Posted
6th June 2001
Death
And Democracy In Nepal
by Cynthia Edwards
Last Friday night the entire royal family of Nepal and their
body guards were brutally murdered in cold blood at the regular
friday night family gathering, including the nine month old
princess. What has been reported as a family squabble with the
crown prince killing everyone and then shooting himself, and
even a gun going off by itself - somehow killing 30+ people,
some of whom were not in the same room - are outright lies.
Immediately the royals were burned, much sooner than would be
normal practice. The crown prince, the supposed killer, was
made king while lying brain dead. Ironically, the king's brother,
Gyanendra was out of town.
At the same time his nephew, Paresh, a known murderer of at
least five people was in the palace as was the king's other
brother Direndra, who has been living in London since 1990 and
has been estranged from the royal family. Both brothers are
criminals who have been involved with stealing and selling the
antiquities of Nepal, drugs selling, and who knows what else.
Both brothers vehemently were against democracy in Nepal and
there was a huge fight between them all when King Birendra gave
up the powers of the Monarchy in 1990 and declared a democracy
for Nepal. It has long been known that Gyanendra has had a CIA
link as well as ties to the government of India. What those
connections are in this whole affair remains to be seen. Since
Saturday most people have known the prince was dead even though
the official news was saying otherwise.
People knew they were being lied to but they were in shock so
the streets were fairly quiet for two days. As early as saturday
afternoon, crowds were gathering outside the palace and at the
funeral chanting, "Kill the criminals, Kill Gyandera." In the
meantime, more and more inside news was leaking out and it was
fast becoming clear that this was a carefully orchestrated plot
by by at least the two brothers and nephew to seize control
of Nepal. Now the prince has been officially declared dead.
One hour later, Gyanendra has just been crowned king with full
regalia, the Prime Minister and political leaders standing mutely
by.
Clearly
this was all planned WELL in advance to be able to pull this
off so quickly. And clearly the Prime Minister is either afraid
to say anything or else is in collusion. And Paresh has already
been sent to London for safety. I can hear the shouts of crowds
in the street heading toward the palace. People are furious
that Gyanendra, murderer of his own family and their king, has
now been made king. And this anger has been building for a long
time as a totally corrupt government has been running this country
into the ground since the advent of "democracy" in 1990. The
army is in the street along with hundreds of thousands of people,
roads are closed, and no one knows what will happen. We fear
a blood bath as Gyanendra now controls the army. The lastest
report from a friend on the street is that tear gas is being
fired into the crowds. Democracy was struggling in Nepal, at
best, but now it is sure to die a swift death.
Perhaps
it doesn't matter to you what happens in this far away tiny
country, so unrelated to your own lives. But at least you can
know the truth and tell others so these people will not have
died in vain. If you have a computer, go to Nepalnews.com.np and click on NepaliTimes -
it is our most radical paper we have though we don't yet know
if they will be brave enough to print the truth. I have no idea
will become of me and other foreigners here. Only time will
tell. It's pretty frightening right now and hopefully they will
not target us in their frustration but go after the real criminals
now holding the power..
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