guns so even their accountability is in question as they have placed unwilling people in potential harms way. The 21 people killed – Who were they? Were some of them paid to partake? Were some forced by the maoists? How about the injured? -Same questions there too?
Then looking at the conduct of the maoists today, it is’nt surprising that they were pulling people out of their houses to make them participate in the janandolan. The ones who could pay got away. The ones who could not, just had to go or “face the consequences”.
Yes, the King should give a personal statement, BUT what will GP Koirala and his government do if the maoists again have another janandolan with the same underhanded tactics tomorrow? Should the government just let them walk into Singha Durbar under the guise of a janandolan, or should they bring out the security forces for the stability and security of the nation? If they do, can the government guarantee that people will not die in the inevitable clashes between the security forces and the maoists? It would be moronic to claim so. Let us not be swayed by maoist propoganda, the same people who it seems do not have to answer to anyone these days for anything at all.
Is there a law and rule of law in this country? The way I read it is, anyone or any group can have and impose law and justice as they see fit. I see it everyday.
Before we talk about whose is above law or not abidding by law- please do define the meaning law or judicary. Then lets discuss. Not bend law according flavor of the day or which way the wind blows.
we realy need to understand that we are in the 21st century and here nobody can rule any body.. the government si an institution which can manage the things for people.. thier economy thier education and all that .. but ruling any body is realy out of question.
that is the reason ekactly why we are having this problem in nepal .. all the people with partial powers believe thath they are going to rule .. who can rule whom..
the king can not rule the people neither the spa nor the maoists.. comrades lets face the reality .. the kings current condition is not brought by ur guns .. it is by the peoples power.. because of the eruption of people’s frustration and people’s anguish..
now when unobody can rule any body then how do u ecpect to rule an individual named gyanendra just because some twenty odd people make a community or a comitee?
we r missing out on things that are realy important for nepal now what do you think will agricultural reforms will bring to nepal.. when are we going to find out that missing link between us and the developed nations?
why ?
a;; those anti imperialism slogans and propaganda is all right but why dont we understand that globalisation is the need of the hour ?
where are we leading our next genaration with out oppurtunities? when are we going to bring that it boom in nepal..
i do not think there is any problem in managing such al less population of nepal if we realy work with a foresight .. but we are all engaged in old revenges and vendetta..
after the blood shot and the fighting wghat does the common man get? with such a confusion in the policy making grup w er going to reach no where..
at the end of the rat race : what ever may be the result : you still remain a rat
i still consider National Reconcialiation for the progress of nepal. Pointing fingers, foul-mouthing, and kicking the bhusiya in the street is not going to help…..Forgive but forget not…then MOVE ON…..
….with revenge comes counter-revenge anf futher revenge…a vicious-cycle…..
dakre:
How can there be national reconcilation under the present circumstances? When and if the Maoists give up their arms and comitte to peaceful coexistence then we can think about this.
ankit,
Where were those people like Ganeh Raj Sharma, the most oppurnist, when King authorized himself to a role of head of government? When a chief of an organization plays a role of a security guard, he must reply to any death under him when questions arises about his integrity.
Prof.Pyare Lal,
If you do not like Maoists or any communist, that I can accept but an article or an opinion written by some white man from America, where a liberal like you can be titled a communist, can not be a Bible to a common Nepali, whom Moriarty failed to judge not very far past.
Instead of talking on ideology, you backbite to people by name which is not suitable to any professor, if that you really are. Why don’t you try to forward solutions based on ideology and reality rather than quote an unknown Tom Mark, who never knows what Nepal is, not talk of its villages.
I can see that Gyane still takes this Govt. as a bit of joke. And why not? The way the SPA is handling the Maoists violations of the law (bascically turning a blind eye to it) why should Gyane take the SPA govt. seriously? And any fool knows that the Nepal Army is still loyal to Gyane. If I was Girija I would tell the Maoists ‘Comrade in exchange for a referendum on the king, elections to the Constitutent Assembly, both under the auspicies of the UN, you will hand over all your weapons asap. The NA will also remain confined to the barracks under the UN supervision. Take it or leave.’ Does the SPA have the guts to do this? And by the way I wouldn’t mind a public beating of Bam Dev Gautam for resorting to cheap politics at such a crucial time.