“... a blanket amnesty provision on truth and justice mechanisms would cause EU serious concerns,” said Viorel Isticioaia-Budura, managing director and head of Asia-Pacific Department for European External Action Service, during a press conference at the end of a three-day political consultation visit of Nepal by a EU political delegation led by him. [break]
Expressing EU´s concern over impunity and instances of withdrawals of criminal cases, Isticioaia-Budura, who led a delegation and met top leaders of major political parties, urged the political parties to ensure international standards while enacting transitional justice mechanisms.
"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission on Inquiry of Disappearances should be established as soon as possible, be in line with international law, have extensive truth-seeking powers, and ensure victim-centered approach," said Isticioaia-Budura, further elaborating the kind of transitional justice mechanism EU would like to see in Nepal.
Expressing EU´s commitment to support the peace process and development, the EU official also drew the attention of political parties to the fast approaching deadline for writing the constitution and concluding the peace process, urging them to show flexibility and seek compromise to resolve outstanding issues of the peace process.
"... The EU is concerned that the failure to draft a constitution on time will be a clear disregard of Nepali´s aspiration for a more prosperous, equitable, democratic and inclusive system,” Isticioaia-Budura said.
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