A healthy sign for democracy

It seems that the Nepalese people are finally throwing away the mental shackles of monarchy and have started to believe in their own power. In the 21st century, there is no way to move forward than to empower each individual. Sure is a good sign that Nepal is coming out of mideaval mentality.

87 percent Nepalis favour democratic republic: Survey
Kantipur Reprot
KATHMANDU, Dec 2 - 87 percent of the people in Nepal favour a democratic republic system of governance, while 13 percent support monarchy, according to a privately carried out survey released today.
The Informal Sector Service Centre (Insec), a prominent human rights watchdog, in its recent survey conducted in 56 districts, published Saturday said that the survey was based on views collected from more than 17,000 people.
The report said 5 percent of the people favour a constitutional monarchy, while 8 percent said that the king should be given a ceremonial role.
Talking to Kantipur Television, Hrishikesh Pandey, head of the survey group, said that interactions were held at nearly 1022 places to collect the views.
"We found that 87 percent of the public voice support for a democratic republican setup, while 13 percent of the people said that a powerless king should be kept," said Pandey.
The non-governmental rights body also said that it would soon make public the survey conducted after April's pro-democracy movement.
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