Many expect the king to pull a rabbit out of his hat, to restore peace and start raising the living standards of Nepal’s 25 million people, most of whom live below the poverty line. In his speech on February 1, King Gyanendra said the Nepali people would have to temporarily give up democracy in order to save democracy, and many Nepalese will go along with that, at least for a while.
还有一点，那就是许多人期望国王能拿出锦囊妙计，维护和平并开始着手提高尼泊尔2500万人民的生活水平。绝大部分尼泊尔人至今还生活在贫困线下。贾南德拉国王在2月1日的演讲中说道，为了能将民主保留下来，尼泊尔人民现在不得不暂时放弃民主，并且这至少还将伴随大多数尼泊尔人持续一段时间。国王还有一个机会来不负众望履行他的诺言。