Posted by: once in a while December 25, 2005
Patrick Leahy the Joker
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Why is not there a referendum to decide whether Nepali people want autocratic rule of King G or Democracy? Corruption is in the root of Nepali culture. A senior member of the family blesses his/her youngers "Babu, or nani, thulo manchhe bannu, dherai paisa kamaunu". Our parents become proud of us and we gain respect and regards in the society if we earn money, no matter how we earn that money. Secondly, our socio-economic structure is very poor. We have no health insurance and no social securities. As a result, we always tend to stock up ourselves with real estates, machinery and bank balances and make our future financially worry-free. Our Nepali leaders also have come from the same socio-economic and cultural background and we can not expect them to be milk-washed. There are corrupt leaders but in democracy, there is check and balance system and there are people to eliminate them by means of election. When the government is not doing well, the house can remove the priminister by "no confidence motion". But in autocratic rule, we can not vote off the king or prince. There is no check and balance. The council of minister is just a passive team to execute the orders of the king. In democracy, a minister can disagree with the priminister, express his note of dissent but in the council of the ministers headed by the king himself, thre is no chance that any minister can disagree on what king says. Actually the present ministers of King G are only poppetts and they have no power. The actual advisors of king are people like Sachchit Samsher Rana, Sharad Chandra Shaha, and many other Shahas and Ranas,the traditional priviledged class who damns cares about the povery of the country and peace in the country is none of their concern. They just want to confirm the supremacy of the king and want to loot the country, hiding behind him. This is true that yesterday, the democratic leaders rode Indian bicycles and today they travel by luxurious cars. When a priminister brings on a table such a matter, where the hell the king was to stop him? Everyweek,the priminister has to meet the king and report the acitivities of the government and why didn't the Good King alert the priminister? Let's go back to the time of Prithvi Narayan Shah. He was not a rich man. He had no money to bear the expenses when he was planning to invade Kathmandu. He went to discuss this matter to Bise Nagarchi. The latter gave him one rupee note and suggested the king to collect one rupee from each household.So, what is the source of such a mass of wealth of King and Royal Relatives? Why did king G increase the allowance of Royal Family almost 6 times more than it used to be before, even after nearly a dozen of Royal Family members already decreased? King G’s income is > > 2,426 times higher than that of Chinese president > > 318 times higher than that of Indian president > > 301 times higher than that of Pakistani president > > 173 times higher than that of Russian president > > 57 times higher than that of French president > > 15 times higher than that of British president > > 10 times higher than that of American president Dr Tulsi Giri mentioned only 9 tola gold in his property details, but when he was blacklisted by the NBL, how come he was able to pay of his debt nearly 2 crore rupees? Who are those undisclosed Indians who donated this money? Why anyone gives money just like that? > > Why the hell the government has to pay RS 75,000 a month house rent to Dr Giri’s bungalow? How come Raj Bahadru Shaha got money to invest in Spice Cell? I don’t know how many of you still remember the rape and murder of two teens-Namita and Sunita in Pokhara. They were the daughters of secretary of the palace. When the daughters of such a high ranking persons are not safe in King’s rule, what will be fate of others? Who over rode by car the musician Praveen Gurung? A stupid army kills brutally a dozen of innocent people in Nagarkot and the king expresses no words of sympathy towards the family of deceased nor takes the responsibility as the supreme of the army or head of the state. What do we expect from such an irresponsible king? NepaliCNN: RNA declaring a ceasefire and having meaningful discussion with the Maoists is like, as someone pointed out, "US laying down the arms and having a meeting with Osama". This is how you royalist would try by any means to link up the maoists to terrorism. Maoist issue has its root in Nepali socio-economic structure and is a outcome of corrpution, exploitation, unemployment rampant in Nepal. So, we should not overlook these facts and I believe, this issue should be better managed rather than trying to crush them down. Sometime, the maoists were indirectly backed by Army. Otherwise, why did the armies not take any action in Holeri when Girija's government ordered them for? Why army's commander shook hand with maoist commander and disobeyed the government? And today, when all political parties have recognized maoist problems and issues and want to reconcile for the betterment of the country, why the armies are set to crush them? Why this double role?
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