PM Oli: Heinous crimes committed during conflict cannot be condoned

Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has made it clear that inhuman and heinous crimes committed during the conflict cannot be forgiven while taking the transitional justice to the conclusion.

Inaugurating the Sixth National Convention of the National Ex-Army and Police Organization of Nepal (NEAPON) on Thursday, PM Oli, who is also the Chairperson of CPN (UML), said that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Disappeared Persons would carry out works to provide justice to the conflict victims.

Stating that there would be no further delay in the formation of these commissions, he made it clear that any kind of murder, violence, activities that disturb religious harmony and anarchy would not be acceptable as the country has already adopted the democratic system after defeating authoritarianism.

We are now in a federal democratic republican system. You can go to the people and contest in the election. After winning the election, when the UML started unprecedented works for development and prosperity by forming a government of its own, we were displaced at the instigation of the reactionaries. We are now in a coalition government.’

Prime Minister Oli further said, ‘We have a history of nation-building and unity. We will hand over a prosperous and undivided Nepal to the new generation. We will not allow the country’s borders to shrink and the national pride to be harmed. We will move forward by keeping our civilised and cultured society intact.’

Reiterating that national unity with social harmony was necessary in a diverse country, PM Oli said the need to further strengthen the trust reposed by the ex-servicemen and police organisations in the country and the party, as the CPN (UML) was leading the campaign to foster national unity and social harmony.

He also called upon the CPN (UML) to organise a youth conference on the occasion of Democracy Day on April 24 to celebrate people’s rights and development.

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