KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Maoists dissolved on Thursday their “people’s government” which had controlled large swathes of the Himalayan nation, as part of a peace deal to end a bloody decade-long insurgency.
“As per the agreement reached with the government, our party declares that the people’s governments and people’s courts run by our party in the past have been dissolved from today,” Maoist chairman Prachanda said. The announcement followed the entry by the Maoists into parliament alongside the seven main political parties on Monday, after a new temporary constitution was approved stripping King Gyanendra of his status as head of state.
Under a historic peace pact in November, the Maoists agreed to end their “people’s war” to install a communist republic, in which at least 12,500 people were killed, and join mainstream politics.
(The News, Pakistan)
Apparently adherents of the Chinese religion "Maoism" had conducted a bloody insurgency over the past decade.
Yes, of course I'm kidding about religion being behind it.
I've heard that argument so many times, but those who argue for it usually end up redefining religion in hilarious ways ("Stalin thought he was god," for example).
Update: I think I misread the meaning of one of the somewhat ambiguous sentences in the news report. The report was not intended to suggest that the communists had achieved the goal of a communist republic, but that the insurgents have placed that aim aside in favor of participating in the existing government.
That seems to be a good thing.
Apologies to anyone who was misled because of my report, which has now been edited to avoid misleading anyone else.
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