What follows is a posting from a republican member in which he shares his views regarding the mandate of Jana-andolan. It has a reference to a different view in the group. So, it is to show some degree of diversity of opinion in the group. Enjoy ! Nepe From: ... To: "nepal democracy" Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:29 PM Subject: [ND] Re: wecome back, ... jee and ...jee > > ...jee and ...-jee, > > A warm welcome with red vermillion of victory, although incomplete yet, > over the most powerful enemy of freedom of Nepali people. > > I would like to take this opportunity to share my view regarding what > exactly is the mandate of Jana-andolan and what our intelligentsia > should or should not be doing to make that get realized, if it has to. > > The way I saw it for 19 days that shook Nepal and particularly at the > point of utkarsha Nepali people were determined for was DEMOCRATIC > REPUBLIC. And everybody saw it was one foot away. > > How it ended is a different story. The way it ended does not change the > fact that Jana-andolan's voice was for a democratic republic of Nepal. > > Political parties' could not go beyond their old road map to take up > new popular voice of democratic republic from Jana-andolan. That does > not change the fact that Jana-andolan's voice was for a democratic > republic of Nepal. > > People celebrated the political decision calling it incomplete but one > that opens the way. That does not change the fact that Jana-andolan's > voice was for a democratic republic of Nepal. In fact, it just > re-iterates that. > > Constituent Assembly is a certainty for now. It might re-iterate or > reject the voice of Jana-andolan. Yet, it does not change the fact that > Jana-andolan's voice was for a democratic republic of Nepal. > > Some of us have started to work out a way to a compromised version of > "ceremonial monarchy". That does not change the fact that > Jana-andolan's voice was for a democratic republic of Nepal. > > ONLY THING THAT CAN CHANGE THE FACT is a denial and acceptance. > > Some of our friends right here in this forum and a lot of other peoples > in Nepal have already started to dismiss/deny/forget that Jana-andolan > ever spoke REPUBLIC. > > I read one of our friends in one of the messages implying that all that > Jana-andolan did was- it approved SPA's roadmap. No mention of > REPUBLIC. > > SPA's roadmap was approved by the King. Jana-andolan only took that as > a partial victory. That's all. It is not true that Jana-andolan took it > by giving up it's desire for REPUBLIC. It took, if it ever did, as > still a way towards what it wants. > > Some technicalities ended the physical part of Jana-andolan. However, > the message is alive, valid and obligatory to all who claim to > represent Nepali people. > > So, in a nutshell, Jana-andolan has given a revolutionary mandate for > republic democracy. Our politicians are obliged to take it and work for > it. > > Constituent Assembly is going to be a re-test of that mandate. So, > there is a chance for getting a new mandate. However, until then, our > politicians are obliged to take the mandate of Jana-andolan at least in > a TACIT form. > > The same goes for Nepali intelligentsia and international friends. > > So, please refrain from denying that Jana-andolan's revolutionary > mandate was not for a democratic republic. > > Please refrain from engineering Jana-andolan's mandate to suite your > individual bias and limitation (may be I am doing that myself ;-). > > If you do not like what you heard from Jana-andolan, you have a chance > in Constituent Assembly. > > Finally, if anybody feels, as I was alleged before, I am promoting my > own brand of republicanism and not really the Jana-andolan, feel free > to reject it. ... ________________