News Summary
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- The Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) has demanded the reinstatement of officials and council members of the National Foundation for the Upliftment of Indigenous Nationalities who were removed through an ordinance.
- NEFIN maintains that the dismissed council members were appointed based on decisions of their respective ethnic organizations, not political appointments, and therefore should not have been removed.
- NEFIN officials have submitted an 18-point memorandum to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), urging inclusion of indigenous nationalities’ demands in constitutional amendments.
April 11, Kathmandu – The Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) has expressed its disagreement after officials and council members of the National Foundation for the Upliftment of Indigenous Nationalities were removed through an ordinance.
NEFIN has demanded the reinstatement of the dismissed council members, emphasizing that these members were appointed not through political channels but based on collective decisions by their respective ethnic organizations, and thus should not have been removed.
Additionally, NEFIN has called for the reappointment of the dismissed officials to ensure the foundation functions fully, and today submitted an 18-point memorandum to both the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre). This memorandum also includes other demands of indigenous nationalities.
NEFIN Chairperson Nimi Lama Hyolmo, Vice Chairperson Amrit Sunuwar, and General Secretary Bimal Saru, among others, have urged authorities to pay special attention to including the demands of indigenous nationalities during constitutional amendments while submitting the memorandum.
