Thursday, April 27, 2006

The Revolution Is Very Much On


The First Major Revolution Of The 21st Century Happened In Nepal
Victory
Reciprocate The Maoist Ceasefire Immediately
Army Under Parliament, Now
Mero Sansar Video Clips 7
Declare Constituent Assembly On First Day Of Parliament
Maoist Reaction To Democratic Victory: Not Right
Madhesi Rights: Total Equality
ितमीले देखाइ िदयौ
18 Days Of April Revolution: Victory

The revolution is very much on. Until the country holds elections to a constituent assembly, and gets a new constitution, and elects a new parliament under that constitution, and a new head of state, this revolution is very much on.

We have now only changed gears. The right to free speech is back, the right to peaceful assembly is back, but the revolution is very much on.

Some would say the revolution has barely even started. And I would agree.

Nepal As A Cutting Edge Democracy

So far all soldiers for democracy over decades have had western inspirations. Be it BP Koirala or his brother Girija, be it Marxists like Madhav Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai or Madan Bhandari. This revolution I believe gives Nepal an opportunity to try something new, something original.

Nepal has the option to launch a kind of democracy that does not exist anywhere else on the planet. Let Nepal's April Revolution enter the annals of world history like the October Revolution in Russia, like the French Revolution, like the American Revolution. Let Nepal's April Revolution turn into an inspiration for other countries and other peoples like those revolutions have been an inspiration for us.

We can do that by suggesting democracy really is about one person, one vote. We can do that by giving a new meaning to the word inclusive democracy.

Proposed Republican Constitution 2006


Dismantle The Two Armies, Dismantle The Monarchy

On this major topic we should start from the future and then come back to the present. We should not strive to come to the present from the past. The logic should not be that because there are two armies and so they should be integrated. Instead the question should be, does Nepal need an army at all?

The two armies mean to the Madhesis what the monarchy has meant to the republican, democrat Pahadis. It has to go, they say. It can not be retained in any form or fashion.

Nepal needs to be spending on education and health, not on defense.

Madhesi, March

The Madhesi community has now got to march all the way to total equality. We have to earn federalism, we have to earn language rights, we have to earn citizenship papers. We have to earn one person, one vote.

Rename Singha Durbar

It is okay to keep the building, but the word Durbar has to go.

Rename Narayanhiti, Call It Rashtrapati Bhavan

Singha Durbar will be the seat of the legislative, and the Narayanhiti complex the seat of the executive. The president is to be directly elected.

In The News

Leaders vow not to repeat past mistakes; say constituent assembly will be the first agenda of HoR NepalNews
Koirala taken ill
OHCHR calls for judicial probe into Belbari killings
Koirala appointed Prime Minister
RNA launches probe into Belbari incident; commanding officer suspended
Nepal was very close to a violent revolution: Moriarty
NC Parliamentary Party chooses Koirala as its new leader
Maoists declare 3-month long unilateral ceasefire
Antonio Peretti brings Olympic torch to Nepal
Dhungana calls for unconditional election to the constituent assembly
RNA launches aerial attack in Tanahu: Report
ICJ, LDN welcome reinstatement of Parliament
NC (D) to keep separate identity in parliament; four members lose their seats
AG Nirala resigns from the post

RPP applauds royal proclamation Kantipur Publications
Victory meet at Khulla Manch: SPA leaders express full commitment to constituent assembly elections
Belbari firing probe starts; OHCHR demands independent enquiry
Maoists to hold mass meet in Capital
Parliament staff race against time
Fuel supply eases in Valley
सभामुखद्वारा राजीनामा
संविधान संशोधनबाट काम थाल्न आग्रह
दुई दिनमा माओवादीका तीन वक्तव्य
जनजातिको आन्दोलन जारी
जनआन्दोलन उपचार कोषलाई ६ लाख
सहिद परिवारलाई अक्षयकोष
सहिदकी छोरीलाई छात्रवृत्ति
गाउँ-गाउँमा सभा
संविधानसभाका प्रक्रिया
सरकारलाई विनम्र आग्रह

New Nepal Prime Minister, 84, Is Ailing Guardian Unlimited, UK
New Prime Minister named for Nepal Euronews.net, France
Nepal rebels may set arms aside, not surrender Reuters.uk, UK
Ceasefire in Nepal Advertiser Adelaide, Australia
Do events in Nepal resonate in Swaziland? BBC News, UK
Nepal's next move Globe and Mail, Canada
Chalk up another win for people power Globe and Mail
Yechury to visit Nepal on Friday Times of India, India
Maoist rebels declare three month ceasefire in Nepal Euronews.net, France

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