King’s address: Some salient features

February 2, 2005
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Kathmandu: The constitutional monarch, King Gyanendra, has taken over the charge of the country on his own shoulders.

In a Royal address made to the nation Tuesday morning, King Gyanedra provided ample reasons in summarily dismissing the incumbent government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba and the need to take over the charge on himself.

The salient features of the King’s address are as follows:

# The King has reiterated his total and unconditional commitment for the democratic system.

# The King has assured the people that the new cabinet under his own Chairmanship would give priority to effecting epoch making reforms in the country.

# The King does not hide his displeasure towards the malfunctioning of the political parties and its leaders.

#The King has hinted that he would not settle for less than upholding the rule of law in the country as it should be in a democratic nation.

# The King maintains that the politicians of the country provided a very bad name to the democratic system through their own political follies in the past.

#The King vows to root out terrorism from the country’s political scene.

#The King apparently expresses his deep concern and regret over certain light remarks made by the leaders of the nation on the functioning of the Nepali army personnel.

# The King says that multi-party system in the country is irreplaceable and had no alternative to that.

# The King says that at times the political parties brought out sponsored demonstrations.

# The King indicates that he more often than not tried to convince the leaders of the country for forging a sort of unity in the name of the country, however, the leaders did not pay due attention to his modest pleas.

#The King wishes to pave the highway of a matured democratic system in the country.

# The King made it abundantly clear that given the love and respect for the monarchical system in the country, the King can go to any extent in the larger interest of the nation and its people.

# The King has asked for a three years period to bring the country back to normal and set the multiparty system into its track.

# The King has amply indicated that he was the one who as the guardian of the State is primarily responsible for the preservation and protection of the constitution now in force.

#The King opines that most of the years of the democratic system, Nepali leaders spent their energy in either making or breaking of a government.

# The King through the use of article 115-1 of the constitution has declared a State of Emergency in the country effective from Tuesday. This will continue for an indefinite period.

# With the declaration of the state of emergency, some of the fundamental rights of the citizens enshrined in the constitution have automatically been suspended.