Prachanda's April 22 statement dismissing the King's last-ditch effort to "restore democracy" is another sign that the end of the line for Gyanendra may just be a rope. The capitalist press, and much of the left, does not understand that this whole insurrection is jumping off from the effective defeat of the Royal Nepal Army and surging victories of the People's War. Prachanda is demanding an "unconditional constituent assembly" -- and that, my friends and comrades, is the call of revolution. Through a democratic process, with the agency of the masses and leadership of the proletarian forces -- there will be a new constitution of the entire society. It will not be simply "representative," but will be constituted by the people themselves. The connection between the feudal elite and the comprador bourgeoisie is so deep that they will surely be swept away in the coming days.
It is exciting that the middle class parties are working in alliance with the revolution. But before our enthusiasm gets the best of us, let's pay close attention to the vanguard on the ground and try to know where different forces are bouncing. Prachanda writes:
Yesterday's so-called royal proclamation does not have any worth and significance other than fulfilling feudal arrogance and underrating the great Nepalese sea of the masses, which, chanting slogans of constituent assembly and republic, is flowing into the streets to give a new direction to the world by creative application of people's revolution in the twenty-first century. Soon after the so-called royal proclamation since yesterday evening, the Nepalese people, expressing hatred, rage and disapproval to it have already divulged their understanding and initiative against the feudal conspiracy all across the country. Our party, honoring highly the Nepalese people's great initiative, scornfully rejects the conspiratorial proclamation of feudal elements and expresses determination to persevere with the movement till the Nepalese people's sovereign right has been guaranteed by way of unconditional constituent assembly election, as a minimum basis.
Full statement on the link...
Constituent Assembly Now!
April 22, 2006
Yesterday's so-called royal proclamation does not have any worth and significance other than fulfilling feudal arrogance and underrating the great Nepalese sea of the masses, which, chanting slogans of constituent assembly and republic, is flowing into the streets to give a new direction to the world by creative application of people's revolution in the twenty-first century. Soon after the so-called royal proclamation since yesterday evening, the Nepalese people, expressing hatred, rage and disapproval to it have already divulged their understanding and initiative against the feudal conspiracy all across the country. Our party, honoring highly the Nepalese people's great initiative, scornfully rejects the conspiratorial proclamation of feudal elements and expresses determination to persevere with the movement till the Nepalese people's sovereign right has been guaranteed by way of unconditional constituent assembly election, as a minimum basis.
Emotionally charged sea of the masses in the streets manifests that the liberation forever from the feudal monarchy, which has been betraying since the past 250 years in general and 56 years in particular, is the earnest and deep aspiration of the Nepalese people. Our party appeals the seven political parties, civil societies and the intelligentsia to be united under a single political slogan of institutionalizing democratic republic, the great synthesis of positive and negative experiences of history, by means of unconditional constituent assembly to make the initiative of the masses of all class, level and strata in the streets reach to a success. Assuring our party's preparedness to develop the third qualitative understanding at the earliest so as to make this great mass movement, which has been raised upon the foundation of the 12-point understanding reached between seven political parties and the CPN (Maoist), attain its goal of democracy, peace and progress, we heartily appeal others to take concrete initiative for this.
In the historic period of today, when people's republican movement has been marching towards its climax, our party again appeals specially the soldiers of "royal" army and police to display real patriotism by standing on the side of the people and against the national traitor & feudal butcher. The feudal butcher's defeat and people's victory is imminent and assured.
Prachanda
Chairman
CPN (Maoist)
And now the action moves also into the towns -- where I'm sure the maoists will be encouraging everyone and their dog to set up labor unions and workplace committees, etc., in preparation for the real power which will flow directly out of the Constituent Assembly.
Besides that the urban masses now have made common cause with the rural masses -- deposing the feudal power structure, together -- the new republic will be all the better armed to deal with the inevitable counter-revolutionary 'war' of attrition, which will surely be arriving soon over the India-Nepal border.
And for that reason too, the CPN(M) did not march on Kathmandu as an alien, outside army, to impose its will on a passive urban mass. Now those rural forces have urban allies.
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Posted by: Comandante Gringo | April 24, 2006 at 05:27 PM