Guardian
Staff and agencies
Tuesday February 1, 2005
Nepal's king has today sacked his government and declared a state of emergency.
Gyanendra, who assumed the throne in 2001 when his brother, the former king, was killed in a massacre, denied that the move was a coup. However, soldiers surround the prime minister's house as armoured cars patrol the country's capital, Kathmandu.
In an announcement on state-run television, the king accused political parties of plunging the Himalayan kingdom into crisis by failing to hold elections or end the civil war with Maoist rebels.
"I have decided to dissolve the government because it has failed to make necessary arrangements to hold elections by April and promote democracy, the sovereignty of the people and life and property," Gyanendra, 55, told viewers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1403180,00.htmlDOES he bank at RIGGS, I wonder.....