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farleft
30th June 2010, 16:08
Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has announced his resignation in a televised speech.

BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10464705.stm)

Thoughts on what this will mean for the Maoists?
pranabjyoti
30th June 2010, 16:13
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, thank GOD.;)
A Revolutionary Tool
1st July 2010, 00:11
Owned!
Saorsa
1st July 2010, 04:32
Well, that's put a smile on my face! I don't have any idea what's going to happen next - I assume negotiations for a new government will continue with the same issues being fought out - return of seized land, dismantling of the YCL's 'paramilitary structure', and PLA integration.

This is a big development though, and a victory for the Maoists.
leftace53
1st July 2010, 04:53
How now brown cow!
I'm curious to see what goes down next, but its a step in the right direction I feel.
Boyle1888
3rd July 2010, 00:23
Any updates on this situation?

Or anywhere online to follow what's going on?

thanks
Adi Shankara
3rd July 2010, 02:00
I like this, because it shows Nepal's foundation in democracy is less shaky than previously anticipated by the racist pundits we have here.
Saorsa
3rd July 2010, 02:55
I like this, because it shows Nepal's foundation in democracy is less shaky than previously anticipated by the racist pundits we have here.

What racists? What on earth are you talking about? :confused:
Saorsa
3rd July 2010, 02:56
Any updates on this situation?

Or anywhere online to follow what's going on?

I'll be posting updates in the News from Nepal thread as the situation develops further.
Adi Shankara
3rd July 2010, 09:38
What racists? What on earth are you talking about? :confused:

Alot of people in news magazines said that Nepalis don't know "how to have democracy", as it's a racial trait. this is a common sentiment in The Economist and Newsweek which is why I take everything they say with a bag of salt.
Saorsa
3rd July 2010, 11:12
Nepal isn't a democratic country at all. It's 'foundation in democracy' is very, very shaky indeed. The Maoist movement has managed to win some basic democratic rights for the people and is fighting to win much more than that, but there's a very long way to go yet.
People's War
3rd July 2010, 14:01
Hooray!
the last donut of the night
3rd July 2010, 14:10
Nepal isn't a democratic country at all. It's 'foundation in democracy' is very, very shaky indeed. The Maoist movement has managed to win some basic democratic rights for the people and is fighting to win much more than that, but there's a very long way to go yet.

I think he meant that Nepal, because of the Maoists, has now an opportunity to build democracy -- an action, which some right-wing magazines see as near impossible unless it is an action towards bourgeois 'democracy', which as we know, is never democratic.
Adi Shankara
3rd July 2010, 22:27
I think he meant that Nepal, because of the Maoists, has now an opportunity to build democracy -- an action, which some right-wing magazines see as near impossible unless it is an action towards bourgeois 'democracy', which as we know, is never democratic.

my point exactly. thanks for putting it in words I couldn't.