EDITOR'S NOTE
The miseries of the hapless people of the
poor and unfortunate country do not seem to abate. In the last move than ten years, the
sufferings of the people have towards a civil war. And now the situation has got out of
total control of the callous, corrupt and imbecile government. When the whole country is
gripped with an atmosphere of fear and anxiety, the politicians in power still seem to be
obsessed with the evil designs of sticking to the chair of authority so that they can
continue looting the country with impunity. The non-functioning of the parliament for the
whole session should have been ample reason for the speaker and the Prime Minister to
resign without any delay, if they had any conscience. But for men who have not even heard
about integrity, morality or patriotism, conscience and virtues are alien terms
non-existent in their lexicon.
The recent massacres of the police officials
in the western and eastern regions of the country by the antigovernment forces have sent
waves of panic and uncertainty across the whole nation. The people have started losing all
faith in the ability of the government to grant even a sense of safety and security to the
nation. After the vicious killings of so many human lives, the hope minister instead of
resigning and going to Ridhi for penance, has started sermonizing as if he is the Messiah.
And the shameless Prime Minister met a number of journalists the other day and talked to
them with clear warning that every word he said was "off the record." As such,
we are not in a position to comment on what he said. But, the Prime Minister tried to show
that he was really worried, at the sinister developments. He also tried to give a strong
impression that, he was losing both sleep and hunger over the grave situation generated by
the killings of the police officials. He did not take a bite from the well laid out table
nor finished his cup of tea but smoked five cigarettes in about forty minutes. He,
however, did not fail to blame the opposition, the dissident colleagues of his party and
the journalists for not cooperating with him. Indeed. How the opposition, his party
colleagues and the journalists are going to take his admonition time will only show.
We have, time and again, exhorted the king to
act, to save the people and the country from the tyranny of the corrupt politicians. We
have emphasized that constitutions are made for the country, countries are not made for
constitution. Constitutions can be amended and even scrapped. Countries cannot. Countries
can even survive without a constitution. The time is past when even our King could become
absolute. But, he does have certain responsibilities he cannot shirk. He cannot behave
like a disinterested spectator when the country is heading towards the brink of the
precipice. No body can deny that the country is facing a disastrous civil war. And there
is not dearth of friends and well wishers who could like to fish in the troubled waters.
And the men in control are collaborators. When the persons responsible for saving the
integrity of the country are turning quislings, where should the poor people turn to
except the King. There are still honest and patriotic people in the country. It is the
duty of the King to find them. If he wants to save democracy, he has to act and act quick.
We have said it before and are saying it again, "Procrastination is the thief of
time."
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: Madhav Kumar Rimal |
| Editor |
: Sarita Rimal |
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: Keshab Poudel |
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: Bhagirath Yogi |
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: Akshay Sharma |
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