Law is the superior than others: Aryal Kathmandu July 3-A former justice of the Supreme Court, Laxman Prasad Aryal, Addressing a programme organised by the Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES) at Lalitpur Saturday , said he was dismayed to see that former (retired) General’s of the Army were explaining the country’s constitution. Former justice Aryal, who is also one of the framers of the country’s constitution—said what could be more ironical than to see four-star General explaining about the country’s constitution and rule of law. Commenting on recent remarks by former Royal Nepalese ambassador to UK and president of World Hindu Federation, General Bharat Keshar Simha that a Hindu king was not supposed to be confined within (the written) constitution, Aryal said do’s and don’ts for a king are well defined in Hindu scriptures. He quoted ancient Rig Veda as saying that law is the king of kings. Aryal said problems being seen in the county were not due to the constitution but due to lack of adherence to the constitution. “Gone are the days when an individual would run the country through a decree,” he said. Quoting Napoleon’s famous saying “He who thinks is my enemy,” former Justice Aryal said rulers of the day in Nepal were afraid of all those who could think and decide what was right and what was wrong. Aryal further said the state of emergency imposed on February 1, this year was a false one. The emergency was imposed only to avoid protests from the political parties.

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