Justice as subterfuge

Make no mistake, the ruling party is hardly interested in concluding the transitional justice process.

If there is one approach that leaders from major political parties have consistently adopted towards Nepal’s transitional justice process, it is deceit. They raise the issue of transitional justice at various occasions for sure, but they do so only to ensure that their political goals are met, and their opponents downsized. The report produced by a six-member task force formed to propose measures to end the months-long dispute within the ruling Nepal Communist Party has given considerable attention to the lacklustre transitional justice process.