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| Shoonya |
Posted
on 28-Nov-02 02:50 PM
According to Nepalnews.com, king issued three ordinances including one to amend the Royal Household Expenditure. Any idea what this amendment is for? I hope a wealthy king has cut his expenditures in the name of poor Nepalese.
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In the absence of parliament, King Gyanendra issued three ordinances Thursday including one to establish a Medical Science National Academy on the "advice and recommendation" of the government of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, a government announcement said.
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Two other ordinances include the Public Service Implementation and Follow-up and Inspection Ordinance and another to amend the Royal Household Expenditure. nepalnews.com br Nov.28
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| Shoonya |
Posted
on 29-Nov-02 11:53 PM
It's the opposite. Back to panchayat time...
From Kathmandu Post:
Palace, not the ministry, to decide royal expenditures
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Nov 29
An ordinance promulgated yesterday empowers the king to increase royal household expenditure and facilities by himself.
This promulgation of ordinance - Royal Household Expenditure Management (first amendment) Ordinance 2059 - on recommendation of the Council of Ministers last night alters the present arrangement in which the cabinet was responsible for looking into the royal household expenditures and facilities.
The new ordinance has given the king the authority, which was hitherto exercised by the government, since democracy was restored in 1990.
Though the 1974 Act was still in force, none of the post-1990 governments adhered to it. The money so earmarked for the royal household would be mentioned in the annual budget.
A former Finance Minister, requesting anonymity, said the cabinet started enjoying full power to allocate budget to the palace, on the basis of rationale of the demand of the palace, after the democracy was restored. He said that the palace used to fill up a demand form every year as done by other ministries and the Finance Ministry allocated the budget as required by the palace.
But yesterday’s ordinance not only re-activates the 1974 Act, but also makes modifications to it. The most important change is that a committee (Clause 18) empowered to make recommendations to increase royal household expenditures has been scrapped. The authority now rests solely with His Majesty, and his decision is final and will come into effect immediately after its publication in the national gazette.
The defunct committee included the Prime Minister, Chairman of Rajsabha Standing Committee, Chairman of Rastriya Panchayat, Finance Minister, Chief Secretary of the King and Finance Committee Chief of Rastriya Panchayat.
The Panchayat was overthrown in 1990 by a popular movement, and that is part of the reason why post-1990 governments rarely acknowledged the Act or its committee.
Government sources said that yesterday’s ordinance was promulgated after the cabinet decided to ask for its promulgation based on a proposal by Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand who also handles Royal Palace Affairs.
The government, however, says that changes to the Act was necessary, therefore the ordinance. "The structure was almost defunct since the new Constitution was promulgated in 1990 and most of the officials representing the recommendation committee required new definition under the new Constitution," a Cabinet Secretariat source told The Kathmandu Post.
The amendment in the Act through an ordinance has taken place within six months of the announcement of the current year’s budget that increased palace expenditure by 233.58 percent.
Ousted Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who also looked after the Finance Ministry had carried out a historic increment in the palace expenditure in spite of decrease in the number of royal family members.
The expenditure of the royal household was increased to Rs 387,900,000 from last year’s estimate of Rs116,285,000. The facility of the royal palace employees was increased along with the increment in the other government employees’ facilities.
The ordinance has also provided Rs 50,000 as yearly expenditure for the young Nava Yuvaraj (New Prince) born early this year to Crown Prince Paras and Crown Princess Himani.
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| paramendra |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 08:06 AM
Obscene.
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| salakjith |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 01:00 PM
i get a hunch this could be the beginning of the end of monarchy in nepal.
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| Garibjanata |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 01:28 PM
"ANDHERA NAGARI, CHAUPAT RAJA..................." BHANEKO YAHI HO!
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| bhenda2 |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 01:35 PM
Gareeb janata lai ek chak bhat khaney paisa chaina...Darbar lai lakhaou lakh.....what kind of dumb people are we??
Why Why Why are we so stuipid??? Why the heck have we been tolerating this kind of bullshit for so long......
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| RaiderNation |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 02:42 PM
Just the right time to kick them bloodsuckers out and declare Nepal a secular Republic
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| SIWALIK |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 03:52 PM
These is no limit to greed.
