Nepal, Aug. 22 -- Ignoring repeated calls for transparency, a non-partisan approach and broader consultation by conflict victims and the international community, the major political parties have decided to pick the leadership of the two transitional justice bodies under their quotas.

A meeting of the top leadership of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the primary opposition Nepali Congress on Wednesday agreed to pick former attorney general Raman Shrestha as the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Shrestha had served as the attorney general, the government's legal advisor, during the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government, but had continued in his position even during Sher Bahadur Deuba's term as prime minister.

Shres...