The two commissions, formed after a delay of nine years, have been given a room each at the building of the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction inside Singha Durbar. While the commissions’ chairpersons  have been offered desks, the other commissioners do not have one—they share a couch.

“We are having difficulties working in this office set up,” said CIEDP Chairman Lokendra Mallick, scanning through a handwritten draft of commission’s plan of action. “The government has finally appointed secretary at the commission and we are hopeful to take off now.”

The CIEDP does not even have a proper office signboard, just the names of the commissioners printed on a paper that is pasted outside the room.

“This shows the government’s priority to these offices,” quipped one official.

Judging by the office signboards, the TRC seems to be doing better. For it has a proper one, the one not made out of ink and paper.

Besides decent working space, the two commissions also lack staff to run their daily operations smoothly.

The delay in appointments of staff, according to Peace Secretary Khum Raj Punjanli, is due to “bureaucratic formalities” and that the ministry will soon fill the vacancies.

Currently, the two commissions are working on their work procedure, code of conduct and regulations.