This is how I see the current developments at home: Unlike the popular belief we have two political forces in Nepal - ProDemocratic and UnDemocratic. The ProDemocratics are those who are not only afraid to make their decisions but do so in public and not in hiding. As a result, they understand the consequences and are willing to take their chances. Both the King and the political parties fall under this category. From his latest royal announcement I beleive that King G fully understands his role in Nepal's constitution and country's current and ongoing situation. He has also clearly stated what he wants to achieve in the next three years with his current decision. And he did so by standing infront of the people. On the other hand the maoist are the UnDemocratic forces for they hide themselves behind the barrel of the gun. I think it is very important for King G to identify himself as a ProDemocratic force like the other political parties and not present himself as a third force. Otherwise the goals and objectives of the two will be mutually exclusive and between the two most of us will find the political parties to be the more democratic (they fought to throw the Pancahyat regime and not King G) and King G will only lose the battle against the likes of GPK and MKN on popular vote. If both the King and the political parties are the united democratric force against the Maoists then I see the current events as a changing of the leadership to best fight the enemy. GPK, MKP, SBT, LBC, SBD all had their chance to lead the team and they did not succeed so let King G try his ahnd at the leadership and see if he is able to get the job done. If not then change is the only constant and we the people will make that decision.