PM consults with NC President, UML Chair Oli on TJ bill

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal held discussions separately with CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba today in connection with finalizing the transitional justice-related bill.

In the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar, the PM discussed the bill related to Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappeared Persons with the main opposition party, UML, Chair and the ruling partner Nepali Congress President, said Manohari Timilsina, the PM’s press expert.

The bill designed to amend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappeared Persons Act, 2071 is currently under consideration at the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives.

The Committee is meeting today to discuss the bill.