great discussion going on. my takes.

i find it funny, when people think King Birendra is a better king than KG. KG is a businessman, and foremost, he thinks of economy. KB was too corrupted, so corrupted that he can beat - Govinda Raj Joshi or Chirajivi Wagle. he didn't care for what was happening or what was going to happen. he simply smoked his cigar with red label and enjoyed $$ flowing into his accounts. and that was only reason for the birth of maoists who manipulated the KB stricken people of rukum and surroundings, since he took over the throne in the 70's. KG only tried to do what his father tried to do - Keep control of the bureaucracy so that corruption doesn't exist among the elected leaders. Because we all know and want to believe that elected officials should not be corrupted.

regarding republic - yes the parliament has no authority whatsoever to declare the country republic, and fool us that the CA election shall endorse it. Now, if you look closely how the CA is going to be formed. election in the constituents, then  via proportional system, then, some appoointments by the cabinet (240-335-26). this is done to ensure that the majority is guaranteed between the 3 main parties (NC, UML and Maoists), so that republic is inevitable.

even still, i would accept the new development and the republic. but federal republic - this is non-sense. how can a country almost the size of alabama, can be federated. how are these people planning to federate nepal. should they go by ethnicity, nepal will have to be divided into more than 30 different states. now, if you go by geography, we gonna have to have the terai, the pahad and the himal - which i believe in either case will only intensify the already divided people by ethnicity and their location. the limbus want their own limbuwan in the east of koshi river. then, what are the rais gonna do. and many newars who were displaced in that region by the ranas. the madhesis want their own independence -  lmao.

nepal will not survive a republic - forget federal republic, because no cow, buddha or mt everest is going to unite such a diverse population. a central powerful leadership is the only way to sustain the sovereignty, which is non-existent in current situtation. the day is not far, my friend when we have to cry out to our neighbors to take over, just to get over with crisises that we have endured for a long long time.

my solution: if everyone really really dislike KG, then, enforce abdication by both KG and Paras (they don't have much choice left anyways), then install Hridayaindra as new KIng in ceremonial role, just like sweden and norway. perform the election, and let people (CA) decide on the new constitution. maoist must accept the new constitution. resolve the armed conflict by unifying all the armies of nepal - jtmm etc.

and if the rest of the country find no future in a country with Shah's, then republic it is. but, think before you make it a federal republic. the country is too tiny - why don't you so easily understand this?

and just MOVE ON...