Transitional justice mechanism meeting concludes, to convene on coming Thursday

Kathmandu- The meeting of the mechanism related to transitional justice concluded for today. The meeting convened at the Ministry of Home Affairs at Singha Durbar today morning in participation of the stakeholders including the members of the mechanism ended to be held again on coming Thursday.

Nepali Congress’s leader and Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak, CPN (UML)’s Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula and CPN (Maoist Centre)’s Deputy General-Secretary Janardan Sharma attended the meeting aimed at finalizing the issue of the transitional justice bill. UML’s Chief Whip Bartaula shared that today’s meeting concluded with the conclusion to convene again on coming Thursday.

“The main Act, bills and report of sub-committees on transitional justice related issue will be studied and reviewed. The questions raised on them will be collected and the next meeting will be held coming Thursday with full preparation,” he pledged. Also, the mechanism will prepare the draft of all discussions held so far on the matter and focus on them in upcoming meetings, he said.

In attendance in the meeting were Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, President of the parliamentary Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights Bimala Subedi and Attorney General Ramesh Badal among others. Earlier on Friday, a meeting of the mechanism held at the Ministry of Home Affairs had discussed the issue of building consensus on the transitional justice bill.