I am neither surprised nor amused to read King Gyanendra's message to his countrymen about signing of the peace accord because i truly expected this to happen. The monarchs in Nepal has displayed and proved time and again that they are the only true leaders in Nepal who works solely for the well being of the country without any arrogant and hard feeling of the past. They are more patriotic than any other leaders and loves their country and work for the betterment of the people than any other NC, UML, RPP or Maoist leaders. King Gyanendra took the power on Feb 1, 2005 with an intention of bringing peace to a country, and gave away his power with an intention of bringing peace in the country. He is a lot better than any other leader because he did not take the issue as an ego problem and had no arrogant of being a King, that he was. If you are able to understand the whole scenario, you will be able to realize, the biggest contributor to this accord is King Gyanendra himself. He was the only democratic leader in Nepal after Girija Prasad Koirala (in his currect form) who allowed opponent's voice to come even during his direct rule. Can you imagine protesting against Prachanda without being afraid of personal harm. Give me a name of single leader who will give away all his power for the sake of peace and well being, at the cost of 20 lives (a majority of them were through baton charge used to maintain law and order but not bullets). Do you think, even Girija will do it or Prachanda will, but Gyanendra did. A leader may fail in his objective as he is also a human but a failure does not make him/her a bad leader. A leader becomes a true leader by his intention and in the manner and grace he faces the failure and use the failure for the betterment of all society. I believe, King Gyanendra was true in his intention and gave way for peace and prosporous Nepal when he decided he failed in his objective. My respect for King Gyanendra has increased. Long live the King. Long live Nepal.