Tuesday, June 07, 2005

The Hardliner Democrat Approach


Monarchist. Maoist. Democrat.

The hardliner Monarchist dreams of an absolute monarchy, perhaps of military rule. The hardliner Maoist dreams of a communist republic, perhaps a mass purge of the "class enemies." What might a hardliner democrat look like?

The hardliner democrat would be an unflinching, uncompromising republican with a staunch stand on the peaceful, democratic process, so strong that the democrat's only interest in both the Monarchists and the Maoists would be to document all their human rights atrocities and crimes against humanity perpetrated over the past decade so as to send both of them en masse to the International Criminal Court at the first available opportunity. There would be no attempt at dialogue or negotiation or reconciliation with either of those two camps. It would be a strong, peaceful struggle to the finish.

The hardliner democrat would act on the irrelevancy of the king from day one, and declare an interim government of all the like-minded democratic parties, and seek recognition of the same from all the major powers, India, China, the US, the EU, and the rest. In recognizing the interim government, all the powers would cease to recognize the diplomats put in place by the Monarchists. Instead the representatives of the interim government would be recognized. The Nepali embassies worldwide would get populated by the ambassadors of the interim government.

Then the interim government would command the Nepal Army, the police and the bureaucracy. For them to defy the interim government would be to defy the legitimate government, and there are procedures in place to deal with that. They would be dealt with strictly, by the book. To follow the diktats of the Monarchists would fall in the category of treason.

Upon thus fully assuming power, the interim government would treat the "royal family" like just another private family in the country. Depending on the atrocities committed against the supporters of the interim government, the family might see its property nationalized, it might even get exiled. But if the interim government supporters might not have been subjected to any atrocities, the family would get to keep its property and live a private life thenon.

The hardliner democrat would refuse to deal with the Maoists. Instead it would seek to put a progressive constitution to a referendum that would be based on the concept of total, transparent democracy. The Maoists' political and social thunder would be unilaterally stolen. The Maoist leadership, along with the king and the army top brass, would be sent to the Hague. Capturing them would be the top priority of the law enforcement mechanism in the country. The Maoist cadres would be given a month to surrender in return for amensty and help with return to a civilian life. Those who might personally have participated in heinous acts would be exceptions.

This would be a possible hardliner approach from which the Monarchists and the Maoists can save themselves by taking the democrats seriously.

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