Vincent & ImI ji haru - Of course Deuba is free to speak his mind and he has. Unlike a month ago - when according to a royal ordinance, criticizing the king and the royal family was a felony - he has not been arrested for speaking his mind. If he has serious differences with the SPA he should resign from that body and agitate from outside and not be a nuisance/troublemaker in the government at this sensitive time of the country's history. The mode of operation for the SPA government is the 12-point agreement. Remember Deuba had once criticized it and only changed his mind after people from his own party forced him to. This time again he is belatedly changed his mind for the same reason. He went so far to say he wasn't advocating for the king when he clearly did (that's my interpretation) in a bbc interview yesterday. Deuba doesn't have too many political allies and he's probably thinking that doing the bidding for Moriaty-American agenda i.e. no to 12-point agreement and yes to almighty king might help him get back to the PM's seat. The BBC reports that within NC(D) party, there is serious opposition to Deuba's election to the parliamentary leader. Let's see if Deuba can survive the intra-party war. If he loses, it will be interesting to see how he'll position himself.