Nepal under the surge of Communist tidal wave

Nepal experienced a historic day when the rebel Maoists decided to take part in the peaceful politics after a bloody revolution of 12 years resulted in a negotiation with the ruling mainstream political parties. After a long drawn peace and negotiation process of 8 months, an interim constitution was signed and promulgated that paved the way for the Maoists to send their unelected but party nominated parliamentarians to the legislature for the first time after 13 long years and much bloodshed. This interim parliament which comprises 330 members will function till the much anticipated constituent assembly election takes place within the stipulated months ( before July 2007). This ad hoc state mechanism will take decisions on the gravest of issues to shape the future of this poverty stricken nation. But as the figures go, this is the first time in the history of this Himalayan hitherto kingdom that more than 60% of the parliamentarians will be left oriented or communists. The CPN UML was already a major opposition party in Nepal during the days of democratic governments and together with the Maoists with their substantial members in the house will form a formidable force that will definitely upstage the prime minister Koirala's block even if he would be elected unanimously by all the sides. It has already been realized as a scary fact in certain western political circles that this ominous surge of cumminsts in the parliament together with the demise of Monarchical influence in the nation will further hurl Nepal into that communist fold ending the state into a final/deciding takeover by the communists perhaps led by the Maoists themselves. The democratic forces have already been massively weakened and a likely alliance of the centre right Nepali Congress party is nowhere to be seen in the arena . Had the king still been in influence and NC ,if was made to work for an alliance, could have countered the Communist bloc as a force backed up timely by the greater international community . But the king unable to function erring as an avaricious power seeker who fell prey to his own gamble by trying to resort to absolutism is as clueless as the international community as to which direction are the recent political events in Nepal are heading.

Is Nepal then heading towards the communist absolutism ?