DIMAPUR/IMPHAL, July 11 NNN: More Naga civil bodies have endorsed the move of Forum for Naga Reconcilitation (FNR) of setting up the ‘Naga National Government (NNG) involving all the Naga underground groups.
Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), United Naga Council (UNC) and Naga Women Union (NWU) have made their stands public today in this connection.
In a separate statement signed by Dr Gina Sangkham, Secretary General of Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), it appreciates the initiative of the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) for the proposed provisional formation of a Naga National Government (NNG) constituting Naga “national political” groups. NPMHR believes that formation of such a national level government would enhance the reconciliation and peace efforts among the Nagas. NPMHR earnestly urges all the conscious Naga National political groups to sincerely work together in achieving our common vision which is based on the historical and political rights of the Nagas, Dr Gina Sangkham said.
NPMHR is also concerned by the various instances of social unrests affecting the normal lives and even the livelihood of the people. Such incidences and events are indicative of the breakdown in the social fabrics which do not in any manner contribute to the progress of the Naga society, the statement added.
The need of the hour for the Nagas in progressing toward the common vision is to uphold our social and political values which have been the foundation of the Naga society, Dr Gina Sangkham said.
Also endorsing the initiative of the FNR, the UNC and NWU in a joint statement said, “While reiterating our support for the continuous engagement of the Forum for Naga Reconciliation(FNR) in the journey of common hope for a reconciled Naga people, the United Naga Council and the Naga Women’s Union, through this joint statement , welcomes the statement of the FNR dated 7th July 2013 that called for a
structural framework in the form of a provisional Naga National Government, (NNG) as agreed upon in the historic “Naga Concordant,” signed on 26th of August, 2011.”
According to UNC and NWU, the principles that would uphold the NNG as enunciated in the FNR statement engenders optimism and hope for the future that the Naga people will share together in its most enlightened form. It is our appeal to all the Naga political groups to be proactive & forthcoming in this common agenda. “It has our wish that such an arrangement will come into place at the earliest possible time,” the UNC and NWU stated.
On July 7, the FNR had said the structural framework in the form of a provisional Naga National Government (NNG-Provisional), as agreed upon in the Naga Concordant, is required to be accommodative of all Naga underground groups, according to Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR).
Naga National Government (NNG) is a term coined two years ago which is a proposed common government to be formed by all the Naga underground organisations.
This statement of the FNR came after it had convened another round of Naga reconciliation programme at Chiangmai in Thailand recently involving Naga underground organisations.
The Forum for Naga Reconciliation had said it made that call after five years of continuously forming relationships, discerning challenges and dilemmas, overcoming deadlocks, developing trust, discovering common ground, and learning the various perspectives and positions of the Naga political (underground) groups.
“In order to strengthen the Covenant of Reconciliation and move forward together, structural transformation shaping a reconciled political reality within Naga society is needed. This imperative is more urgently felt in light of the present circumstances,” the FNR had stated.
“The structural framework in the form of a provisional Naga National Government NNG (P), as agreed upon in the Naga Concordant, is required to be accommodative of all Naga Political Groups. This is in the common cause of pursuing in a united effort our shared historical and political rights and creating a dignified and peaceful society,” it stated.
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