With the unanimous endorsement of the Bill Relating to the Transitional Justice from the Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights of the House of Representatives (HoR), the process for the amendment to the Act has advanced, a major task of the peace process in the country.
A meeting of the Committee on Thursday endorsed the report of the Third Amendment to the Bill designed to amend the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Act-2071 BS.
The Ministry of Law tabled the proposal as per the consensus forged in the three-party taskforce formed to facilitate the bill by troubleshooting the unresolved political issues.
After the discussions in the committee, Chair Bimala Subedi announced that the bill was approved unanimously along with the committee report.
She said that the HoR Speaker will be urged to create an enabling environment to submit the report of the Bill in the upcoming HoR meeting.
Likewise, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya said that the consensus forged on TJ has given a positive message on the lasting peace and the bill is victim-centric.
The committee members said that the bill should be passed from the HoR without any delay and should be taken to its implementation.
The task force formed to find a consensus on some provisions of the Bill submitted its report to the Prime Minister and CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday.
