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Kathmandu Thursday September 06, 2001 Bhadra 21, 2058.
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Appeasement feeds violence
Willingness of the government to talk to the
Maoists has been taken by the insurgents
as another sign of weakness, if not of surrender. This is clear from their continuous
bullying and arrogant statements of their chief negotiator Krishna Mahara. The politicians
of both governing and opposition parties have spent the last ten years fighting among
themselves for their share of the cake out of sheer jealousy. The only thing they managed
to do was to send poorly equipped and poorly trained policemen to the Maoist-hit areas,
and to be butchered by the insurgents.
As soon as Devendra Parajuli and his company
burnt a few buses, destroyed property and attempted to murder the principal of a school,
the government formed a committee to "discuss" or to hold talks with them,
giving out the clear message that violence pays. The business community, left defenceless,
cowardly complies with the Maoist extortions, funding the same forces that will eventually
destroy them. Do we Nepalese really want to be ruled by this undemocratic, violent and
uneducated lot? Do we really think that they have the qualities to solve the deep rooted
problems of our country and give it a rightful place in the international community? Are
we sure that, once in power, they will not go after Pajeros and Prados like the present
politicians, and forget about the problems of the poor, like their colleagues have done in
North Korea and China? If this lot comes to power, they will stay there forever. How long
have we to sit back and watch while these people destroy our country, our democracy and
our freedom?
S P Aryal
Kathmandu |
