A selection committee led by Speaker Devraj Ghimire has recommended Suresh Acharya for the position of Chief Information Commissioner of the National Information Commission.

Likewise, Gagan Bista and Durga Bhandari have been recommended as commissioners.

The committee, which includes the Minister for Communications and Information Technology and the chair of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, finalised the recommendations on Monday and submitted them to the Ministry of Communications.

Acharya is the former chair of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, while Bista, former chair of Press Chautari Nepal, serves as secretary of the UML’s publicity department.

Bhandari, with a background in law, previously served as a member of the Nepal Press Council.

They will be appointed following a decision by the Council of Ministers.