Rayamajhi commision to submit its report Monday
Despite serious differences among the members, the High Level Probe Commission (HLPC) formed to investigate the suppression of the April pro-democracy movement, is all set to submit its report to the government on Monday.
"The commission will submit its report to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at his official residence at Baluwatar tomorrow morning," said Dilli Raman Acharya, the HLPC spokesperson.
Grave differences surfaced among the commission members on the process for recommending action against "King Gyanendra and other highly-placed people", who the commission has reportedly found "guilty" of suppressing the April movement and misusing state funds during the direct royal rule.
Two members of the commission, Ram Kumar Shrestha and Dr. Kiran Shrestha, had walked away from the meeting held at the commission's office last week to finalize its report.
One of the commission members, Ram Kumar Shrestha said HLPC Coordinator Krishna Jung Rayamajhi objected to the idea of recommending the government to formulate necessary laws to "punish King Gyanendra for his role in suppressing the April uprising."
"I did not sign the final report as I was not allowed to express my note of dissent over the discriminatory actions recommended against the Janaandolan suppressors in the report," said Shrestha.
"I am of the view that all the suppressors, those who designed the crackdown and those who executed it on the streets, be held equally responsible," said Shrestha hinting at the king.
Saying that the HLPC members were still divided over the issue of recommending action against the king, Shrestha added that he would make "all the contentious issues" public tomorrow if he would not be allowed to table his "note of dissent."
According to Shrestha, the other commission members including coordinator Rayamajhi recommended that the report should hold the king responsible for the April atrocities, but should not recommend the formulation of laws required to punish him.
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has already said that the government can take action against the king if the HLPC indicts the latter in its report. Talking to media persons at his hometown residence in Biratanagar on Saturday, the PM had said that the government was ready to take "any decision" considering the current situation and national interest. "We will have to find a way to take action against the king if the commission so recommends," the PM had said.
Earlier last week, news report quoted unnamed commission members as saying that the commission has concluded that the king, as the then Chairman of the Council of Ministers, should take responsibility for the atrocities committed during the April mass rebellion.
"The commission will submit its report to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at his official residence at Baluwatar tomorrow morning," said Dilli Raman Acharya, the HLPC spokesperson.
Grave differences surfaced among the commission members on the process for recommending action against "King Gyanendra and other highly-placed people", who the commission has reportedly found "guilty" of suppressing the April movement and misusing state funds during the direct royal rule.
Two members of the commission, Ram Kumar Shrestha and Dr. Kiran Shrestha, had walked away from the meeting held at the commission's office last week to finalize its report.
One of the commission members, Ram Kumar Shrestha said HLPC Coordinator Krishna Jung Rayamajhi objected to the idea of recommending the government to formulate necessary laws to "punish King Gyanendra for his role in suppressing the April uprising."
"I did not sign the final report as I was not allowed to express my note of dissent over the discriminatory actions recommended against the Janaandolan suppressors in the report," said Shrestha.
"I am of the view that all the suppressors, those who designed the crackdown and those who executed it on the streets, be held equally responsible," said Shrestha hinting at the king.
Saying that the HLPC members were still divided over the issue of recommending action against the king, Shrestha added that he would make "all the contentious issues" public tomorrow if he would not be allowed to table his "note of dissent."
According to Shrestha, the other commission members including coordinator Rayamajhi recommended that the report should hold the king responsible for the April atrocities, but should not recommend the formulation of laws required to punish him.
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has already said that the government can take action against the king if the HLPC indicts the latter in its report. Talking to media persons at his hometown residence in Biratanagar on Saturday, the PM had said that the government was ready to take "any decision" considering the current situation and national interest. "We will have to find a way to take action against the king if the commission so recommends," the PM had said.
Earlier last week, news report quoted unnamed commission members as saying that the commission has concluded that the king, as the then Chairman of the Council of Ministers, should take responsibility for the atrocities committed during the April mass rebellion.
Similarly, the commission has recommended corruption charges against former vice-chairmen Dr Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista and ministers Tanka Dhakal, Sris Shumshere Rana and Badri Mandal.
The commission is reported to have recommended strong action, on charges ranging from murder to corruption, against the then chiefs of the security wings.
The commission, formed in May 2006 immediately after the success of the April uprising, had interrogated 296 persons. And it has prepared recommendations for necessary action against around 200 persons, holding them responsible for atrocities committed during the April movement in which 19 people were killed and over 5,000 injured.
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