Since the decision based on the majority can have far-reaching effects, the parties requested to form another committee, arguing that the political ownership of the work done by the commission would not remain if the parties did not send the said person.
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The recommendation committee has failed to reach a consensus for recommending officers to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Inquiry into Disappeared Persons. The committee issued a statement on Monday night, the last day of the two-month term, saying that they could not reach a consensus on the selection of officers.
There was a difference of opinion among the members of the committee on the matter of recommending 5 commissioners including the chairman in both the commissions. Sources said that there was no consensus among the committee members about Sudeep Pathak, who was recommended by the party for the chairmanship of Satya Nirupan. "It was the stance of committee chairman Omprakash Mishra that Pathak, who is also a former commissioner of the Human Rights Commission, cannot be recommended as the chairman," said the source. He proposed to elect Kashiraj Dahal, former registrar of the Supreme Court, as the chairman of Satya Nirupan. But other members did not agree.'
After the situation of majority and minority in the committee, no agreement could be reached. The committee has requested the government to form another committee for the recommendation of officials, noting that decision making based on the majority may have far-reaching consequences. "In order to make the process of appointing the chairman and members of the commission more reliable and acceptable, it seems appropriate to restart the recommendation process," said the statement released by the committee's spokesperson, Khamm Bahadur Khati.
On November 2, a five-member committee was formed under the chairmanship of former Chief Justice Mishra. The committee shortlisted 40 people out of 157 people. According to the list, Achyut Prasad Bhandari and Vijaysingh Sijapati were the president/members of both the commissions, Dilliraj Acharya, Mahesh Thapa and Vishwaraj Koirala were the candidates for the president of both the commissions and Kashiraj Dahal, Sudeep Pathak and Sher Bahadur KC were the candidates for the president of the Satynirupan Commission. The candidate was interviewed from last Thursday to Saturday.
'We tried to reach an agreement until the end but it was not possible,' said a member of the committee Arguing that there is no political ownership of the work done, the member said that although there was a discussion from the point of view of recommending both sides in the committee, there was no consensus.
The discussion about making Pathak the president was already going on between conflict victims and human rights activists. "Making Patak as the chairman will break the peace process, instead, I had given a written request to the committee to dissolve the committee and start a new process," said Sriram Adhikari, a former official of the Human Rights Commission, "Finally, the committee has reached the same conclusion. It's better to move on.'
