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May 13, 2008
Deaf and Transsexual men are selected into the Constitution Assembly-Nepal
Kathmandu, May 1, 2008
Annapurna Post
Nepal Communist Party (UML) chose Deaf and Transsexual men by the PR method to create a new constitution.
UML President, Chandra Dev Joshi on Thursday said, "Raghav Bir Joshi, a Deaf man, and Sunil Babu Pant, past president of Blue Diamond Society will be involved in constitution making".
"Raghav will be the first Deaf member of Parliament in Asia. He has for 25 years worked for the effective rights of Deaf people. He is a sign language user and uses Sign Language interpreters to communicate. It is not a success only for him, but also for the thousands of deaf people".
With Radha Bohara interpreting, he promised, "he will work hard for the rights of Deaf people, physically challenged, and intellectual disabilities in the new constitution."
"Currently hearing people have had their say in legal matters and deaf people voiceless, but now we must include them in the new constitution. I want to thank lawyer Krishna Prasad Bhandari for my selection".
The other new member is Pant, a transsexual representing the 3rd gender. He is happy with the respect given to the 3rd gender by the UML. Pant is also the first parliament member in this CA.
UML selected 5 members as per the tally of votes they received.
Posted by jicafriends at May 13, 2008 10:51 AM