The vicious uncertainties enveloping the poor tiny nation, even on the eve of the historic elections to the constituent assembly, are creating great misgivings about where the country is heading. The drama being enacted by the eight ruling parties have so far totally failed to convince the poor masses about the sincerity of the government to hold the elections. Moreover, the failing health of prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala which has incapacitated him to exercise firm authority on the administration has turned the whole regime into a bedlam. A reliable source close to the doctors attending on the ailing prime minister revealed to this scribe that chances of Girija Prasad being restored to normal health are remote. Consequently, the situation will continue to worsen. Absence of total law and order, officials and businessmen being robbed and shot dead, police stations being looted are ominous happenings warning us about the greater dangers lurking round the corner. Except the SPAM and their handful of supporters, there is absolutely no one who wants this government to continue. Even the international community is looking at the SPAM government with increasing distrust and disdain. But in the absence of alternative political power, it is willy-nilly, forced to deal with them and support the corrupt, ineffective and anti-people government. But, it is high time they must think twice to continue their support to this government. The one neighboring country that could have arrested the rot in Nepal, that could have nipped the Maoists problem in the bud, that could have avoided the decade long violent insurrection that totally devastated the poor country, is not only not interested in helping to restore peace and normalcy but actively aggravating the political turmoil. And the ruling parties in Nepal neither have the guts nor the political acumen to deal with her. If Nepal’s real friends are sincere to help poor Nepal, they must twist India’s arms in real earnest, and stop her from fishing in Nepal’s troubled waters. If the international community is really concerned about the situation in Nepal and wants to help the millions of poor Nepalis, they must help them find honest and patriotic Nepalis to come to the fore, hold elections to the constituent assembly and install a really democratic government. If the SPAM government is to continue its authoritarian rule with impunity, the country will be waiting for the spark that will ignite the fire that will not only consume the SPAM but also embroil the poor nation in a disastrous civil war. In such a precarious situation, the only ray of light is in Nepal’s security forces. And it is needless to emphasize that Nepal’s patriotic army realizes its responsibility and is fully prepared to shoulder it.

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