‘Truth-seeking should be the first priority of the transitional justice process’

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Govinda Bandi says there is a consensus among stakeholders that there can be no amnesty in cases of serious violations of human rights.

Sixteen years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord, victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency are still awaiting justice. Advocate Govinda Sharma Bandi on April 7 was included in the Sher Bahadur Deuba Cabinet as a minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs with the prime responsibility to expedite the transitional justice process. Starting last week, his ministry has started consultations with the victims to amend the existing transitional justice Act. Against this backdrop, the Post’s Binod Ghimire sat down with Bandi to discuss how the transitional justice process will move ahead and what his plans are.