Sardarsing, My take: • Maoist's decision to adopt democratic republic is not fake. • Maoist will not disarm or dismantle their "satta" before they are sure that monarchy is history. • "Truth and reconciliation commission" in democratic republic Nepal will deal with war crimes and abuses by the Maoists and security forces. It can not be predicted what kind of compromise and actions will be taken. However, since nobody has been clean (security forces under GP Koirala, Sher Bahadur Deuba and King's PMs and himself have committed war crimes similar to Maoist's), people will deal with it accordingly. Here is a slightly old data (1996-2005) on the toll of war. No. of Victims Killed by State and Maoists in Connection with the "People's War" 13 Feb 1996 - 30 Nov 2005 - http://www.inseconline.org/hrvdata/kill_data.php Among 12865 people killed during those year, 4582 (36 %) were killed by the Maoists while the security forces killed 8283 (64% ) people. The data on non-combat killing and other abuses also shows similar trend. (NHRC's report on Emergency during Deuba's period) In any case, when "Truth and Reconciliation Commition" brings out it's report, there are going to be a lot of parties to answer to their deeds in courts of law and in public. ____