ABAM Clean Election Movement reaches Arkakong and Angetyongpang assembly constituencies
Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM), in continuation with its Clean Election Movement that was launched on August 27, 2021, organized a Clean Election Movement for the Arkakong and Angetyongpang assembly constituencies under Mokokchung District on May 10, 2022, at Longmisa Baptist Church and Chichuyimlang Baptist Church respectively. The campaign was attended by 190 members from 12 churches comprised of the church leaders, the Village Council, Langpangkong Tsükong Mungdang (apex body of the range), and other apex bodies.
An update from Impur said that this is the third phase of the movement organized under Mokokchung District by the ABAM Clean Election Movement. Earlier, the Clean Election movement with the apex bodies of Mokokchung Town and Impur Constituency were conducted on separate occasions, the update said.
“In such a case where everyone longs for a change in the electioneering system, the task of the church, village council, and apex bodies has become very crucial. The inflow of intoxicants and other malpractices during the election are also some serious concerns for Nagas today during the election,” the update further said. It went on to say that “Change” is the need of the hour and that “the only way we Nagas will be liberated from all untoward eventualities being very clear, ABAM is resolute to continue with the movement.”
During the movement, the much-deliberated concerns were the distribution of money, patriotism, and the open inflow of alcohol and other intoxicant substances that led the innocents captive. During the movement, the cry of every individual was the need for a paradigm shift in the electioneering system in the forthcoming Nagaland Legislative Assembly beginning with the intending candidates and the general public. “ABAM is immensely pleased to see the determination of the people to obliterate such present political imbroglio by observing a fair and clean election,” the update said.
It was further stated that ABAM will continue to cover all the Constituencies under Mokokchung District with the message of Fair and Clean Election.