KATHMANDU, Dec 12: Rastriya Swatantra Party Chairman Ravi Lamichhane has said that the government's decision to introduce an ordinance to release criminals serving jail term is the height of political shamelessness.

The government is trying to bring an ordinance to pave the way for the release of the advisor to Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP), Resham Chaudhary, who is serving a life sentence for the past five years for masterminding the 2015 Tikapur massacre in which nine people were killed. Lamichanne expressed opposition to the ordinance on social media.

He wrote, “How long will it now take to hold a meeting of the new parliament? 1 week? 2 weeks? 3 weeks? Is it such an emergency that they cannot even wait for 1-2 weeks. The ordinance has violated the meaning of the new mandate, and there has been an attempt to violate the rights of the new parliament. This step is the height of political shamelessness. It should be withdrawn immediately.”

The government decided to bring an ordinance through the cabinet meeting on Sunday by adding sub-section 9 to section 116 of the Civil Criminal Procedure Code, 2074 to pave the way to provide amnesty to criminals serving jail terms in the name of ‘political movement’ and crimes of political nature.

 
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