Excerpt from the news found at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=731&e=6&u=/ap/20050204/ap_on_re_as/nepal ******************************************************* The daughter of former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala ? who heads the Nepali Congress party ? told APTN on Friday that her 81-year-old father was under house arrest. Decrying Gyanendra's power grab, she said the king now faces two forces: the Maoist rebels and the ousted politicians. "I don't know how the king is going to survive," Sujata Koirala said. A number of political leaders were meeting underground, trying to work out how they would oppose the king's actions, she said, calling on the international community to impose sanctions on Nepal and stop "giving aid to this dictatorial government." ********************************************************************* All, I'm appalled at what Sujata Koirala said in this news that she's calling on the international community to impose sanctions on Nepal. What a bs way of protesting against King's move! Does she even realize, to the slightest extent, the implication of calling on such sanctions for Nepal? Why should she or other politicians care - as they've amassed billions of rupees of public money for their personal security. The ultimate brunt of international sanctions will have to be borne by the general public. At a time when the Internation community is already contemplating on such move - we don't need no corrupt politician calling on them to impose sanctions on Nepal. This shows the politicians' utter disregard for the well-being of the general Nepalese people. I'm not a supporter of the King's move. But I can't be more angry after reading this news - makes me think that the King did the right thing.