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Nepal's Maoists say monarchy 'finished'
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by Dave Keating | April 15, 2008 at 02:21 am
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Nepal may be just days away from abolishing its monarchy.
Nepal's Maoists said Tuesday the abolition of the Himalayan nation's monarchy was now just a "matter of procedure" as they held a commanding lead in the count from last week's landmark elections.
Up for grabs are 601 seats in an assembly that will decide the impoverished country's political future, and with the count edging towards the halfway mark, the former rebels are on track to win an absolute majority.
"The monarchy is finished. There should be no doubt about that, it's just a matter of procedure," senior Maoist official Prababkher, who uses one name, told AFP.
He predicted that when the new assembly convenes, it will waste little time in declaring a republic.
"We may not declare a republic on the first day of the first constituent assembly meeting. Declaring a republic may take a few days, but there is no doubt it will happen," said the Maoist official, a senior party member with a seat in the new body.
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at 00:58 on April 16th, 2008
Dave Keating, this is very interesting news for me. Thank you for posting.
Communist China / Maoists have always used the argument that the Monarchy is the enemy of the people. Yet, they have replaced it with their own version of imperialism - of the most cruel and ruthless kind.
There is no freedom at the barrel of the gun.