PM Oli: Govt at work to conclude transitional justice

Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the government was committed to making the works of two transitional justice commissions.

Addressing the national conference on transitional justice organized jointly by the Accountability Watch Committee and the Conflict Victims’ Organization in the federal capital on Thursday, PM Oli said the works of the previous commissions on transitional justice would be reviewed rigorously.

PM Oli said all sides should be aware and devoted to making further works result-oriented. The Prime Minister said that the bill on transitional justice was passed by the federal parliament on consensus to conclude the peace process, thereby ensuring justice and reparation to the conflict victims.

He said an act would be helpful to not repeat the violence. He said that another recommendation committee was also formed after the consensus among top leaders of the major parties to select members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission on Inquiry of Enforced Disappeared Persons.

‘All Nepalis want to forget the wound of conflict. We have ditched violence. Let us not repeat such activities. Let’s ensure justice to conflict victims’ said PM Oli.

PM Oli vowed that we failed to take the peace process to a logical conclusion even after 18 years. Now, we all should be serious about concluding the peace process. Action will be taken against those violating human rights. The PM said, ‘ It is not necessary to talk about observing the armed conflict as a ceremony or announcing a public holiday. Such a thing makes victims more victimized.’

Stressing the need for support from the international community to take transitional justice to a conclusion, PM Oli said that Nepal has been making efforts to find out the solution in a unique way. He also urged everyone not to produce unnecessary issues linking them to transitional justice.

According to PM Oli, Transitional justice and removal of an employee at government bodies are starkly different. He clarified that the country could not backtrack from the federal democratic republic as it was established through people’s struggle and sacrifice.

Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ were also present on the occasion.

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