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When King Gyanendra of Nepal named Suryabahadur Thapa the country's Prime Minister in June, no one had to show the new Premier where the pens and paper are kept?Thapa had been PM four times before. The moderate royalist is expected to be replaced once again in coming weeks, a casualty of partisan maneuvering as the nation's politicians attempt to unite with the palace against the Maoist rebels. At his home in Kathmandu, Thapa spoke to Time's Alex Perry...
...TIME: How bad is the current situation? Thapa: We are not at all scared. We are determined to foil their attempts. But it is definitely a crisis, there's no denying it. If all the political parties do not come together, democracy itself in Nepal is threatened...
...TIME: Haven't the mainstream political parties boosted the Maoist cause by failing to address poverty and social inequity? Thapa: Certainly the political parties have not been responsible and effective and this has caused concern, but that's not the main factor in the insurgency. The main factor is that the Maoists use terrorism to gain support and people are scared. They have tortured people, cut off their limbs and harassed them. It should not have taken this long for the parties to come together and defend democracy against these Maoists, but we are doing...
...APPOINTED. SURYA BAHADUR THAPA, 75, of Nepal's National Democratic Party (NDP); as Prime Minister, by King Gyanendra; in Kathmandu. Thapa replaces Lokendra Bahadur Chapa, also of the NDP, who was unable to negotiate an end to a seven-year uprising by Maoist rebels. Thapa might not be able to do so, either, given the pressure to produce results fast. Since ascending the throne in June 2001, Gyanendra has shown little patience with his Prime Ministers, firing not just Chapa but his predecessor Sher Bahadur Deuba...
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