Parties Unite to Push for a Restored Democracy
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From Times Wire Reports
Seven Nepalese political parties announced a plan to work together to restore democracy, seeking to reinstate the country’s dissolved parliament and reform the constitution to limit the king’s powers.
King Gyanendra seized power Feb. 1, declared a state of emergency and suspended most civil liberties, saying that successive governments had failed to quell a communist insurgency. The emergency was lifted last month, but the king still rules the country through a royal council of appointed ministers.
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