"Declaring republic will resolve 98.5% problems of the country, claims Pokharel" Leaders of Jana Morcha have backed the 22-point demands put forth by the Maoists but have said that they should not... http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/main.htm If this Pokharel guy is not stupid then either he does not know what issues Nepal is facing on economic front or he is kidding. "Declaring republic will resolve 98.5% problems of the country". Yeah, right! I wonder what does that other 1.5% cover.