The Rotten-Eggs Mock the System

No wonder that most of the agitating leaders now in relay hunger strikes are the ones that need dieting and that too for a regular long periods if they prefer to live in this world longer. They need to do so to keep their health in a good shape in order to loot the nation yet again if by chance they bounce back to power the probability of which remains ever brighter for the politicos. In fact, it is said that politics is played to acquire power and what one does when he or she is equipped with power is every body’s guess. Nepal could be the best example for this indeed.

That the agitation has already entered into its fifth stage could be a matter of consolation for those involved in the said agitation. Concurrently what is also true is that when the agitation entered into its fifth stage, the people didn’t know even. It could be that, and is surely that, the people cared little to this agitation which in itself took a form of a big-joke for the men engaged in the said agitation were the ones who during broad day light had looted the nation in one way or the other when they were in power. Any one who happened to visit in and around the relay-hunger strike area, for example, Ratnapark in central Kathmandu, preferred not to stay even for a second as the men strengthening the agitation were all most-wanted persons by the anti-corruption authority with some exception indeed. This perhaps speaks volumes about why the people, read the common people, have preferred to remain caged in their own compounds instead of supporting the cause of the agitation. The fact is that the common people though denied participation in the functioning of the system all along these twelve years or so used to come to the streets as and when the system experienced a sort of threat from any quarters and this way used to strengthen the hands of the champions of the system. This had been in practice for long that appears to be missing this time around when the champions of democracy have been seeking their support-the people’s support, to make their agitation a grand success. The fact is that the people have taken that their own representatives have betrayed their hopes and went on a looting spree of the national wealth for their personal ends. In effect, this is the hard reality that the people possess no faith on the leaders who now dominate the political scene of the country. In their opinion, these were all rotten-eggs that need to be replaced by the good ones.

The agitating parties have got the message, which is very dangerous for the continuation of their political career in the future. Presumably, analysing these weaknesses of the political parties and their leaders, the monarch too wished to assert some of his lost powers. The King too believed that the people’s negative feeling towards the leaders should be construed as the people’s faith in him. Could be true partially but not wholly. If the King goes on believing on this abstract meaning and draws his own conclusions, albeit political ones, then he too would be at a loss. The people do honor and respect him but concurrently also feel that the King could have done a lot since October last when he had assumed all the executive powers on his personality which he did not. The people who had expected a lot from the King were taken aback when they were forced to conclude that the King merely wished to prolong his rule by dilly-dallying the political process but yet giving an impression to the lay men within and without that his commitments were in favor of the democratic system. The international community did believe in his words but also exhibited their concerns for the delay in the announcement of general elections which is yet missing.

The King should know that the people within and without, including the developed West, are expecting the early announcement of the elections that would restore the democratic process and give a new lease of life to the now almost defunct 1990 constitution. It is only the election of the parliament that can restore the legitimacy and the credibility of the system which it has apparently loosed since October last. Good or bad, the people and the international community would prefer Nepal as a nation-state to be ruled by the politicos and not by the King.

Whether it is Chand or Thapa or even Madhav Nepal, people will attach less importance to a government formed under article 127. This has become clear by now which the King should also not dismiss. Though the intentions and the motives of the King appear not that bad as suspected by some politicos but if he goes on forming one government after the other of his exclusive choice and prolong the chances of going to the parliamentary elections further would certainly mean that the monarch has his own plans and agenda to run the country. If that does happen and if this is in the minds of the monarch then what is also for sure is that the King will loose the respect and honor what the people have for him till this moment. The underlying fact is that people, the common men, are by instinct a creature that believe in change. They care little whether the change thus brought is for good or bad.

It is time that the King himself intervenes into the peace-process and brings back the two warring sides to the negotiating table. Restoration of peace if ensured would enhance the prospects of parliamentary elections. How the king address these above mentioned people’s concerns he should know it better. Act before it is too late. Let the people feel that the King is all and all out for the restoration of peace and bringing back to the rails the already derailed system and the constitution. If he succeeds would definitely enhance his prestige and popularity in the nation.

Finally we wish to conclude this write up with a couplet mentioned by D.B.Gurung this Monday in his article "No more monkey business" printed in the Kathmandu post. The couplet goes thus:

Monkey doesn’t have a mind to think
For others, but only itself,
And unaware of its own acts, and
Often makes mockery of itself.

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