Word: royalistic
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...essay "why Bush has no fear" [Nov. 29], Charles Krauthammer argued that President George W. Bush has no need to be concerned about the political fortunes of an "heir" and so can do without popular approval of his actions. That is wildly incorrect. First, Krauthammer forgets the royalist tradition of the Republican Party and a certain politically prominent Floridian. Second, he forgets that Bush's political success will be judged in part on whether a Republican succeeds him. Krauthammer is correct that Bush is quite bold. But the President is by no stretch of the imagination reckless. Like Ronald Reagan...
...Sihanouk does step down, it may be because he's tired of trying to mediate among his country's warring political factions. "He's upset with the evolution of the country," says Thun Saray, a Cambodian political analyst. Sihanouk, once Cambodia's dominant political force, set up the royalist Funcinpec party now run by his son Prince Norodom Ranariddh, but the prince is not the political operator his father was. Prime Minister Hun Sen is now firmly in control: he overthrew the prince in a 1997 coup and has since won two controversial elections. In August, Hun Sen persuaded Ranariddh...
...King first sacked Deuba in October 2002, accusing the Prime Minister of "incompetence" for failing to unite Nepal's fractious political parties and crush the kingdom's bloody Maoist insurgency. Since then, Gyanendra has appointed?and seen depart?two more Prime Ministers, endured months of violent protests against his royalist government, and watched the Maoist rebellion claim as many as 3,000 lives. Thus his decision to return Deuba to power was widely viewed as an admission of failure?and a victory for the parties that had finally united against the King...
...past three weeks, burning cars, smashing shops and skirmishing with police. Demonstrators accuse Gyanendra of trying to return to the days when Nepal's kings were considered gods. They demand that he restore the elected government that he scrapped in October 2002 and replaced with his own royalist administration...
...Penh. Chea Vichea is the latest victim in a series of at least four killings in the past year of individuals linked to political parties opposing Prime Minister Hun Sen. "It's very difficult to say it was not politically motivated," said Prince Norodom Sirivudh, secretary-general of the royalist FUNCINPEC party...