More (speculation) from Nepal Democracy Forum... From: V To: nepaldemocracy@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:34 PM Subject: [ND] Re: ambasador nominations Why was there a rush for ambassador appointments without consulting Maoists? I lay out my theory below. Premise of the theory: For pressuring King G to relinquish his power over the state during Janandolan II, GPK and India had given words that they would do their best to help retain monarchy in Nepal in the ceremonial role at least. Objective Conditions: 1. Shailaja Acharya is on record in favor of having monarchy in Nepal (in exactly what form is ambiguous). 2. Cabinet decision on ambassador appointments followed immediately after Pranab Mukherjee's Kathmandu visit. 3. Pranab Mukherjee did not meet any Maoist leader during his visit. So, here the theory goes: The cabinet decision was rushed through without Maoist consultation because of three reasons: 1. Maoists would not have agreed to Shailaja's appointment to India, 2. Shailaja is the safest nominee as ambassador to India and ideologically predisposed best conduit of communication between GPK and India in terms of confidence she would carry of both GPK and India in the matters of role of monarchy in Nepal, and 3. all other appointments, though deserved, were made with the hope that so many good appointments will help crowd out the sensitivity of Shailaja appointment. V ____________________