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 04:39 PM
Seizure of executive power from an elected government, formation of over-500 member committee to celebrate the birth day of the Clown prince, ordinance empowering the palace, what next?? A holiday on the wedding day of Prerana?
Soon, we will have holidays on days Paras masturbates! And, you can't even go to the toothless court!
Frustrating, depressing, disturbing.
Shame on all those journalists, intellectuals (?), and everyone who blindly supported the King's first move. Hope they will wake up soon.
Ready to go to Nepal and to the streets if the political parties launch a movement towards a republic,
M.P.
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| Garibjanata |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 04:55 PM
THIS IS THE SPIRIT! I am proud of u all.
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| rabi |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 08:13 PM
Salakjit:
"I get a hunch this could be the beginning of the end of monarchy in nepal."
You said it.
My take on Mr. G and his clan has always been that they need to justify our supporting them at enormous cost and that Mr. G. and any of his heirs need to continually prove their worth. Insteading of proving his worth, his majesty just raised his price! He just robbed us with a blank check!
What disturbs me is not so much the fact that darbar will be a sucker for money. Rather--as an indication of the mindset of Mr. G, this is ill omen. Still no sense of accountability. All the claim to entitlement.
"Binas Kale Biparit Budhhi"
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| khai_k_vanu |
Posted
on 01-Dec-02 12:53 PM
In this time, when Royal Palace is so week, how in the world King G gets such a crazy idea.
I want to know who are his advisors, friends or confidants from whom he seek advice and validation. Isn't King G considered to be shrewd, politically savy King? If so why he is axing his own leg with such kind of unpopular move? May be he is staunch repulicanist.
Anyway, I want to know who are his advisors???
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| rabi |
Posted
on 01-Dec-02 01:35 PM
KKV (hope you don't mind the abbreviation):
"Palace is so weak"...a unique observation.
Mr. G is shrewd, but as he has been amply demonstrating his shrewdness is his asset not yours or mine.
About his advisors...I doubt he is doing this on anybody's advice, though they did state that he was merely okaying a cabinet recommendation!
I will stop here, on the advice of my keyboard! ;)
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| khai_k_vanu |
Posted
on 01-Dec-02 02:26 PM
Rabi,
Even though Palace now seems to have complete command of Nepal Army and governmetn power, I think Palace has become weaker and weaker. The palace is haunted by Narayanhiti massacre. Political parties are not happy with Royal power grabbing. And most importantly the problem of moists is still unabated. So I think palace is very weak.
To think his cabinet recommends without his prior recommendation is farce. What I meant was who King G talks to, who he laughs and hang out with. No man is an Island. Who are his friends? My understanding is the company one keeps does play significant role in one's action. I want to know who are King G's company? That's all!
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| protean |
Posted
on 02-Dec-02 06:20 PM
Why does he need more money?
Why does his family need to increase its budget? Have they not had the opportunity to amass wealth at the behest of the Jantas all this while?
All this oppression, the norms and sycophancy created by the feudal reign of the Shahs and the Ranas, the social inquities, and facade built up from thereon, is a cause of the nation's crisis. It is not something that occured during a day. Revolution to fight this
system was always needed in Nepal. The past 12 years made people aware ,and brought about some changes. Howerver,the corruption, and lack of delivery, wasn't able to serve to the needs of the country and its people, further providing impetus to the already burgeoning revolution.
We were all tired of the sycophancy and the ills of feudalism that existed during the Pre 1990 era. I don't want to see the same situation arise again, and especially not when the situation we're in today is a result of it.
All of G's actions suggest that he is a sharp player and is running his game to win at it and grab power.
Why does he need so much money and control of all the budget that goes to him? This is a sheer testament to his lust for power and wealth. Why can't he instead give all this money to the people ,who've been suffering due to the insurgency , in the country?
Or why can't he ,if he really cares, use this budget to increase defence spending?
With such strides, the Royal family becomes both armed and dangerous for the country!!
We might see this batle linger for a long time to come till the citizens are going to demand an ouster the Monarchy.
He is thinking of his short term benefits, but, this attitude of ego and greed, might prove to be distastrous for the country and himself in the long run.
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