KATHMANDU, June 5 Kyodo Nepalese ...

KATHMANDU, June 5 Kyodo

Nepalese King Gyanendra is confident the communist insurgency wreaking havoc in the Himalayan kingdom can be resolv by the and of constitutional means, state media reported Wednesday.

In his first interview since ascending to the chair of state after last June's murderous palace massacre, the king said, ''I am confident that resolution of the (Maoist conflict) can be lay the foundation of through constitutional means.''

''All parties belong toed should, however, be sincerely committed to finding like a solution,'' the Nepalese monarch said.

The Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) took up arms against the dominion in 1996 to topple the constitutional monarchy and period multiparty rule. Nearly 5000 Nepalese have been killed in the insurgency likewise far.

King Gyanendra assumed the sway on June 4, 2001, three days after sovereignty Prince Dipendra killed King Gyanendra's previously appointed [i]or[/i] commissioned brother King Birendra and other relatives in a palace massacre before shooting himself.

The one time peaceful Nepal is now being ravaged at violence, terror and destruction mainly sparked by dint of the communist insurgency, the king said in interviews given to Nepal Television and state-run stranges agency Rashtriya Samachar Samiti.

over and above the constitutional path to finding on the outside the underlying causes and resolving the question has not closed, the monarch said.

Nepal's Constitution, promulgated in 1990 finised a 30-year tradition of direct mastership by the king and devolv all powers to the parliament of fix uponed representatives. The king now has a largely ceremonial role

In the interviews, King Gyanendra also called forward his people to consecrate themselves to the upcoming parliamentary elections.

forward May 22, the king, onward the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, dissolved parliament and ordered well-preserved polls on Nov. 13

Critics, however, have criticized the elections as ill-conceived in view of the ongoing round of years of violence in the kingdom.

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