Kathmandu: Hardly had the Nepali citizens come out of the trauma caused by the killing of the Nepali Royales on June 1, 2001, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has been kind enough to put onto the heads of the common men yet another shock that has come in the form of enactment of some laws and the rules that practically caps all the existing privileges the people had been enjoying in democratic system.

The stringent draconian measures have already come into effect since June 4 last month which interestingly coincides with the date when His Majesty King Gyanendra had been declared the King of this Himalayan Kingdom.

The measures now brought into effect will henceforth not permit the political parties or for that matter groups or associations to come out in the streets demanding the redressal of their grievances and the likes.

Some newspapers guess the new restrictive rules brought by Prime Minister Koirala were solely to defame the new King.

The General Security Laws and regulations”, as it is called is aimed at containing the threats of the Maoists.

This law now summarily restricts the citizens to gather at a place without weapons, expression of one’s views freely and also caps the rights of coming into the streets, The law also does not allow for calling a Nepal closure.

In essence, if this law comes into total effect, it would remind many a brains to have been the revival of the erstwhile regime.

Constitutional experts say that the new laws and regulations brought into effect by the government would end the beauty of the democratic system.

However, the competent political forces currently active in national politics, other than the ruling party indeed, are yet to furnish their comments regarding this new draconian measure of the government.

Staunch democrats expect that various sectors would react to these new overtures of the government.

Critics say that Girija Prasad has almost revived the good old days of the Panchayat through the enactment of the laws which are generally considered not fit for a system what we have now.