seh
1st February 2005, 12:04 PM
Hey,
Just wanted to keep everyone informed. This is a BBC article, it is a little more informative than the CNN article. I pray for stability.
Nepal king assumes power
Prime Minister Deuba was appointed last June
Nepal's King Gyanendra has announced on state television that he has sacked the government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba.
He said he was taking over direct power because the administration had failed to fulfil its mandate.
Mr Deuba had been reappointed Nepal's prime minister last June, two years after King Gyanendra sacked him for failing to contain a Maoist insurgency.
The rebels recently failed to respond to a 13 January deadline set by Mr Deuba to hold peace talks.
The Associated Press reports that soldiers have surrounded the prime minister's residence and the homes of other government leaders.
It says phone lines in the capital, Kathmandu, have been shut down.
A new cabinet will be formed under my leadership
King Gyanendra
"I have decided to dissolve the government because it has failed to make necessary arrangements to hold elections by April and protect democracy, the sovereignty of the people and life and property," the king said in his announcement.
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kathmandu says the announcement has plunged Nepal into uncertainty.
New cabinet
"A new cabinet will be formed under my leadership," the king said.
"This will restore peace and effective democracy in this country within the next three years."
King Gyanendra also said the government had failed to restore peace with the Maoist rebels.
But in what our correspondent describes as a clear reference to rebel activities, he said violent crimes such as extortion will be dealt with very seriously.
He accused the country's fractious political parties of behaving selfishly and of giving no thought to the Nepali people and the welfare of the country.
He himself, he added, was committed to democracy and multi-party rule.
Failed peace
Mr Deuba had appealed to the Maoist to come back to the negotiating table but they had refused, saying they could only hold meaningful talks with the king.
The rebels want to replace the country's constitutional monarchy with a communist republic.
Some 10,000 people have been killed in the nine-year-long Maoist insurgency.
King Gyanendra assumed the throne in dramatic circumstances in 2001 after his brother, King Birendra, was killed in a palace massacre.
Just wanted to keep everyone informed. This is a BBC article, it is a little more informative than the CNN article. I pray for stability.
Nepal king assumes power
Prime Minister Deuba was appointed last June
Nepal's King Gyanendra has announced on state television that he has sacked the government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba.
He said he was taking over direct power because the administration had failed to fulfil its mandate.
Mr Deuba had been reappointed Nepal's prime minister last June, two years after King Gyanendra sacked him for failing to contain a Maoist insurgency.
The rebels recently failed to respond to a 13 January deadline set by Mr Deuba to hold peace talks.
The Associated Press reports that soldiers have surrounded the prime minister's residence and the homes of other government leaders.
It says phone lines in the capital, Kathmandu, have been shut down.
A new cabinet will be formed under my leadership
King Gyanendra
"I have decided to dissolve the government because it has failed to make necessary arrangements to hold elections by April and protect democracy, the sovereignty of the people and life and property," the king said in his announcement.
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kathmandu says the announcement has plunged Nepal into uncertainty.
New cabinet
"A new cabinet will be formed under my leadership," the king said.
"This will restore peace and effective democracy in this country within the next three years."
King Gyanendra also said the government had failed to restore peace with the Maoist rebels.
But in what our correspondent describes as a clear reference to rebel activities, he said violent crimes such as extortion will be dealt with very seriously.
He accused the country's fractious political parties of behaving selfishly and of giving no thought to the Nepali people and the welfare of the country.
He himself, he added, was committed to democracy and multi-party rule.
Failed peace
Mr Deuba had appealed to the Maoist to come back to the negotiating table but they had refused, saying they could only hold meaningful talks with the king.
The rebels want to replace the country's constitutional monarchy with a communist republic.
Some 10,000 people have been killed in the nine-year-long Maoist insurgency.
King Gyanendra assumed the throne in dramatic circumstances in 2001 after his brother, King Birendra, was killed in a palace massacre.