Deplorable presentation of report

The jocular manner in which the report compiled by the Royal Commission regarding the ghastly killing of the Nepali Royales of June 1, 2001was presented by none less than the incumbent Speaker of the Nepal's Lower House of the Representatives gave an impressing to the entire weeping population that for the all smiling person reading the report the whole sad and the unimaginable killing was not more than a mere event which could be summarily and so easily shelved for good.

Speaker Tara Nath Rana Bhat's presentation was not only ugly but horrible as well. With due respect to the prestigious chair of the Speaker, however, we wish to deplore the manner in which the report of such a grave nature and dimension was presented before the population who till to date have not come out of the trauma of the June 1 massacre that jolted the nation very pathetically. Unacceptable indeed.

Add to this the disgusting mode in which the "honorable personality" in question handled the lethal weapons and was seen playing with those in front of the international media gathered to cover the report of the event not only invited wrath from the attending pressmen but also could later expose the hollowness of the Nepal's Speaker in the vast expanse of international leaders and the press.

Deliberate or otherwise, the Speaker, an honorable member of the Commission, in the course of playing with the guns and automatic weapons in front of the media men there also totally capped the possibilities of further investigation of the said "weapons for the said killings" by some competent bodies in the course of further probe into the nitty-gritty's of the June 1 killing inside the Royal Palace. With Speaker Rana Bhat's over smartness, as was evident from the style of his running here and there, the fingerprint of the person(s) definitely could have erased which stood presumably now as "overlapped". A great loss to the nation indeed.

We just can't imagine on how the world press and the millions and millions of world citizens abroad would have taken the live telecast of the same event. Surely the whole event presented by the honorable Speaker could have sent shocking waves in the minds of those who very curiously and very anxiously been waiting the report to be made public. The poor show of the Speaker at time of the presentation was simply disturbing to the extent that the sensible and the aggrieved population preferred to close their Television sets and albeit the Radio also. What was more frightening was his presentation of the English version of the said report. In essence the Commission should have handed over the English version of the report to be narrated by some experts of the said language. Or at best the international press would have been supplied with the "unofficial" translation of the text of the report. Instead, the international press had to undergo through yet another trauma of listening to Speaker's oration in English.

It is with deep sorrow and regret we deplore the manner the report was presented before the weeping nation. If this were the manner our Nepali leaders presented themselves on such grave occasions or moments, it would not take much time to ruin the little prestige whatever we possess for the nation in the world community. We thus politely suggest the honorable Speaker of the Nepalese Lower House to behave in a manner befitting to his present position.

In the final analysis, the honorable Speaker committed a blunder of the Himalayan order for which perhaps he should apologize unconditionally. This is what the national population wishes to listen from the honorable Speaker. We are told that Speaker Rana Bhat is a wise and mature personality and hence could expect that he would honor the gravity and the weight of the post that he currently holds in the future.

Headline | National | 5 Question  | 2nd Impression | International | Past |