The CPN (Maoist Centre) and its splinters on Tuesday said issues related to transitional justice should be taken forward through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Issuing a joint statement after a meeting at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar, the parties stressed the issues related to the peace process should be managed in accordance with the spirit of the comprehensive peace accord.

They decided to move forward with a single voice, concluding that activities against the peace accord have started to surface in recent days.

“We stand together all issues related to the transitional justice needed to be moved forward through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP). The attention has been drawn to carry out the remaining works of the peace process in a speedy manner,” reads a joint press release issued after the meeting.

The press release states that they are committed to implementing the agreements reached with the state at different times, adding they will confront any activity directed against the CPA and the political change.

Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Dr Baburam Bhattarai of the Nepal Samajbadi Party, Standing Committee member of CPN (Revolutionary Maoist) CP Gajurel, Communist Party of Nepal Spokesman Khadga Bahadur Bishwokarma, CPN (Bahumat) Coordinator Dharmendra Bastola, General Secretary of Baigyanik Samajbadi Communist Party Bishwa Bhakta Dulal, CPN (Maoist Socialist) Chairman Karnajeet Budhathoki and central member of Maoist Communist Party of Nepal Narayan Prasad Dhimal have signed the statement.

Maoist and former Maoists have come together after the Supreme Court ordered to register two writ petitions demanding action against Prime Minister Dahal for deaths during the insurgency he owned.

Two separate petitions by advocates Gyanendra Aaran and Kalyan Budhathoki have been registered at the apex court on Tuesday against Dahal for claiming responsibility for 5,000 insurgency-era deaths three years ago.