The move is expected to enable the 12-member secretariat to effectively supervise the Maoist combatants living in cantonments for the last four years.[break]
Though the cabinet had approved various posts required for the secretariat more than a month ago, the decision was delayed due to dispute over allowances to be given them.
Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Baskota and Peace and Reconstruction Secretary Dhruba Sharma sorted out the issue of allowance on Sunday, paving way for the much-awaited recruitments in the secretariat.
“We are going to start the process of recruiting ex-security personnel by the end of this week,” said Bala Nanda Sharma, convener of the secretariat.
As it lacks human resources, all the 21 satellite cantonments remain unmonitored since the exit of the UN mission in mid-January. The secretariat is planning to recruit 146 ex-security personnel who also have the experience of serving in the United Nations´ peace keeping missions.
The 12-member secretariat, which serves as the implementation body of the Special Committee headed by the prime minister, plans to deploy the ex-security personnel to cantonments, mainly to satellite cantonments.
Similarly, the secretariat is all set to set up the much-awaited situation center by the end of this week after its current office is moved from the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction to the Birendra International Convention Center, New Baneshwar.
“The situation center will also come into operation this week,” said Sharma.
Serving members of the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and People´s Liberation Army will work at the center round the clock.
Taskforce meeting put off
Meanwhile, the scheduled meeting of the taskforce under the Special Committee was put off on Sunday as member from the CPN-UML Ishwor Pokharel was unable to attend the meeting, according to JP Gupta, a member of the taskforce. Pokharel was in to attend a party function.
The meeting was supposed to discuss modality of integration and rehabilitation besides finalizing standards norms for integration of Maoist combatants.
Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, before leaving for Turkey on Friday, had directed the four-member taskforce to prepare the modality and standard norms for integration.
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