Can Belgian Weapon
Inspection Guarantee that the Weapons are not being used in Massacre?
-Krishna Khatiwoda
According to the news published on Kantipur Daily dated 13th of Mangshir (29th of November), an investigation team of half dozen people including journalists, doctors and human rights activists have been moved to western part of Nepal to monitor weather the automatic Minimi Rifles which were exported to Nepal from Belgium are being used in civil war of Nepal has proved that still the issue has not been slowdown in Belgium. The Minister of foreign affairs Louis Michel who is from the Liberal Democrat party had given authority to the weapon producer “Herstal FN Company” for the exportation of those automatic weapons (FN Minimi 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapon) to Nepal on July 23, 2002. The Belgian people had expressed their strong desire not to export arms at any cost in the civil war-torn country to massacre Nepalese people. The second group, Socialist Party and the third group, Green Party of the coalition regime were pressurised to secession from the government by their own activist and the people. Therefore, the contradiction between the parties who were in coalition regime took a serious position that left the deputy prime minister resigned from the post and the coalition regime was about to be over. But at that time, if the exist government was collapsed regime was sure to be transferred in the hand of far-rightist. Due to the resignation of Deputy Prime minister the government which had lost the vote of confidence called an emergency meeting to gain vote to justify that the government has still got the majority and in the meeting of parliament which was held on 29th of August 2002, even though, the ruling party tried to induce the parliamentarians and the parties for the vote of confidence urging that those arms should be exported to protect the “Newborn Democracy” of Nepal which is threatened because of almost “Five Thousands” Maoist insurgents, but also the regime was conformed to be dissolved due to massive contention of the parliamentarian. Because of that scandal, to protect the government from that incident an agreement was made among the parties in the coalition government on 30th August 2002. In which, the members of coalition government made an agreement including the arms to be handover only to the government which will form after the November’s election of Nepal, on condition that the weapons imported from the Belgium should not be used in civil-war, a governmental humane rights commission should be send to monitor the situation of humane rights in Nepal.
Due to the
ruthless civil- war has been waged by the reactionary Nepalese government in
the series of events with the support and assistance of imperialist against the
people in general who are being fighting for the liberation, the weapon issue
in Belgium also used to be raised up frequently in a crucial position. The
Member of European parliament, Mrs Nali Mass, who is from the Spirit party of
Belgium raised up voice against the exportation of Automatic Minimi rifle from
Belgium in the plenary session of European Union’s meeting which was held at
Strasburg of France on the 23rd of October 2003, urging the weapons
should not be exported to Nepal from any of the European countries at the
moment as the violation of humane rights in Nepal is escalating. Her expression
was such massive supply of weapons could assist for the establishment of the
militarisation instead of prevailing peace.
The weapon
issue created a political crisis in Belgium, which still could not be solved.
The Belgian people think that the incident labelled a stain in their country.
The people perceive as the Belgian government humiliate them and this is the
irremissible step of the government. The internal contradiction of each
political parties, unions and organizations is accelerating. The main cause of
the following events is stronghold support of the Belgian people against the
war and the imperialism. According to recent straw poll result carried out by
the American communication media, CNN proved that majority of the European
people is against the American imperialism and mostly Belgium is threat to the
America because of approximately 2/3 of the people from the European
Headquarter Belgium are against the American Imperialism. As a result of that
issue the American auto-motor company Ford has been moved to Turkey from the
Belgium.
The Belgian
Government had exported weapons to Nepal neglecting the massive demonstration
of the Belgian people and violating its own law, which states that the arms
should not be exported to any of the civil war-torn country or in purpose of
using into internal conflicts. The arm inspection team might have been sent to
Nepal as a contrivance to retarded the contradiction among them. What, only the
Weapon Inspection of Belgium could guarantee the weapons are not being used in
killing people? Yes, it is positive step to send the inspection team to monitor
whether the weapons are being used in the ongoing civil war. But, it is
insensible to argue the weapons, which had been sent out there won’t be used in
the killing of the people. At the time, when the arms were exported Nepal was
not in position of waging war with any of the countries and still it is not,
and the civil war was accelerating with in the nation and still there is. Even
the people around the globe have clearly inferred the
people’s war in Nepal as a war against the hereditary feudal monarchy based on
conceit Hindu autocracy that is the obstacle of peace, progress and democracy.
According to the public report of the European Human Rights Commission
published on 2000, it had also justified the civil-war in Nepal is heading
ahead because if Maoist had not lunched the people’s war, some other isolated
ethnic or minority group would lunched the war. The Belgian people have not
forgotten the poly event that the Belgian government had exposed its spirit
against the people, democracy and human rights in spite of the fact
information, so far deleting all the information hurriedly about the ongoing
civil war in Nepal that was in the Belgian government’s own official website
since a year. The people here will not be surprised, if the government publish
pre-prepared incredible report stating the Belgian weapons are not being used
in Nepalese civil war even after sending the inspection team. The team also
might have been sent just before the adjacent election as an artful grand
design to illus the justice, democracy and peace lover people down here.
Now, question
rises, by admiring the feeling of Belgian people and wishing the liberation and
development of Nepal and Nepalese, what the Belgian government really does not
want to be used those weapons in the civil war of Nepal? If so, the Belgian
government should stop the delivery of bullets required for those arms, the
arms which have been sent already should be seized back and handover to the
people, should openly demonstrate against the recent American intervention
which is about to export 20 thousand M-16 rifle to Nepal and should
create a pressure to the Nepalese rulers to solve the Nepal’s internal problem
exercising the higher democratic process through constitution assembly. Then,
in fact, it will be justified the Belgian government is wedded to democracy and
human rights and respects the liberation and development of the Belgian and
Nepalese people. Otherwise, however such mendacious drama will be designed,
that will be only the pretended grief in front of the people and will be known
as a good follower of the American imperialist-terrorist which hold trade of
its weapons taking advantage of the ongoing civil war in other countries.
02Dece, 2003