Former King Gyanendra Suggests Discarding Flawed Political System on Democracy Day

Kathmandu. Former King Gyanendra Shah has indicated that the current political situation necessitates discarding a system that carries negative aspects.

The former monarch expressed this view in a video message issued on Wednesday on the occasion of the 74th National Democracy Day.

In the message, the former King emphasized that only the positive aspects of any system should be retained, and the negative aspects discarded. He stated, "The negative and bad aspects of any system must be thrown away and discarded." He also claimed that only a system suitable for the country's structure and the nature of its society can yield positive results.

Describing the current situation as a "chain of a compulsory system," he stated that the compulsion to please someone or be designated by others must end. The former King called for a self-reflection on what past changes have truly delivered to the country and its people, strongly criticizing the tendency to only seek rights while forgetting duties, and the politics of power-sharing.

He stressed the need for adaptation and modification according to the changing desires of the people, citing examples of several countries that prioritized their nation's and people's needs first.