Since the Maoists joined the "democratic" mainstream - reversing their initial refusal to accept the declaration of abdication by King Gyanendra on April 24 2006 and subsequently forswearing armed insurgency - the principal axis around which Nepal's politics is revolving is not the drafting of the new Constitution, hugely important as it is, but the issue of "integration" of the PLA with the NA.
All the contending sides are too keenly aware of its centrality. And that keeps the uneasy alliance between the NC and UML and also other sundry players, the Madhesi parties in particular going. The UCPN(M) has in the immediate past - just before the commencement of the recent festival season - once failed to trigger off a Jana Andolan III, despite trying very hard and admittedly pretty formidable show of organised strength. But it remained just that. They are threatening to try it all over again. In case, the negotiations with the NC-UML finally collapse, as it looks almost certain at the moment, then we'd probably be witnessing an even tougher and uglier tussle this time. The stakes are too high. If the Maoists fail once again, their political standing would be significantly damaged. The terms of the peace agreement would be reinterpreted, if not rewritten outright, to their disadvantage. And, if they somehow succeed to pull it through, the incumbent government would just be washed away and so the NC and UML. Paving the path for a "People's Democracy". Democracy, and far more, for only those few stamped and certified as "People". Otherwise Nepalese democracy would be bumbling along as inefficient "democracies" mostly do. Quite significant, in the current context, is the fact that Prachanda is repeatedly asserting that there is no "going back to the jungle" in sharp contrast with some of his comrades. Sukla On 10/28/09, Ben Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > http://maobadiwatch.blogspot.com/2009/10/nepal-new-peoples-movement-imminent.html > * > The Maoists have now announced an extensive protest program- which is not > just an idle threat, but have announced their intention to blockade the > seats of > government<http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/1-top-story/2098-maoist-finalize-15-day-protest-programme-to-go-all-out-against-govt-from-nov-2.html>. > How success full this new Jana Andolan (Peoples Movement) will be is yet to > be seen, but it seems that the revolutionaries are going to roll the dice.* > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
