Pro-monarchists welcome Nepal’s overthrown King Gyanendra in Katmanda | News of the election
Thousands of supporters attend the pri-monarchy rally at the airport, while the former king returns to the Western West capital.
Greets the big crowds Nepal’s former king In the capital, Katmanda, calling for the return of its abolished monarchy in the midst of dissatisfaction over the country in the country.
It is estimated that 10,000 supporters of Gyanendra Shah gathered near the main entrance to the Katmanda Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday while reaching from a trip to Western Nepal.
“Fire the royal palace for the King. The king returns, save the earth. We lived our beloved king. We want a monarchy,” the crowds sang.
The passengers were forced to walk to and from the airport, and hundreds of police are blocking peaceful demonstrators entering the premises.
Gyanendra, 77, was crowned in 2001 after his older brother Birendra Bir Bikram Shah and his family were killed in a mass murder that wiped out most of the royal family.
He ruled as a constitutional boss of the state without executive or political force until 2005, when he seized the absolute power, saying that he was acting on the defeat of the anti-monarchy of Maoist rebels. The king dissolved the Government and Parliament, closed politicians and journalists and interrupted communication, declaring a state of emergency and using the army to rule the earth.
The movements launched huge street protests, forcing Gyanendra in 2006 to surrender to the Government of the multi -party government. This government signed a peace treaty with Maoist, ending the decades of civil war that caused thousands of deaths.
In 2008, Gyanendra departed from the throne after Parliament voted the abolition of the 240-year-old Hindu monarchy of Nepal, turning the land to the secular Republic.
But since then, Nepal had 13 governments, and many in the country became frustrated by the Republic. They say he failed to bring political stability and blame her for the fight against economics and wide corruption.
‘Inability of politicians’
The participants of the event said they hope that the change of the political system will prevent the country from deteriorating further.
“We are here to give the king full support and gather behind him until he re -establishing on the royal throne,” said Thir Bahadur Bhandari, 72, said the Associate Press news agency.
Among the thousands there was a 50-year-old carpenter Kulraj Shrestha, who participated in the 2006 protests against the king, but changed his mind and now supports the monarchy.
“The worst thing that happens to the country is mass corruption and all politicians in power do nothing for the country,” Shrestha told AP. “I was in protests that took away the monarchy hoping it would help the country, but I was wrong and the nation was further dived, so I changed my mind.”
Gyanendra did not comment on calls to return the monarchy. Despite its growing support, Gyanendra has a little chance of returning to power.
Political analyst Lok Raj Baral told the AFP news agency that he did not see any possibility that the monarchy would be renewed because the institution was a “source of instability”.
“For some dissatisfied groups, it became a retreat because of the incompetence of politicians who became more and more self-concentrated. This frustration was manifested at such gatherings and demonstrations,” he said.
