For many, prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala's statement issued in Biratnagar seems to be surprising regarding his tilt towards republic. Prime minister Koirala was republican even when Maoists and other communist leaders were in two-minds over it. Koirala actually turned towards republican soon after the decision of the dissolution of House of Representatives in 2002. In a book Simple Conviction, Koirala said, "The moment, I concluded that monarchy was (not needed) was with the dissolution of parliament." Koirala's recent statement is just continuity of his conviction.

One can find out points of agreement into the postures of disagreement. There is a consensus within the contradictions. Opinion leaders of the countries are horrified by the lurking threat of disintegration and chaos in the country but unfortunately all have their different outlook for the solution. There is a consensus that the integrity of the country is much more endangered since the change of April 2006. But if that is correct who is to be blamed for all these things? All political leaders from leftists to rightists, are alarmed over the crisis of nation's survival. But, unfortunately, they cannot find out a common solution within a concept of national reconciliation. The term national reconciliation itself has become outmoded and reactionary and, therefore, objectionable to all political players. In fact what the country needed most at this juncture is to forge a greater unity of the nation under the broader concept of national reconciliation. The people need it very much but unfortunately, there is no political party, no political leader, and no opinion builder from any profession to express it effectively. Leaders of eight political parties have single point unity of sharing the power through anti-monarchist programs. There is no other positive and constructive point that binds them. According to a political analyst, all are at the cut-throat competition for power as their future agenda. Communist parties have had their own struggle for survival among themselves. They have, at large, organized themselves at the cost of democrats and democrats at the cost of communists and all are active at the cost of monarchists. If all these political groups could harmonize their conflicts and reach into a common agenda for the peace, stability and reconstruction, it would have been an ideal situation for the country. But unfortunately, there is no visionary leader to provide the leadership to the country at this critical juncture.

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