Nepal Bar Association President Criticizes Human Rights Commission's Recommendation as Unconstitutional

Kathmandu. Nepal Bar Association President Dr. Vijayprasad Mishra has commented that the National Human Rights Commission's recommendation regarding the Janajati movement is unconstitutional.

Speaking at a program organized in Kathmandu on Friday, he clarified that the commission's recommendation to take action against former Prime Minister KP Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, among others, by creating retroactive laws is itself not in accordance with the constitution and law, and therefore cannot be accepted.

President Mishra argued that the then government did not order the massacre of the movement, so it cannot be deemed guilty. He also informed that the commission's report is condemnable and that he has demanded a detailed study of it.

Clarifying the commission's report and legal errors, he said, 'Now the National Human Rights Commission is an institution established according to law. After it was said to punish by making retrospective laws, we have asked you to provide the report. How can a commission established according to law make such an unconstitutional recommendation? This is not a matter of ethnic killing, nor is it a massacre. This is not an international war massacre based on the ruler's order to finish off a particular ethnic group. How can a legal body make such a recommendation? Bring the report. And Nepal Bar has condemned this immediately, saying it will study this type of incident. It is our duty to condemn it like this because democratic institutions in Nepal are being eroded.'

President Mishra said that the diminishing dignity and erosion of various democratic institutions, including the National Human Rights Commission, in Nepal is not a good sign for the country. He expressed concern that when institutions responsible for protecting law and justice make recommendations based on political or other prejudices, questions arise about the system itself.