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King Gyanendra may be willing to restore democracy
Nepal's King Gyanendra made his first formal approach to the country's estranged political parties yesterday, urging them to join talks and try to put democracy back on track a year after he seized absolute power and fired the government."We, therefore, call on all willing political parties to come forth to fully activate, at the earliest, the stalled democratic process in the greater interest of the nation," King Gyanendra said in a national democracy day statement. The king also urged anti-monarchy Maoist rebels to shun violence and rejoin the mainstream. There was no immediate response from the rebels, who had called on Saturday for an indefinite nationwide strike against the king from April 3. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-02-20 |
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