“In 2003 when GP Koirala met the Maoists in a secret venue in India, they offered him the first presidency in exchange for the NC’s support for the Maoist demand for a constituent assembly and republic. Koirala refused.” (http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2008/05/23/GuestColumn/14806)
I pity the poor old man, but at the same time my respect for him continues to grow. In the end the Nepali Congress did end up supporting the two demands that the Maoists put forward, and even leading the movement for them. Koirala could have said yes to the Maoists’ proposal and gained himself the position, but he wuldn’t have been true to his politics (and the people would’ve noticed something fishy). We may argue about what Girija Prasad Koirala and the party he led fought for, but we can’t deny that this man was more for the country than for a post at the hardest of times.
I hate that GPK is handing a Minister Post to Sujata like it’s her inheritance, becasue she doesn’t have the political knowledge or experience for it, but this man has done the country much good, and I salute him for that.
nepotism and feudalism.
Comment by nepali — June 10, 2009 @ 5:56 am |