Nepal's King Evacuates the Palace - Monarchy Headed for the Dustbin of History!

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Submitted by donna_quintana on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 7:44pm

Nepal's King Evacuates the Palace - Monarchy Headed for the Dustbin of History!

According to news reports (another, and another, and another), Nepal's King Gyanendra has decided to "voluntarily" vacate the royal palace today, a few days before the deadline the leaders of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), who recently swept the Constituent Assembly elections to form a new Nepali government, set for the official end of Nepal's monarchy (May 28).

This is a historic day! After all the claptrap about the "end of history", the "collapse of communism", and capitalism now supposedly being the only solution, etc etc etc, lets take note of the fact that in May 2008, a 10-year long armed struggle and mass movement led by communists has succeeded in driving a 250-year-long monarchy from power.

Here's an excerpt from the press coverage:

Kathmandu, May 23 (IANS) Nepal's besieged King Gyanendra has left the Narayanhity royal palace from where his ancestors had ruled for generations, probably his final exit as the last king of a nearly 250-year dynasty. "The king left the palace for his summer residence Nagarjuna palace (about eight kilometres north of Kathmandu) around 9 p.m. Thursday," said Kishore Shrestha, editor of the Nepali weekly Jana Aastha.

The tabloid, a close watcher of the royal family, had said Wednesday that the king, accompanied by his wife Queen Komal, would exit the palace Thursday in a bid to avoid an "undignified tussle with the rabble".

Lets savor this victory, and give credit where credit is due -- to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and all the Nepali people who have fought and sacrificed for revolutionary change.

The future is bright!

DONNA QUINTAN
PIGLAS-TUGON INTERNASYUNAL

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kelan kaya

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Submitted by eman on Sat, 12/26/2009 - 6:28pm.

kelan kaya darating si ka joma para matan-aw ta na ang satong pariwanag na hinaharap.hehe

pero hala nangsuhlho daa kamo ning skwelahan sa quezon sabi sa balita. pagtuhlhuhlhol ngani kamo-a. but anyway happy 41st anniversary!!! mabuhay d' bright future s nearrrrrrrrr!!!

panos

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Submitted by bahi on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 11:01pm.

battles that go on longer than necessary end up destroying the enthusiasm necessary for later reconstruction.

Let it pass the test of time

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Submitted by Jorge O. Macenas on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 10:01am.

To say the future is bright for the Nepalese people under a communist regime is rather premature. IT MUST PASS THE TEST OF TIME.

The event in Nepal is just a beginning in the same breadth and manner of the tumultous event of Russian bolshieviks in 1917; Mao's take over of China in 1949; the division of Korea after world war 2; start of Khmer Rouge's genocidal rule of Cambodia in 1975;

Communist take over in the abovementioned countries all happened under system where dictators, despots, discredited ruling families and disfunctional military junta's were in power - the Romanovs, the koumintangs, Lon Nol, Batista etc.

Very noteworthy in this event is the means how change was attained in Nepal - BALLOTS NOT BULLETS. Will of the people through peaceful means. What the killing and the fighting failed to achieved, the ballots did ! !

war of foreigners

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Submitted by bahi on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 11:47pm.

maka helak helak na pag isip isipon na pono pa ning tiyempo hapon piga arog ta man ang kadustuan ning kilang mga iga pabakar na giyera.

bokong ang kultura ta iso yan mag pasi tarabang tabangan na nasasalming sa bayanihan boda sa sabawan ( yo isisida na iga tao sa imong kapitbahay). Tayun baga ta igapar soksok to ning mga foreigner sa ato na yan resulta ang mga mag porogto nangga tirigbakan. Maski ngani tinigbak na iga abangan pa ta titigbakon pa siguro. sa diablo nang mga gibo to.

ona iso. mai man kami to mapatangor. pag pono pa lang ka arriba boda biloy, atak naga baron naman kami to. kitaon ta na lang. mai lamang kamong respeto sa nag daan.