Kathmandu: As the luck would have it, the conglomerate of the former Panchas-the RPP at the moment- has come out with a formulae which they claim could bring about a dramatic change in the country if brought into practice.

The RPP the other day disclosed its six point formulae and appealed all the major political actors of the nation to “forge a national consensus” to get out of the present mess.

In other words, the band of the former Panchas have fixed for themselves a sort of “mediatory role” and have thus signaled to the champions of the last popular movement that their days have gone and that it is only the RPP which could act like a “judge” in settling the present dispute in between the ruling congress faction and the entire opposition.

The six-point prescription forwarded by the RPP touches upon on how to contain the threats of the Maoists; checking corruption and, among others, providing good governance in the country.

The gist of their prescription revolves around the need of the “‘benevolent support” from the constitutional monarch in order to get out of the present chaos and stresses the need for a broad national consensus.

“‘Our analysis has been that not any single party could be able to solve the country’s problems and hence the constitutional monarch should be brought in the picture”‘, said RPP leader S.B.Thapa Monday afternoon.

He however, hastened to add that his party remained confident that a solution could be obtained from well within the constitution now in force.

The congress and the UML and other parties have yet to forward their exclusive comments on the new RPP proposal.

Deliberate or otherwise, RPPs new formulae are almost similar in content with that of the Army chief’s fresh views on forging a national consensus.

The million-dollar question is who will initiate talks with other parties for this consensus, more so with the congress and the Communists, when both the parties behave each other almost like enemies.

Be that as it may, the initiative for bringing about a peaceful atmosphere in the nation has been snatched by the former Panchas. Oh! The clever RPP wallahs.

Whether they succeed in their mission or fail will have to be watched.

Finally, how the Palace reacts to this new RPP overture will also have to be carefully watched.