HoR meeting: Main opposition party leader wants prompt appointments in TJ bodies

Kathmandu, May 20: In today's meeting of the House of Representatives, the leader of the main opposition party, Vishmaraj Angdembey, has demanded the speedy appointment of officials to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation into Enforced Disappeared Persons.     

Leader Angdembey said that when officials are removed also from sensitive bodies such as those commissions through the special ordinance regarding the dismissal of officials in public bodies, it delays settling the remaining works of the peace process.     

“It is necessary to activate the commissions quickly by appointing capable and impartial individuals to these transitional justice-related bodies. The prolonged struggle of the conflict victims has been considerably long. There is also deep international concern in this,” said leader Angdembey.     

Stating that the conflict-affected people are still deprived of justice even two decades after the Comprehensive Peace Accord was signed, the leader of the main opposition party in parliament said it is heard that UN Special Rapporteur Bernard Duhaime will be visiting Nepal this coming June to this connection.     

"Even if the existing law is amended for the third time to align it with the Comprehensive Peace Accord, Supreme Court rulings, and international standards, many legal weaknesses still remain. The government should focus on addressing these weaknesses before making new appointments," he added.(RSS)