A democratic interim government born out of a revolution could legitimately disband the RNA with a simple decree: that is a technical possibility. It got done in Iraq.
- washingtonpost.com: Wrong Turn at a Postwar Crossroads?
- Bremer defends disbanding Iraqi army - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
- US decides to pay Iraqi soldiers and form new Army | csmonitor.com
- Joint Chiefs Bypassed in Decision to Disband Iraqi Army: Pace
- Disbanded Iraqi army could be recalled
- Iraq: Bremer Dissolves Military, Security Institutions
- BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | New Iraqi army plans unveiled
- Salon.com News | The day I almost led the Iraqi army
- Iraqi army, police force fall short on training | The San Diego ...
- Arianna Online Forums - Bush disbanded the Iraqi army against the ...
- Jihad Watch: Personnel from disbanded Iraqi militias to join army ...
- New Iraqi Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- :: The Independent Voice of Iraq :: IRAQ TODAY ::
- Former Iraqi soldiers threaten armed action
- Better Answers On Iraq - Center for American Progress
- Iraq: A New Army With New Mission Taking Shape
- New Iraqi Army Will Be Force for National Unity, Says Defense ...
- USATODAY.com - US announces formation of new Iraqi army
Choice 2: Disband the army. Perhaps have no army at all. Add a special armed militia segment to the police instead.
Choice 3: Disband the RNA. Build a Nepal Army from scratch. Invite individual applications from former RNA and PLA foot soldiers without giving any preference to them. Truly start from scratch. Cap the army size at 27,000.
There are many options on the table.
A movement is a flood, a revolution is a tsunami.
If the king sticks to his muncipal polls by April mantra, he faces a movement. If he continues to physicially abuse peaceful protestors, and if he engineers any violent crackdowns, he faces a revolution. Illegal orders do not have to be obeyed. Nothing in the 1990 constitution gives the RNA the authority to open fire upon peaceful demonstrators. So if they are ordered to do so, they have the option to refuse: they have no other option. The RNA is not on the king's payroll. The RNA is on the people's payroll.
All those tear gas shells let loose in the hundreds in the densely populated residential areas in Kathmandu: that is practically chemical warfare upon the people, Saddam style. That poison stays in the air for days and weeks.
- Toxic chemicals used in wars ..... tear gas also irritates the respiratory passages
- Riot Control
- [PDF] 'Non Lethal' Weapons and Implementation of the ... can exert harmful effects on life processes.
- Howstuffworks "What does tear gas do?"
- Riot control agent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia These chemicals are used to disperse a riot, as they can rapidly produce sensory irritation or disabling physical effects....... They can also be used for chemical warfare defence training, although their use in warfare itself is a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention..... Tear gases are used mainly in military exercises and in riot control, etc., but have also been used as a method of warfare.....
- Tear Gas--Harassing Agent or Toxic Chemical Weapon? The use of tear gas in recent situations of civil unrest, however, demonstrates that exposure to the weapon is difficult to control and indiscriminate, and the weapon is often not used correctly. Severe traumatic injury from exploding tear gas bombs as well as lethal toxic injury have been documented. Moreover, available toxicological data are deficient as to the potential of tear gas agents to cause long-term pulmonary, carcinogenic, and reproductive effects. Published and recent unpublished in vitro tests have shown o-chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile to be both clastogenic and mutagenic.
There are things we democrats can do to make sure the ceasefire does not break down, regardless of what the king does or not. And we need to do them. If the king does not do the right things, he hurts himself. Simple as that. We need the ceasefire to have plenty of political space for our impending mass movement.
Forming a formal committee to hold formal, sustained dialogue with the Maoists would be a good start.
I have great confidence that if a strong Maoist-Democrat alliance can be forged, the ceasefire can be maintained and extended, and permanent peace will be possible, and democracy will materialize, not democracy with strings attached, but full democracy.
On to victory.
