Agreement reached on Search Committee for TRC

Kathmandu, October 17 — A meeting of the top leaders from three political parties has concluded at the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar. Discussions during the meeting focused on transitional justice.

Sources indicate that there was an agreement on finalizing a search committee for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Commission on the Disappeared, which is expected to be approved by the Cabinet on Friday.

Participants in the meeting included Prime Minister and Chairman of the CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of the main opposition CPN (Maoist Centre) and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Deputy General Secretary of the Maoist Centre Shakti Bahadur Basnet, and Attorney General Ramesh Badal.