Kathmandu, Feb. 6 -- The chairman and a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, one of two transitional justice bodies, said they would resign after the House of Representatives endorses the amendment to the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Act which envisions restructuring both the commissions.

Gurung had announced he would quit before, in 2017, to put pressure on the government for the amendment. But he later backtracked after then prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal assured support. However, neither commission has received adequate resources nor has the amendment been made as per the Supreme Court's ruling so far.

The amendment bi...