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July 14 2007
Nepal has set a new date for elections on November 22nd.(1) Also, the king's birthday passed without the attendance of the U.S. ambassador. According to BBC, there was violent youth action to prevent the king from gathering too many supporters.(2)
Various media outlets refer to Nepal as in "disorder"; yet, the U.S. ambassador says that one of the bourgeois parties wants "absolute power." Ambassador Moriarty corrects MIM by pointing out the so-called "Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)" is still on the U.S. "terrorist exclusion list."(3) This time we found a corroboration on the website of the U.S. State Department. Hence, the u.$. imperialists are not just taking a stand and recommending a vote against a certain party.
An election official also again says that Nepal is not in a condition to run an election, despite the fact that there are over 30,000 fighters held in concentration camps already. There is talk of disorder and intimidation. This is how the April 2007 elections ended up postponed too.
Surely Nepal can field a list of candidates and run a secret ballot. Those who doubt it should be considered an affront to national dignity. The eight bourgeois parties can run a much better election than the one run by the king last.
Those from Nepal saying Nepal cannot run an election are either dupes or bribed stooges of U.$. imperialism. Those from abroad saying Nepal cannot run an election are spies trying to destabilize the country for a coup.
Preparing a coup is tantamount to preparing a civil war in Nepal. Hence, any ambassadors or other foreigners saying that Nepal cannot run an election are excellent candidates for expulsion. They are destabilizing Nepal.
It is difficult for MIM to know from the united $tates, but it looks to us that there is improved unity against monarchy in Nepal; albeit, the Prime Minister Koirala still saves $385,000 for the king.(4) Globally, most news stories reported the king's budget as axed in July. Also, the palace is up for nationalization.
Anti-monarchist unity should take formal expression in the November elections. Those who say Nepal is too disorderly or inept in running elections should be moved out of the way.
Regarding the Terai region, we would say that the exploited should not fight among themselves. If the Terai region departed, everyone would be worse off. In the past, the bourgeois parties did not tell the people of Nepal about the real exploiters in the united $tates and similar imperialist countries, so there is an unrealistic idea circulating about the economic difficulties of Nepal.
The act of holding a bourgeois election may prepare the people of Nepal for the creation of a genuine Maoist party. Seeing outside powers run down Nepal's ability to hold an election may revolutionize those who originally wanted only a bourgeois election to oust the monarchy.
Ultimately democracy means participation of the people. India, China and the united $tates all have motivations to insult the people of Nepal for their own gain. Like the united $tates, the European Union also does not have Nepal's average age in the 20s. Beer-bellied, middle-aged countries are not likely to understand Nepal on a copy-me basis.
Stopping coup plotters from creating an image of disorder and hopelessness may require having control of Nepal's borders. There is no People's Army in control of Nepal's borders yet. Nonetheless, the election process itself may inspire the people for a struggle against coup-plotters. This will lead to the counter-intelligence struggle and a demand for a military able to prevent spies from wrecking Nepal's national aspirations.
Whenever the U.S. State Department is in a difficult situation, the playbook calls for running out the clock. The people in a situation like Nepal's should cut off imperialism's options this year and not give imperialism time to muck around. Ambassador Moriarty had to moderate U.$. monarchism by asking for the king to abdicate in favor of his children, a position also echoed by Koirala.
Now we have to watch for closet monarchists led by the united $tates. These crypto-monarchists will not openly say the king should come back, but they will say the people of Nepal are incapable of running an election to oust the king. By painting an image of instability and disorder, the coup plotters may succeed in derailing the election again. This will gladden the supporters of the king and justify a strongman ruler to fill the vacuum, probably after a bloodbath. Given the competition among the bourgeois parties though, there may be some who compete for Nepal's nationalism, to the point of struggling to defeat crypto-monarchism. Such conditions are favorable for a Maoist party to arise.
Notes:
1. http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=115717
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6293062.stm
3. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5283.htm
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_927.html
4. http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-07-14T160838Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_India-284715-1.xml&archived=False