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Nepal To Abolish Monarchy
Topic Started: 23 Dec 2007, 06:07 PM (126 Views)
KamikazeCow
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Nepal's government has agreed for the first time that the 240-year-old monarchy should be abolished.

After more than two months of arguing, the leaders of the main political parties have finally yielded to pressure from Maoist former rebels.

The rebels demanded that a republican system be decided upon before elections rather than after them.

However the monarchy will not be scrapped until polls, rescheduled for next spring, have taken place.

Austere king

Now that this agreement has been signed by the leaders of the most powerful parties - including the Maoists - it is likely to be passed by the parliament and to take effect after the elections to a constituent assembly.

While a milestone, the move is no surprise. The Maoists walked out of the government three months ago, vowing not to return unless the royal system was scrapped.

They have now secured what they wanted, even though the other parties in the ruling coalition had said, up to now, that the electorate should decide on the issue via the new assembly.

Many, perhaps most, Nepalis will be happy to have a republic.

Since the death of the well-loved King Birendra in the notorious palace massacre of 2001, the monarchy's popularity has sunk under his austere brother, Gyanendra, whose efforts to counter the Maoist insurgency worsened an already very bad human rights situation.

Ethnic violence

However, questions will remain about the strong-arm tactics used by the Maoists to get their way.

They abandoned clauses in last year's peace agreement as their leader threatened to "fight for 40 more years" if their demands were not met.

They also have not stopped using violent tactics from time to time. They will now return to the government.

This year of political squabbling has also seen mounting ethnically based violence - it has continued in southern Nepal in the past few days.

Representatives of the increasing number of ethnic groups now battling for their rights may feel the decision on the monarchy will do little for their own cause.


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Good riddance.

Now...*looks pointedly at the UK*
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Yeah, the UK monarch really does nothing anymore. The only thing is that the people will complain if their symbol is gone.
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Dec 23 2007, 06:07 PM
Now...*looks pointedly at the UK*

Don't you dare get rid of Elizabeth II, UK.

Damn Maoists.

Work in progress.
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The Nepalese King ceased full executive powers sometime ago, this of course was mighty unpopular with all parties and probably alot of the general populace.

Elizabeth II is a constitutional monarch who, although having all executive authority at her disposal, merely ensures the 'good' governance of the United Kingdom. If I remember correctly the highest level of support for the abolishment of the monarchy in Great Britian and Northern Ireland was 25% and that was during the Diana Fiasco.
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