In The News
- Court dismisses case against CIAA chief NepalNews
- Indian leaders to arrive Kathmandu on Wednesday
- Contempt of court case filed against govt over KC’s re-arrest
- King to move a step ahead: Minister Shrestha
- World Bank, IMF announce ambitious debt relief programmes
- Parties discuss further strategies Top notch leaders of alliance of seven agitating political parties, who arrived in Janakpur to participate in the national cadres conference of the Nepal Sadbhawana Party- Anandidevi (NSP-A) had participated in the meeting...... General Secretary of CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal as saying that the agreed understanding among the parties would be formally discussed and finalized in the forthcoming meeting. ...... alliance of seven political parties are mulling over the formation of official team to hold talks with the Maoists..... Speaking on the occasion, Nepali Congress leader Sushil Koirala..... Narayan Man Bijukchhe, C P Mainali, Amik Sherchan, Hriyadesh Tripathi.....
- Maoists abduct students in Okhaldhunga, Taplejung
- EC determined to hold polls: CEC
- 5-party team to visit Nepal Business Standard, India
- Support for Nepal's king vanishing
Washington Times - Over 200 civilians abducted in mid-western Nepal Xinhua, China
- Guerrillas abduct 100 teachers, students in eastern Nepal
Xinhua - Nepal rebels killed in clashes despite ceasefire Reuters AlertNet, UK
- Indian political delegation to visit Nepal Kantipur Online, Nepal
- Yechury to lead solidarity delegation to Nepal: NewKerala.com, India
- LEADER ARTICLE: Don't Ditch This Man
Times of India - LEADER ARTICLE: He'll Have To Go
Times of India Apprehending that an open demonstration of his inter-national isolation will galvanise Kathmandu's growing movement for a republican Nepal, he opted instead for a domestic tour to drum up a rabble in support of his beleaguered government. ...... the Citizen's Movement for Democratic Peace, has unambiguously adopted the slogan of republican democracy. ..... While the domestic momentum has decisively shifted in favour of a republic, some political leaders within the parliamentary parties still favour a compromise with the king. ..... These interests are driven by the hope that at a critical juncture the international community will intervene, revive the discredited twin pillar theory and prevent the kind of democratic restructuring that could change the political and socio-economic landscape. .... hopes of these advocates of controlled democracy ..... pliable men who stand to lose in the event of mass democratisation. ...... Any deal between the king and parliamentary parties will lead to the collapse of current ceasefire and resumption of military conflict. ....... Royal Nepalese Army has suffered crushing defeats ever since the king assumed full power..... The Maoists cannot be induced to negotiate with such a regime since the primary purpose of creating it is to thwart radical restructuring of the polity. ...... the parliamentary parties..Their recently acquired political bravery vis-a-vis the king is a product of independent, non-funded civil society pressure. ...... The Maoists have presented unilateral ceasefire as a goodwill gesture to reform-minded civil society and republic-oriented parliamentary parties. ..... The political necessity for, and inner coherence of, the republican idea after February 1 is indisputable. .... Ceteris paribus, the tyrant ought to take to his heels. But for that, the emerging republic must hold its ground.
- Nepal Maoists abduct 94 students, teachers Sify, India
- Nepal filmmakers to take on king: NewKerala.com, India
1 comment:
who said they were demonstrating peacefully ??? if u take a walk down the lane infront of the shankerdev campus or pradarshani marg then u will see the entire road RED with bricks.. i hope u dont turn a blind eye to that and call that a peaceful demo... i think its just a vulgar display of power from the goons in the payroll of the most corrupt politicians in the face of the earth. and what do u expect the RNA to do when ur demonstrators throw strow at their vehicle ??? i think those lousy bas@#$rds should have been shot at their leg as a sort of warning so that they dont dare to mess with da army ... no country in the world ...not even the most democratic world .. including USA would have tolerated if someone messes up with the armed forces...
abt the user of water canons and tear gas .. u need that to contain such a violent crowd ... infact a bunch of rowdies whose been hangin around in the same class for god knows how many no of years..and u call them students ??? they are a bunch of losers damit... screw them all... i think its high time we use plastic bullets now....
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