Posted by: Nepaali May 7, 2006
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Nepali CNN,
"declaring to go for CA is easy but getting the job done is not. I am OK if the Maoists lay down their arms before the CA election, otherwise what is the point? If the Maoists can not guarantee that then should the RNA be limited to barracks?"
As much as I would like to believe that Maoists are going to lay down their arms prior to CA, I just don't think that will happen...the advantage that they have at this point, is that they nothing to loose - if the govt demands that they lay down their arms before coming to CA, then they have the option of staying out of government and continuing the killings etc which is not what the country needs....if it means that we give them more liberties and allow them to come in to govt without having made a committment to lay down arms then perhaps that is what we have to do to ensure peace in the country.
I'm sure even Prachanda realizes that the barrel of the gun and the threat of brute force alone are not going to keep him in power - he is going to have to fight in an election and he cannot call the shots for an indefinite period of time...international monitoring or not..the Maoists in order to be a legitimate player in Nepali politics is going to have convince the people to vote for them...so...it looks like we might have to play the waiting game for now.
As far as the RNA is concerned, I think the discussions taking place now are centered on whether they as an armed force are the "Royal Army" or "Nepal Army" and I think that is a crucial distinction in terms of deciding whether they stay in the barracks or run back to the remote areas.....if the Nepal Army then, I believe they stay back and let the CA take place..if the Red Army continues with the madness of killings, rapings etc, then yes, of course they step in...but at point, it's becuase they need to secure the country and not the throne for KG...