'The party will take initiatives inside and outside Parliament to implement the rights of indigenous peoples guaranteed by the Constitution'
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The main opposition party, the Nepali Congress, has expressed its commitment to properly address the issues of leadership, representation and rights of indigenous peoples.
Accepting the position paper submitted by the Nepal Indigenous Peoples Federation (NEFIN) team that reached the party headquarters in Sanepa, Congress Vice President Pushpa Bhusal said that the party will take initiatives inside and outside the parliament to implement the rights of indigenous peoples guaranteed by the constitution.
She said that the representation of indigenous peoples is ensured in the constitution itself and that she will take initiatives for their proper leadership and participation within the party and in the state machinery. She also assured that the Nepali Congress is preparing to formulate a clear vision on the amendment of the constitution and that the rights of indigenous peoples will be seriously promoted in the process.
NEFIN President Nima Lama Hyolmo expressed confidence that the Nepali Congress, which has been adopting the principle of inclusion since the past, will play an important role in ensuring the rights of indigenous peoples.
She said that many rights of indigenous peoples have been included in the 2072 BS constitution and that these rights are in the implementation stage. He urged the Congress to play a role in ensuring the rights of indigenous peoples through the leadership representing them in the Constitution Amendment Committee, which is the Prime Minister's advisory coordinator.
NEFIN General Secretary Bimal Sarumagar said that his stance and demands have been presented to the political parties and the government to take the issue of indigenous peoples seriously.
He expressed dissatisfaction over the dissolution of the board of directors of the Indigenous Peoples Upliftment Foundation through an ordinance issued by the government recently. Stating that there is a tradition of political parties not sending representatives to the foundation, he alleged that the practice of sending representatives by 59 indigenous peoples organizations to cancel the relationship has been severed.
