The American concern

The champions of democratic system near and far have reasons to express their concern for the new developments in Nepal. These concerns unquestionably exhibits their strong pledge what they possess towards a system that has at best been described as the best one among the rest of the orders existing in the world. This also speaks of their strong recognition of the system, which by all means ensures freedom, liberty and equality. Such high regard for the democratic system must be given an ovation by all. It is in this light one has to take the sentiments of the American Ambassador James F. Moriarty who the other day said that he and his country would wish to see the revival of the democratic order in Nepal at the earliest and that the Nepali leaders be released and allowed to function as usual. As a democratic nation known for its unshakable faith in a pluralistic world order and institutions alike Mr. Moriarty’s concern has nothing wrong in it that warranted disagreement. In the same vein the American diplomat also imply that he had been assured by His Majesty King Gyanendra that the latter would do the needful to ease the current restrictions decreed in the country well within the time frame of what has been given to understand of some hundred days.

His Majesty’s assurance to the American envoy does amply speak of the King’s future plans and strategies to be adopted, which apparently is to, as we have reasoned out, slacken the situation within a certain time frame and bring back normalcy in the nation as desired by not only the Americans but by all democracy loving countries. King Gyanendra also indicates that the concerns of the democratic West would be taken proper care of but he required some time to correct some of the ailments that had of late gripped the country and presumably forced him to step in. The constitutional monarch in the process wishes to retell that the severe measures he have had to take on February 1 were of interim nature and that since he is himself aware of the difficulties faced by the people due to the imposition of the state of emergency, he would quickly do away with the restrictions in an appropriate time that is perhaps well within those hundred days which the monarch himself has set for himself.

Nepal’s friends in the international community have reasons to believe that since the commitments have come from none less than the monarch himself and hence it would be appropriate for the communities to allow the King the time he has sought.

Nepali population back home too has nothing to gain if they begin having doubts to the democratic credentials of the King. The monarch has time and again reiterated his strong commitments for the system. His attack is not on the system. Instead what we believe is that he have had to take these strong measures to keep safe and secured the system from those who in the name of democracy cut a joke of the system itself.

It is not that the Nepali people are all that happy with the curtailments of some of their fundamental and guaranteed rights, but equally true is that they concurrently interpret that when enough had been enough, the King had to jump into the national political scene. Political pundits believe that the King had to enter into the scene when the organised political sector did not give due attention to bring the country out from the overly stretched political standoff and when the conflict began to take a different dimension, the King was left with no other course other than to take over the charge of the nation in order to save the nation from the fastly approaching abyss. The international community perhaps is well aware of this stark reality prevailing in this Himalayan Kingdom.

While we rate highly the anxieties exhibited by our democratic friends abroad towards the developments in Nepal, we also hope that these countries would pleasingly provide some time to King Gyanendra to explain under what conditions and circumstances he have had to take this harsh measures.

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