Truth Commission

30 October 2007, 18:00 PM

Engineer Shafi Ahmed, London, UK

I refer to PCP article (21.07) by the former president HM Ershad on this as well as some other articles and opinions. It's quite obvious that the term 'Truth Commission' was an unfortunate misnomer and thus drawing huge criticism. We all want these matters to be dealt within the law of the land, perhaps a better term would have been a 'Plea Bargaining Tribunal' rather than a 'Truth Commission'. Pleading guilty and confessing to one's crimes is admissible in law of every country as is the practice of encouraging such confessions by 'plea bargaining' and thus saving much time and expense for the judicial system. Perhaps the Adviser concerned may clarify the term in this accepted legal context to subdue the uproar.