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The Nomination Committee of the Transitional Justice Commission has begun interviewing candidates amid protests from victims and human rights activists. Lily Thapa, a member of the committee, informed that the committee is interviewing the candidates at the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs at Singhdarbar.
The Committee has prepared a short list of 34 persons for the appointment of officials of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Investigation Commission of Disappeared Persons, which have been vacant for 34 months. Expressing dissatisfaction with the selection process of the recommendation committee, the victims and human rights workers have been demanding to stop the process immediately.
They also warned of setting up a parallel commission without stopping the process immediately. Only on Tuesday, 10 human rights organizations issued a joint statement and made such a request. They also warned that if the official selection process is not suspended immediately, they will form a parallel truth commission. They allege that the recommendation committee has prepared a short list in favor of party factions and proceeded with the recommendation process in a non-transparent manner with the intention of appointing pre-determined persons. Although the term of the committee formed to complete the work within two months will end on June 13, the committee is ready to make recommendations before then.
According to him, the committee will make a recommendation before May. According to high sources involved in the recommendation process, it has been agreed between the top leaders that the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be the Congress candidate and the chairman of the Disappearance Commission will be the UML candidate.
According to sources, it has been agreed that two members of Congress will be in the commission chaired by UML and two members from UML in the commission chaired by Congress and one member from Maoist.
A group of victims and civil society representatives met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress Chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba and Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday and submitted a memorandum asking them not to participate in both commissions and to include victims' representatives as well.
