Source: Kantpuronline.com KATHMANDU, April 21 - The leaders of the Seven Party Alliance have vowed to continue the movement, saying King Gyanendra's address could not address their roadmap to peace, democracy and the demand of the people on the streets. Joint People's Movement Central Coordination Committee (JPMCCC) met shortly after the king's address Friday evening and decided to further intensify the ongoing general strike and demonstrations until further notice. The committee, however, did not make any comment on the king's address. The parties are scheduled to meet Saturday to officially react on the king's address. Their initial reaction, however, is not positive. Nepali Congress (Democratic) President Sher Bahadur Deuba said there is no space for the parties to be hopeful. "There is no question of us going against our roadmap. We will meet and take a formal decision," Deuba said. "Democracy is our topmost priority." Expressing doubt over the king's sincerity to his own commitments, Deuba said, "I was allowed to use executive power when I was reinstated. But I was sacked again." "We are committed to our roadmap to peace and democracy and cannot go against the people's desire expressed in the street protests," said Amrit Kumar Bohra, a senior leader of CPN-UML. "We will continue our movement until the alliance and takes another decision." Nepali Congress General Secretary Ram Chandra Poudel said the king's speech has not addressed even minimum issues raised by the parties. "People want radical change and we have presented a clear roadmap for progress and peace but these issues have not been mentioned in the king's address," Poudel said. "It is just aimed at frustrating the movement which has reached a new height." The leaders said formation of an all-party government on King's grace would not help address the Maoist problem until the king agrees to go for constituent assembly elections. CPN (Maoist) in its reaction said it would urge the parties to continue movement until the voice of the people on the street is addressed. "People's slogans call for constituent assembly elections at the minimum," said Mahara, talking to BBC Nepali Service. "The royal proclamation has failed to address even the agenda of seven-party alliance. So nobody should be confused by this ploy." Meanwhile, senior civil society members and human rights activists detained in Armed Police Force's base in Duwakot, flayed the royal address and chanted slogans against it. Eighteen detainees including former justice Laxman Prasad Aryal, former Speaker Damannath Dhungana, human rights defenders, Charan Prasai, Malla K Sunder, Padma Ratna Tuladhar, journalist Kanak Mani Dixit and Arjun Prajuli said the royal speech failed to prove relevance of monarchy. It also failed to address the demand of people's movement that aimed to resolve the existing crisis through unconditional constituent assembly. So the SPA would not betray people by compromising with the king, they said.