July 9, 2007

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TOWARDS THE END OF MONARCHY IN NEPAL ?

For his 60th birthday, the king Gyanendra felt very isolated. On more than 1000 guests invited, only 200 came. All the members of the government and the diplomats declined.

The very impopular king came to power in June 2001 when prince Dipendra killed his father the very loved king Birendra all almost the members of his family before killing himself.

Gyanendra, the brother of the king, was a businessman dealing mainly with largely hated India. The night of the killing neither him or his relatives were in the palace. Rumours was runing in Khatmandu that he was the one who organized the killing.

Very authoritarian, he suppressed the democracy before to be obliged to restore it under massive street demonstrations. After 10 years of civil war with 12,500 deads, the maoist guerilla signed a peace accord and, in April 2007 joined a provisional government.

The communists want the abrogation of the monarchy. The king has been striped of almost his powers, including on the Army.

Ether the new constitution will maintain the monarchy with a king with no power at all, or the proclaim the Republic.

The problem for the royalists is that Paras, the son of Gyanendra is even more hated in the country than his father.

In addition this article published on 9 september 2007
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/ subcontinent/2007/September/subcontinent_September348.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=



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