Kathmandu, 14 April: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has furnished a written response to the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday requesting the SC to scrap the writ petition filed against him on his expressions regarding the deaths in the decade-long insurgency.
In his 13-point written response sent to the SC through the Office of the Attorney General on Thursday, PM Dahal has stated that the petition should be scrapped since it has no constitutional ground and reason. He has stated that taking responsibility of all deaths in the time of conflict by the rebel side is against the spirit of the Comprehensive Peace Accord and the Constitution of Nepal.
PM Dahal has clarified that his statement on the issue was solely political expression and it should be considered as an expression beyond judicial process. Furthermore, the PM has said that he was committed to addressing the issues of war-era cases through timely amendment to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act and Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons Act.
It may be recalled that advocatess Gyanendra Aran, Kalyan Budhathoki and others filed a writ petition in the SC regarding Prime Minister Dahal’s statement in a public event that he would take responsibility for 5,000 of the 17,000 people killed during the People’s War. In the same writ petition, the SC demanded a written reply from Prime Minister Dahal.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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