Kathmandu, May 15 -- Ignoring serious reservations of conflict victims and human rights organisations over the selection process, the government on Wednesday appointed chairpersons and members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of the Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP).

A Cabinet meeting appointed former high court judge Mahesh Thapa as the truth commission's chairperson and Lila Devi Gadtaula, former chief secretary, as the chair of the disappearance commission.

Likewise, Achyut Bhandari, Tika Prasad Dhakal, Padam Bahadur Shahi and Kumari Kausalya Ojha have been appointed as members of the TRC. Similarly, Gopal Nath Yogi, Agni Prasad Thapaliya, Srijana Pokharel and Binita Nepali have ...