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As the first anniversary of the Peoples’ Movement II that demolished the King’s authority to be substituted by a vicious dictatorship of the Eight Political Parties, is nearing, while the poor people of Nepal are getting utterly disillusioned with the new democracy that is working in Nepal . Since the demise of the Panchayat era, the democracy initiated after and the democracy that came after the downfall of the king, both have failed to satisfy the aspirations of the people. Most Nepalis residing in the United States of America are giving second thoughts to the rise of the Maoists and their participation in the government. Some even confided to this scribe, that if this is what the people of Nepal had bargained for, they sure are awaiting a great disaster. The Panchayat era or even the king’s autocracy would have been a much better regime than this Eight Party dictatorship that knows neither any constitution nor follows any rules. At least they would have been less subservient to the alien power than that is presently dominating Nepal ’s politics. Neither would they mortgage the Nation’s Pride to satisfy the individual politician’s nor their partisan interests. Not only that, a profound skepticism is harrowing them that the Eight Parties ruling the country at the moment are not at all serious about holding elections to the constituent assembly at the stipulated time. They are just taking recourse to high sounding rhetoric, playing a game of blaming each others’ intentions regarding the elections and taking the innocent Nepali people for a ride. Since all the Eight Parties are enjoying the sinecure and luxury of authority and power that satisfy all their wants and desires, they are in no immediate mood of holding the elections. Moreover, they need a lot of capital to finance the election and holding on to their official chairs for longer period of time to amass the required funds. And since there is no power in Nepal that can dislodge them while the international community has been supporting them to the hilt, they don’t have to worry or fear for anything at all. As such, they are sitting pretty in the gallery of the interim parliament. When twenty six million poor Nepalis are stifling under a new form of dictatorship looking for ways of deliverance, the lone super power thinks “ Nepal ’s democracy has taken a long stride after the peoples’ movement.” No wonder in a country where one lone man can thwart the decisions of the majority by using his undemocratic veto, the regimes’ views about the situation in Nepal would be perverted. Even stranger is the view expressed by the US Ambassador to Nepal , James F. Moriarty, when he praises the “new interim government in Nepal as the servants of the Nepali people.” Poor Nepalis have never experienced this concept that rulers can become servants of the people. May be the Ambassador made a slip of the tongue. And poor Maoists, they have not yet tasted the fruits of their blood bath and the American Ambassador wants to turn them into servants. What could be a greater irony than this? When his own statesmen fail to follow the footsteps of their great ancestors like Jefferson and Lincoln, how can one expect Nepal ’s politicians to behave like a true democrat? If the Americans can really rise above their evident self interest and sincerely want to help the poor people of Nepal , they have to help Nepal find honest and patriotic leadership in the country. Perhaps this can only be possible if the U. S Government is courageous and sincere enough to tell their Indian friends that India should immediately stop patronizing and using the Maoists to destabilize the poor country, Nepal. Otherwise, their hypocritical rhetoric will not help the poor Nepalis get over their unbearable miseries. They are facing very dark days ahead and they want their good friends to come to their rescue without undue delay. Let us hope that U. S. will wake up now and follow a common sense political course towards Nepal , otherwise Nepal is heading to become a communist state in near future.
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