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...suffered a lot. Their anger is targeted at not only King Gyanendra but also the entire edifice of monarchy, an anachronism in the present day. Gyanendra should follow the example of contemporary royals who are confined to being figureheads within democratic monarchies. I remember that when King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan volunteered to give up absolute power as monarch, he said, "The country is more important than the King." And prospects for political stability would increase if the army submitted to the supreme authority of parliament. Vinod C. Dixit Ahmedabad, India...
...suffered a lot. Their anger is targeted at not only King Gyanendra but also the entire edifice of monarchy, an anachronism in the present day. Gyanendra should follow the example of contemporary royals who are confined to being figureheads within democratic monarchies. I remember that when King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan volunteered to give up absolute power as monarch, he said, "The country is more important than the King." And prospects for political stability would increase if the army submitted to the supreme authority of parliament. Vinod C. Dixit Ahmedabad, India Up from the Ooze Scientists are hailing Tiktaalik...
...Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appealed over the heads of the naysayers to the public, and won a landslide election victory. The only trouble: sometimes, clear leadership engenders not too little trust, but too much of it. In the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the reformist King Jigme Singye Wangchuck is so popular that he is having trouble persuading his people to replace his own feudal monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. That's not the sort of popularity that is likely to give Jacques Chirac problems any time soon...
Jigme Singye Wangchuck is the man who would rather not be king. When he ascended the throne as Bhutan's absolute monarch in 1974, Wangchuck was the closest thing to God in his tiny, closed Himalayan kingdom of half a million people. His reign has been a benevolent one. Rather than oppose modernization only to be run over by it, the King championed various reforms, such as allowing in foreign tourists, television and the Internet, while limiting their impact in order to preserve the country's values and traditions. Mindful of some pernicious side effects of economic growth, he introduced...
...feudal monarchy with parliamentary democracy. But thanks to his judicious rule, the King's subjects are less than enthralled by the prospect of politics disturbing their peaceful lives. During a nationwide roadshow campaign at the end of last year to convince Bhutan of the merits of elected government, King Wangchuck was met by crowds imploring him to stay on. Wangchuck subsequently postponed his plans until 2008. It's nice to be trusted?up to a point...