vincet, i am just one among 25 million nepali citizens. i am no political analyst. like everyone else, i am just a bystander who loves to give opinions, but lacks vision. who knows? may be we do need the king. may be we dont'. i am just sepaking from my perspectives. i think we should establish a republic in nepal ,with checks and balance at every single layer. i dont' think we should give the HOR supreme authoritiy, but give the supreme court equal power as well. but hte judicial system needs to be chcekd by something else so that they dont' abause it. what does the king do in this picutre? he is not helping us in any way. he needs millions of dollars to keep his high maintainence family and for tours around the world. we cannot really afford that. but again, if the majority of nepalis want him to stay, atl east as a ceremonial figure, then i have noooo problem with it. i will go with the majority. thah payanea what i just said is Not true knoweldge, but it is constructed, constructed from my expereinces, my perspectives. it is my personal analysis. but someone else might feel completely different and that is different. which one is true knowledge? no way of finding out. it is all in the head. bibhadra i thought prithivi narayan shah defined monarchy. now that is one king i would not mind, even as a dictator.