ThapaP,

I could be wrong. But it is yet to be proven. Wait at least until Maoist deliberation comes after the proposed nation-wide conference of Maoist cadres or at the national convention proposed/scheduled next year.

I am hazarding a prediction that Maoist will once again re-iterate their commitment to all basic premises of liberal democracy (freedom, multi-party, periodic elections and everything) and will propose some electoral or otherwise reforms (like adopting a direct election of the head of the government, presidential system of governance, strengthening proportional representation and things like that) and will try to sell that model as “people’s republic”.

As for the jargons Maoists uses and their real meaning, you should look at Maoist documents, not elsewhere. I have been following Nepali communists ideological journey for a very long time. So I certainly know a thing or two about how they think, rather how they are confused themselves. Hence risked to predict.

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Shiva wrote:

>When I read your positivism I only see that you

>are "hoping" but have nothing to show.

Shiva,

If you are talking about my hope for Maoist to settle with democracy, I have a long observation, analysis and meditation about Nepali communists’ ideological journey to come up with that kind of niskarsha. It’s not a pure psychic thing.

I might need to write volumes to explain it, but I think/find Nepali communist confused about Nepali model of communist state right from the beginning. Puspa Lal Shrestha, when he founded communist party in Nepal in 2005 BS, was not envisioning a communist regime that would ban the already existing democratic parties like Nepali Congress, Praja Parishad and so on. Then he was for co-operation between Nepali Congress and the communist party to fight Mahendra’s totalitarian regime when that happened. Of course, Mohan Bikram Singh called Puspalal a “gaddaar” and formed a radical faction. But he never could figure out the exact form of the regime he wished to establish in Nepal. His ‘naulo janabaad’ (new democracy) was always fuzzy about how it is going to be established and how would it look like. The same fuzziness continues till today.

So it is this ideological fuzziness, unclarity, unresolve and ambivalence regarding Nepali model of their regime that I believe has to lead them all to the RUMJATAR of democracy.

They have not been able to find a model alternative to democracy for past 60 years. What are the chances that Maoist will find it in the upcoming conference of their cadres ?

Nada. So they will have to bottle the good old democracy Nepali people have become so accustomed and committed to by now, with a brand new label of “people’s republic”. There ain’t any new wine.

We shall see it soon.

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NS Ji,

My quick comment: It looks to me that your thinking is like of a person who is STUCK at the PROBLEM and not LOOKING FOR the SOLUTIONS. You’ve got to reverse the order.

And as for me, I come here for pretty self-serving purposes- to share my views and to be known. Solving Nepal's problem would be just too high and too pretentious purpose.

Happy Vijaya Dashami to all !

Nepe