Missing the opportunity

The Himalayan Times

11 January 2013

It was very unfortunate but not surprising to read the news report “Cadres’ arrest will affect peace process, says PM” (THT, Jan. 9, Page 1) that was directly related to the brutal murdering of journalist Dekendra Thapa eight years ago in Dailekh district during Maoist’s decade long so- called people’s war against the state. Listening to the accused Maoist cadres, who had sincerely confessed during the police interrogation, they had deeply regretted for their heinous crime they had done to Thapa during their two days detention and torture and were ready to face any kind of punishment they would deserve.

It could have been a good opportunity for the PM if he had publicly encouraged the interrogation process being carried out by the state machinery in an impartial manner rather than blocking the interrogation process interpreting in a wrong way. With this irresponsible act, he seems missing the opportunity of improving his tainted image of being arrogant, egoistic, self-centred and stubborn PM. Was not it his responsibility, being at the helm of the executive power, to ensure that the interrogation process to be taken in an impartial manner rather than terming it as a farce plot that are being hatched to derail the peace process? Does this not seem the misuse of his executive authority? Who would be interested at this time to derail the peace process that is almost complete?

Detention of Colonel Kumar Lama by the UK government under the international jurisdiction system citing his involvement in serious human rights violation during Maoist People’s war clearly indicates the lack of national jurisdiction system in place. How come such a learned PM thinks so narrowly?

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharjgunj, Kathmandu

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