The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Nepal = Egypt?

You have to start worrying when Egypt becomes a byword for fake elections:

Indiadaily.com - Nepal on its way to become Egypt? Seven major parties including Nepali Congress Party will join the boycott of April 2007 parliamentary elections:
Nepal still is dragging its foot on bringing multi-party democracy back. The King is stubborn and there are signs that he and his regime is trying to bring a puppet parliament in session that will follow his orders like that of Mubarak of Egypt. Constitutional multi-party democracy can be a joke if the supreme person controls the election. In that way Nepal and Egypt will have perfect similarity.


From an Indian newspaper.