BY KIRAN CHAPAGAIN
KATHMANDU, June 2 - Former king Gyanendra is likely to leave the palace by issuing a public notice, said our sources at Narayanhiti Palace. However, they refused to say when he was planning to leave the palace for good.
"Seems he has not made up his mind about the day. If he had done so, we would have known," said a senior palace official seeking anonymity.
It is also learned that some cabinet members have established communication link with ousted Gyanendra Shah regarding his security, after he becomes a civilian.
Meanwhile, Home Secretary Umesh Mainali, and Defense Secretary Baman Prasad Neupane went inside the palace along with the team headed by Joint Secretary Modaraj Dotel on palace security to take stock of the security situation. The palace is being guarded by around 2000 army personnel, according to Dotel.
The team is to make recommendations on the measures to be taken up for security of the palace within a couple of days.
Inaccessibility hampers panel’s work in palace
The government panel formed to prepare an inventory of the royal property inside Narayanhiti Palace has complained of lack of accessibility. "The team has been denied access of many places inside the palace," a cabinet source told the Post.
The source said that the panel's complaint has been taken seriously, and will be discussed in the political committee of the cabinet.
The committee headed by General Administration Secretary Dr Govinda Prasad Kusum on Sunday attempted to go to the vault inside the palace but were sent back saying that only former king Gyanendra had the keys to the vault.
The team then spent over four hours inquiring from palace officials who are to compile a list of the property, valuables, and historic documents and objects inside the palace.
The government team has been mandated to prepare the inventory of the property, archeologically important objects and historically important documents, and suggest ways to protect them.
A palace official too conceded that access was quite restricted earlier, even to employees. "For the first time in over 20 years of my service I got an opportunity to go around the army barracks with the government committees."
Palace officials worked even on Saturday as it has been given Tuesday's deadline by the committee to prepare the inventory. Dr Kusum's panel is trying to finish its report by Sunday.
Meanwhile, the government is going to issue its own identity card to officials inside the palace who now belong to the Ministry of General Administration. Until now they were using IDs issued by the palace. ...
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Menuka
Monday, June 2nd 2008, 11:52 PM
Ex-King Gyanendra says he accepts CA decision; prepares to leave Narayanhiti:-
Former King Gyanendra has said he has "made sacrifices for Nepalese people and permanent peace" by accepting the decision of the Constituent Assembly (CA) that formally abolished the monarchy and declared the country a federal democratic republic on May 28.
Breaking his long science, the former king said if the Nepalese people and the country stand to benefit he is ready to make any sacrifice.
The ousted monarch said this during his meeting with top palace officials and close aides inside the Narayanhiti palace today. A local radio station quoted a top palace official as saying that the decision taken by the first meeting of the CA was acceptable to the King.
Gyanendra is also said to be preparing to organise first-of-its-kind press conference this week to make public his views regarding the decision of the CA the turned the page on the 240-years of Shah dynasty. However, during the journalists would not be allowed put direct questions.
Meanwhile, Gyanendra is said to have made last minute preparations to leave the palace as the 15 days deadline given by the government draws near.
Reports have it that he is not so keen on shifting to Nirmal Niwas, his residence before he ascended to the throne, as former crown Prince Paras and his family reside in it.
This coupled with the fact that the government has made no arrangement for his accommodation.
It is, however, not clear when exactly he is vacating the palace. Top palace officials are also angry of the little timeframe given by the government to vacate the palace.
"As the government has not even given the time that his usually given by the house owners to the tenants to shift elsewhere. They are facing difficulties in vacating the palace," Dr Fanindra Pathak, a senior palace official, said nepalnews.com ag June 02 08
Anita
Monday, June 2nd 2008, 11:22 PM
King Gyanedra will Leave Palace within 15 days
काठमाडौं, June 2, 2008
गणतन्त्र कार्यन्वयनको घोषणा भएको छैठौं दिन गृहमन्त्री कृष्ण प्रसाद सिटौलाले पूर्व राजा ज्ञानेन्द्र शाहलाई भेटेका छन् । जेठ २० गते विहान ११ बजे देखि १२:३५ बजेसम्म भएको भेटमा पूर्व राजाले १५ दिन भित्रै नारायणहिटी छाड्ने बचन दिएका छन् ।
पूर्व राजा ज्ञानेन्द्रले नेपाल सरकारका गृहमन्त्री सिटौलासँग सुरक्षा र निवासको व्यवस्था मिलाउन माग गरेका छन् । 'निवास र सुरक्षा व्यवस्था मिले पछि तुरुन्तै सरी हाल्छ' पूर्व राजालाई उधृत गर्दै गृहमन्त्री सिटौलाले भने ।
संविधान सभाको पहिलो वैठकको निर्णयलाई सहज रुपमा लिएको कुरा पनि पूर्व राजाले गृहमन्त्री सिटौलालाई बताएका थिए । दरबार भित्रको कागज पत्र जलाइएको लगायतका अनावश्यक हल्लाले भने आफूलाई दुःखी बनाएको कुरा उनले गृहमन्त्री सिटौलासीत राखेका थिए ।
नारायणहिटी लगायत राष्ट्रियकरण गरिएका दरबारको सुरक्षा सम्बन्धमा सुझाव दिन बनेको समिति र सम्पत्ती विवरण बारे अभिलेख राख्न बनेको समितिको कार्यलय पनि नारायणहिटी मै रहने पनि गृहमन्त्रीले जानकारी गराएका छन् ।
संविधानसभाको वैठकको निर्णय पश्चात पूर्व राजामा ठूलो परिवर्तन आएको र आफूलाई एउटा नागरिकले मन्त्रीलाई गर्नु पर्ने सम्मान गरेको गृहमन्त्रीको भनाई थियो ।
पूर्व राजालाई गृहमन्त्री एक पटक एक्लै र अर्को पटक समितिका सदस्यहरुसँग संयुक्त रुपमा भेटेका थिए ।
-Santa Bagam Magar in Kathmandu
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