Kathmandu, May 31: Chairman of the Human Rights Commission Nayan Bahadur Khatri has said that he had always faith and belief in multi-party system and human rights and he would always remain committed to the protection of human rights.

Talking to RSS reporter, chairman Khatri expressed regret over the report   published by a weekly during the course of an interview and said that the weekly had published matters which he had not said.

Some MPs had raised serious questions at the House of Representatives on May 29 in connection with the views expressed by him during the course of an interview.

“I have not said anywhere that the erstwhile Panchayat system was alright and there is no reason nor situation to say so,” he said, adding that in the interview he had referred to the system not in the political sense but to the provisions of constitution, law and act.

Citing examples, he said that when it is said that a provision has been made in the law, the word provision generally refers to the law and act, but the weekly wrongly quoted me as saying that the Panchayat system was alright from the political sense.

Mr Khatri said that the person concerned with law does not care about the right or wrong of the political system and this becomes clear on reading the interview from the beginning to the end.

Mr Khatri said that it was wrong and mischievous to blame him for the court’s verdict concerning capital punishment during his tenure as the chief justice.

He said the verdicts are not delivered at the behest of the chief justice and perusal of the files concerning the cases would make the matter clear.

Mr Khatri said that as far as he remembered, not a single case of capital punishment was awarded by the bench comprising of him when he was the chief justice.

Asked about the challenges for the commission, Mr Khatri said that the Maoists’ issue was likely to come up as a major challenge and noted that if it was a political problem, it should be settled politically and if it was a terrorist one, it should be settled legally.

The chairman of the Human Rights Commission said killing of people earning livelihood through trade or daily wage on the pretext of people’s war is a violation of human rights but it is not clear whom the people fought in the so-called people’s war and nothing can be said in this regard unless the matter is gone through in detail.

Mr Khatri expressed his happiness for the inclusion of various dedicated and efficient persons in the commission.