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| Arnico |
Posted
on 10-Oct-02 10:27 PM
(I usually don't copy-and-paste, but figured this might be relevant here)
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KOL Report.
KATHMANDU, Oct 11 - Former Chief Justice Bishwonath Upadhyaya and seven other intellectuals termed His Majesty the King’s move to oust the government as against the norms and values of the present Constitution and asked the King to reinstate the parliament by reactivating the Article 127.
They also demanded the formation of a small-scale government from within the parliament after it being reinstated, they said in a joint press statement on Thursday.
Though the last 12 years of democracy may have raised many questions, the recent move by the constitutional monarch can not be justified, they said in the statement.
The solution to the constitutional problem should be found within the constitution, they said. “Though the Royal declaration might seem to have solved the problem for now, we should seriously think about the repercussions of the decision.”
They are of the view that reinstatement of the House of Representatives is the only way out at present.
Those signing the statement include chairman of constitution draft committee Bishwonath Upadhyaya, Dr. Laxmi Narayan Prasad, Kul Shekhar Sharma, Dr. Krishna Kumar Panday, Dr. Madhu Ghimire, Dr. Devendra Raj Pandey and Kedar Prasad Koirala. (yo)
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| VillageVoice |
Posted
on 10-Oct-02 11:36 PM
Glad that some people are speaking up. And people with outstanding track record for integrity too.
Indeed King Gyanendra made a historical blunder.
But there will always be strong temptations for future adventurisms. And the King will do well to part company from people who seem to have deeply ingrained distrust for democracy itself, and not just failing politicians. As a strong believer in constitutional monarchy, I want my King to be inclusive, a staunch democrat.
That said, liked what Deuba told The New York Times after his dismissal, "You make mistakes." How about saying that in public, loud and clear, Mr. Deuba? I will salute you for that.
We all goof up once in a while. To me, publicly admitting one's mistakes means you are honest and that you are keen move on, an endearing quality, esp. in a leader.
Even King Gyanendra will do well to acknowledge his mistake somewhere down the road - once the constitutional processs has been put back on the rails. That will allay renewed fears that he is a reluctant democrat.
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| kalanidhi |
Posted
on 12-Oct-02 12:36 AM
Gays/Gals.........
I am glad King is taking the power slowly and slowly.
I just want to say to you gays/ gals that: Don’t stay behind the wall and bark. If you are true nationalist/patriots, just go to Nepalese village and educate the people who doesn’t know how to practice the democracy. Nothing is going to change in Nepal by barking within sajha territory.
LC Chand is Mr. Clean with no black smudge throughout his career. We must be optimist about the new formed government. We should be wishing for their success in this context of Nepal, rather than disparaging them behind the veil. Why do you always have to be morose and pessimist about whoever comes to form the government. Tell me who will best fit to preside over Nepal? Give me a single name. Mr X, Ms Y, Mr Z……….. ? Whoever comes to form the government, your off-putting comments are already ready!!! Haina ta????
I know that you have good knowledge of reading books. Some of you might be graduated from Harvard; some of you might be from Stanford; some of you from other big institutions….but don’t try to apply your principles of books to the current situation of Nepal. Sometimes, you have to hop out of your values and principles and become practical. Theories and principles do not seem to be working in the developing country like Nepal. Nepal right now is in-deed in need of authoritarianism/despotism. That can only be possible by the overpower of the King G in this context.
You live in the manson of glasses, so don’t try to throw the rock to others. Know how to be united and perform your patriotism. Since most of you live in the US, you know how American people got united against the terrorist act on 9/11 devastation. So, we need to realize the lack of patriotism on us.
I think we should give the positive feedback to the new government.
KALANIDHI
UCLA, USA
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| Shoonya |
Posted
on 12-Oct-02 03:55 AM
Maybe he is not that "Clean"..this is from today's kantipur:
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| sally |
Posted
on 12-Oct-02 10:34 AM
I also don't usually copy-and-paste, but I find the juxtaposition interesting.
KATHMANDU, Oct 11 - Diplomats from the United States of America and European Union countries have stepped up their move to get political parties around a united move against the Maoists with a clear message that a confrontation with the constitutional monarch at the moment would be detrimental to the cause.
The envoys have been [telling political leaders] ... that overcoming the Maoist problem needed absolute unity over the purpose among democratic forces and the King.
... [Diplomats have been] meeting various leaders sharing their country’s concern and commitment for constitutional democracy in Nepal telling leaders that peace and conciliation with the King was essential for such a system to effectively function.
According to the sources, the basic thrust of the diplomats’ approach is that Maoists should not be seen as winning the battle, and for that a good government needs to be in place. An election at the earliest, without doubt, is something they want, but for this a conducive situation has to prevail. ... This was apparently a message to the political parties to patch-up with the King and co-operate ...
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| dhocholecha |
Posted
on 12-Oct-02 12:23 PM
Sally, you might want to check out the letters section of Nepali Times, where Seira Tamang has a very interesting take on the diplomats' reactions to the king's action.
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| SIWALIK |
Posted
on 12-Oct-02 12:25 PM
Then the Westerners are disingenuous. I do not see a possibility of peaceful settlement between the king and the Maoists. I feel that democratic goverment is essential for such a process.
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| kreep |
Posted
on 12-Oct-02 01:19 PM
That's how our intelletctuals are. All they care is about themselves!!!!!!! What do they want the king to do?? Defy Supreme Court's ruling???
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| isolated freak |
Posted
on 13-Oct-02 02:44 AM
notice one thing on the above postings:
diplomats are urging the partie sto co-operate with the king.
kantipur published a piece that said the US amb to nepal met with Madhab Kumar nepal at the latter's residence and not only that he made PUBLIC statements from there.
shouldn't we issue persona non grata to Malinowski for interfaring too much in our internal affairs and violating diplomatic protocol?
just a thought.
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