The only consensus is that there is no possibility of a consensus now. The way the cookie has crumbled, maybe we should have just let Prime Minister Macoon continue as caretaker till May. The Donk's back of the envelope calculation shows that Rs 12 karod of taxpayer's money would have been saved by not replacing the government at the present time. Imagine the cost of dislodging all current ministers from their lodgings. You can be sure at least ten of them will refuse to hand back their official cars, and there will be equipment and bathroom fixtures missing from Harihar Bhavan. The new ministers will need added moving allowances.Just to replace one UML guy with another UML guy for four months? We should've just let MKN carry on cutting ribbons and wearing funny hats.
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Till Thursday press time, looked like we had a breakthrough in the four-ass race. The rules for prime ministerial election having been altered, however, no one knows for sure if the honourable members voted dishonourably. They can't remain neutral, but they can still have a mass diarrhoea attack, scoot off to the loo at voting time, or tear up the ballot slip and stuff it in the box. In a democracy, you can take MPs to the polling booth but you can't make them vote.
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The most tragic figure in all this is still Come Red JN who has decided to happily play second fiddle to the Baddies. When KPO proposed JNK as the UML's candidate on Tuesday he meant it as a satire. He thought Jhallu didn't stand the chance of a snowflake in hell. MKN, slow on the uptake even at the best of times, looked visibly shocked when Oli Dai proposed his arch-enemy as UML candidate, but must have thought Com Oli knew something he didn't because he seconded the motion.
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So, to recap: MKN'd have rather backed PKD as PM than JNK. BRB'd have preferred Padam Rotten than PKD. And SBD would have even agreed to PKD, but not RCP. This must be why Nepalis are ranked #10 by CNN as the world's coolest nationality: www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/12-coolest-nationalities-earth-050844
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Bouquets to Rastra Bank guv Crown Prince Khatiwada for declaring an end-of-year deadline for phasing out bank notes with Kingji's mug. Smart move to say you are erasing the last vestiges of monarchy to inject cash into the ailing banking sector. Petrol and diesel also literally face a liquidity crisis because we haven't paid the Indians. Good news is that it's not just us, apparently Kingfisher and Jet Airways together owe IOC Rs 1,775 karod, too.
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Baddies fighting over the division of the spoils is getting worse. The split in the Kranti Curry trade union erupted into gang fights this week. Although the Baidya-loyalist faction led by Com Budgegain has accused the PKD-loyalist Com Jamcattle faction of a lack of transparency in accounts, the real issue seems to be that Mr Salik is keeping all the casino loot to himself. The problem for ordinary people is that we are now going to be extorted by not just one but two competing Baddie factions.
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Some Mau Mau are sick of their party's descent into the criminal underworld. Take Com Yukta, who tore up his membership card and has taken off for a Vipassana retreat.
