what do you think the parties will do? (Just bringing together some things I've read in other postS) Possible Scenarios: 1. Make an alliance with the Maobaadi (violent OR non-violent), they are themselves terrorits and thus liable to tbe "encountered". Verdict: LOSS 2. Side with the king become Maobaadi's enemy. If Maobaadi win terminated. If King wins, suordinated. Protracted war, marginalized. Verdict: LOSS 3. Be independent. Yeah right, without guns, nobody's gonna listen to them, naturally marginalized. Verdict: LOSS. Is there a way out for them? Can they SURVIVE? It's sad if not because they are the last institutions that can (theoretically at least) truly represent the people.