The Ex-Parliamentarian Association of Nagaland (Ex-PAN) has called for “immediate” solution to the protracted Naga political issue while asserting that it must be “solely determined by the outcomes of dialogues between the Government of India (GoI) and the Naga negotiators.”
They said that they upheld the negotiations which concluded on 31st October 2019 between the Govt. of India and the Naga negotiators and that the Govt. of India must give the “altar call” at the earliest so that the Naga political solution becomes a reality.
Ex-PAN said that the negotiations between the GoI, the NSCN (IM), and the WC, NNPGs are in its 25th year which is more than enough for the Nagas to have “its logical end.” It further said that the facilitators including the Core Committee of Naga Political Issue (CCoNPI) of the UDA ministry “may have to be cautious enough either for over indulgence or under indulgence in respective facilitations with specific reference to unwarranted and irresponsible comments tending to mislead the general public in the media condemnable.”
The Ex-PAN also said that if the GoI is using the service of the Chief Minister of Assam in the business of mediation, “we may have to unavoidably accept him.” However, it stated that it was unacceptable if the Assam CM’s involvement in the political negotiation was at the behest of the CCONPI. “The Naga political issue is not an issue of law and order nor can the CCoNPI can undermine it,” it added.
Saying that the Naga negotiators entered into the political negotiations on their own volition with the objective of resolving the existing issues, it urged the Naga negotiators in particular to be “practical and realistic rather than rhetoric in persuasions.” Ex-PAN added that the indefinite negotiations are of “too exploitive and detrimental to the welfare of the general public and therefore unacceptable.”
This was stated in a press release issued by the Ex-PAN President S. Supongmeren Jamir and General Secretary Joshua Sumi which informed that it was the outcome of its executive meeting held in Dimapur on June 4.
