Peace process will gain stability: PM Dr Bhattarai
LALITPUR: Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has said it is certain that the peace process will get stability because of the environment of consensus that is emerging among the political parties of late.
Addressing a special programme organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day here on Saturday, he said the process of constituting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission on Enforced Disappearances, the main part of the peace process, has reached the final stages.
Prime Minister Dr. Bhattarai said nobody would be benefited by licking the old wounds dating back to the conflict period and that both the commissions would be formed for building the environment for forging reconciliation.
Stating the human rights could not be guaranteed due to the various activities that took place in the country, he pledged that the present government is committed to upholding the human rights, the press freedom and the legal norms and principles.
“The government is working vigorously towards rendering the NHRC and the National Women’s Commission capable and resourceful for fully guaranteeing the human rights to the general public as per the democratic process,” the prime minister said.
At the programme, Chairman of the NHRC, Kedarnath Upadhyaya said that although the government is in the process of implementing the different recommendations of the Commission, the action taken against the culprits responsible for human rights violations of the serious nature was not encouraging.
Chairman Upadhyaya said the Commission which has gained the status of a constitutional body as provided for in the Interim Constitution has made recommendations, following investigations, to the government on taking action against the perpetrators in 416 complaints in the last four years and the perpetrators in 566 complaints in the last 11 years since its establishment.
Coordinator of the Human Rights Magna Meet, Prof. Kapil Shrestha said all governments formed since the restoration of the Parliament have confined the topic of human rights only to policy and failed to guarantee its implementation in practice.
Chairman of the NGO Federation Dr. Netra Timilsina said impunity was gaining ground in the country as the successive governments failed to implement the various recommendations of the NHRC.
UN representative to Nepal, Robert Piper said although the government has expressed its commitment to human rights, still there are some practical problems in its implementation.
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