Alright we are talking now. Nepe wrote: Iso Freak, Once we agree that the Maoists should be disarmed and the King defanged/dethroned, it is not a difficult thing to carry out. Simply they should be done simultaneously. The defanging/dethroning of the King should be made contingent on the disarming of the Maoists. That's all. It is just a simple question of technicalities. Here, who is we? We the people or the political parties? So what are the technicalities involved. Please explain. Let's look at the historical parallel (I love history): Russia before the Bolshevik takeover. The Romanov monarch abdicated. There was a Provisional Govt. but the provisional govt. was weak, because it could not provide the leadership that the people of Russia were looking for, especially due to the disastrous performance of the economy following the World War I. There was a leadership vaccum, and the Bolshevicks easily took over the government. Even Lenin during his exile in Switzerland hadn't thought that it would be that easy. he had ocne remarked that maybe h would never see a Red Russia in his lifetime! What made the Red Russia possible in Lenin's lifetime was the leadership vaccum that existed in the transitional period. I see that leadership vaccum in Nepal. Who/which party is promoting Republicanism in Nepal? So even if tomorrow the King decided that he has had enough and abdicates, who is going to take over the state? The democratic or pretending to be democratic parties are weak and it will be very easy for the Maoists to take over. Then comes the Army, will the Army show any resistance against the Maoists if the King abdicates? We are having a civil war in Nepal, not democratic debate, as far as my thinking goes. So the only solution that I see to have burgeoise democrats take control of the nation is: Start a movement with a LEADER who is credible. Girija, Madhav Kumar Nepal have lost their mass appeal. There has to be a new leader, who is a NATIONALIST and who can UNITE the divided -economically, politically and ETHNICALLY- nation, if your dream of a Bureagoise Democracy is to be achieved.