Assessing King Gyanendra's Move

how many times would you post the same thing?
in the other thread, you not only posted the same link but copied and pasted the whole content as well.
and now again u are posting the same damn link.
Can't u live with the fact that nobody wanted to comment on your childish writing?
Everyone has a brain good enough to assess the current situation.

I meant to post it is the "discuss" section of the poll being taken. I did not realize it was going to show up on Kurakani, where I have it posted already.

Other than that, no apologies.

Paramendra -

I think it was foolish on Deuba's part to split his party and dissolve parliament. I am not suprised at what the King did - he played his cards very well and Deuba ate from his hands without suspecting a thing. Again, while I hope this fellow is acting with good intention, past history is eveidence of the autocratic ways of Shah kings and I would not be suprised if at the end of all this Gyanendra attempts to usurp power from the people - in which case I agree with your statement that monarchy will be relegated to the graveyard of history.

Orion. Your fears are not out of place, but I don't share them. I think the political parties will condemn the king's move, and then join the next government to hold elections, two per party, as the king has offered. Once the government takes shape, the king goes back to being the "constitutional monarch" he is supposed to be. As he has said he will.

(1) Talk to the Maoists or militarily crush them.
(2) Prepare for and hold free and fair elections within six months. Or at most a year if the interim government has reps from all major parties.
(3) Let the CIAA go ahead full steam after the ugly faces from the past decade through rule of law.

(1) might be the trickiest. Is there a name in the offing that can deliver. I don't know.

Paramendra - I do not share your cautious optimism about Gyanendra. I reserve my judgement on the guy till the events of the next few days play out but I think his moves are against the spirit ( I will leave it to the lawyers about the letter) of the constitution. If Gyanendra does what he says, thats great - but I have no reason not to believe that he is driven by a lust for power and he could very well be doing all this to discredit and destroy democracy, not save it. I will wait and watch.

Pramendra ji, k jhyau garirako bhanya khurukka post nagarera.
Do you want to edit, incase your classmate Prince finds your article .........
If not why do you want to keep in your site. Let it be here for forever..


Assessing King Gyanendra's Move
Paramendra Bhagat
October 4, 2002
I just got online, 3:30 PM US central time, logged into Sajha, and noticed there is a new thread at the top: Deuba Sacked. No thread before has grown this fast to my knowledge. This is big news. I proceeded to various news destinations on the web to check up on the matter. Then I came back to read all postings at the Sajha discussion forum thread on the topic.

The King has sacked the prime minister and usurped executive powers.

My observations:

This is not 2017 B.S. And if the King were to now head in that direction, the monarchy will end up in the dustbins of history. He knows that.
The parliament had been dissolved six months back at the Prime Minister's recommendation, not at the King's insistence.
All major political parties recommended a postponement of the polls. Where Deuba stretched it is in wanting to postpone it by a year, rather than another six months.
It would have been ridiculous to let Deuba and his gang remain in power for another 14 months. And the option to revive the parliament perhaps was not there.
The anti-corruption drive, and the property rights for women - two of the major positive developments of the recent months - were both works of the parliament. The parliament was a good thing.
The step the king has taken is unfortunate for democracy, but this is not the last straw. What were the other options? Could he have revived the parliament on his own, especially after the Supreme Court approved the move on Deuba's part to dismantle it?
The elephant in the room - the Maoists - remains. Will the next government make yet another attempt at a military defeat of the Maoists? How will they succeed when the others before them have failed using the same police, the same army?
Our best hope for now: the king forms a "clean" cabinet of people who will not contest elections, as he has promised. And that government works to hold elections. In the mean time, the anti-corruption drive goes full steam. Unimpeded. If we can have free and fair elections in six months, it might not be all that bad.
But such a timetable has to be announced within a week at the latest. Or the country might go down the path of Musharraf democracy, and then the king will be a supreme suspect, giving grounds for the abolition of the monarchy.
One wonders how the caretaker government will handle the Maoist question. What if the Maoists remain entrenched and active also six months from now?
One wonders who the next Prime Minister will be.
What do the major political parties have to say about the King's move?
Conclusion: Was Deuba's decision six months back to dissolve the parliament wacky? Something that he should not have done?
What would be a political solution to the Maoist problem?

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Orion.

Your observation of Gyanendra's character might be more accurate than mine. He is said to have been against letting the multi-party forces prevail in 1990.

On the other hand, no matter where his heart might lie, we have to look at his actions.

If a new government is formed within a week, and then he relinquishes executive powers to the new Prime Minister with the express understanding that the new PM hold the elections by a specified date, this will be a hiccup, not a typhoon.

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I had actually posted it elsewhere. Here you go, I will pos the HTML version:

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Assessing King Gyanendra's Move

Paramendra Bhagat

October 4, 2002

I just got online, 3:30 PM US central time, logged into Sajha, and noticed there is a new thread at the top: Deuba Sacked. No thread before has grown this fast to my knowledge. This is big news. I proceeded to various news destinations on the web to check up on the matter. Then I came back to read all postings at the Sajha discussion forum thread on the topic.

The King has sacked the prime minister and usurped executive powers.

My observations:

• This is not 2017 B.S. And if the King were to now head in that direction, the monarchy will end up in the dustbins of history. He knows that.
  
• The parliament had been dissolved six months back at the Prime Minister's recommendation, not at the King's insistence.
  
• All major political parties recommended a postponement of the polls. Where Deuba stretched it is in wanting to postpone it by a year, rather than another six months.
  
• It would have been ridiculous to let Deuba and his gang remain in power for another 14 months. And the option to revive the parliament perhaps was not there.
  
• The anti-corruption drive, and the property rights for women - two of the major positive developments of the recent months - were both works of the parliament. The parliament was a good thing.
  
• The step the king has taken is unfortunate for democracy, but this is not the last straw. What were the other options? Could he have revived the parliament on his own, especially after the Supreme Court approved the move on Deuba's part to dismantle it?
  
• The elephant in the room - the Maoists - remains. Will the next government make yet another attempt at a military defeat of the Maoists? How will they succeed when the others before them have failed using the same police, the same army?
  
• Our best hope for now: the king forms a "clean" cabinet of people who will not contest elections, as he has promised. And that government works to hold elections. In the mean time, the anti-corruption drive goes full steam. Unimpeded. If we can have free and fair elections in six months, it might not be all that bad.
  
• But such a timetable has to be announced within a week at the latest. Or the country might go down the path of Musharraf democracy, and then the king will be a supreme suspect, giving grounds for the abolition of the monarchy.
  
• One wonders how the caretaker government will handle the Maoist question. What if the Maoists remain entrenched and active also six months from now?
  
• One wonders who the next Prime Minister will be.
  
• What do the major political parties have to say about the King's move?
  
• Conclusion: Was Deuba's decision six months back to dissolve the parliament wacky? Something that he should not have done?
  
• What would be a political solution to the Maoist problem?
  
  

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