Posted by: Sahayatri February 6, 2005
Open Letter to King
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Paramendra ji, I appreciate your views about democracy. Yes, democracy has shortcomings, its no god but we nepalese people, knows Nepali democracy in the 90s had numerous shortcomings, Girija foremost among them. Also, you are absolutely right that democracy is self-correcting. It allows you to speak against its shortcomings. We did it for at least last 6-7 years out of 14 years. Because, the problem was alarmingly hightened long time ago. UML criticizes NC, NC criticizes UML, UML fractured into 2 parties, NC fractured into 2 parties, RPP fractured into 2 parties. It is good in democracy to form lot of parties of own interest, but it happened during Nepal's difficult period. The excercise of such kind of democratic attitude by breaking up and fighting each others ultimately benefited extreme leftist and the royalist. So, in this period how could we say that democracy is self-correcting. If it was/is so, Nepal would have experienced good things in Nepal and as you have said and which is true also: lot of things would have been corrected. But, it didn't happen. Ahile, Nepal lai chronic rajnaitik rog laageko chha. Ra, yesko upachaar ke le hunchha, ra aushadhi ke ho bhanera patta lagauna nasakeko bela aaja ko sthiti aayeko chha. Tyasaile, democracy is self-correcting thing but the driver of democracy should know how to drive decocracy from its self-correction from past shortcomings. Mrityu pachhi ko aushadhi le mareko manchhe baanchna sakdaina. Tyasaile, bela ma nai khyaal garnu parchha. In the long term the idea of democracy is definitely better without doubt.
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