DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 15 (MExN): There seems to be no end to the battle of words between split camps within the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT), as another group of members today issued a statement refuting the February 14 press release.
A joint statement from ACAUT members Inakato V Jimo, Nzanbemo Shitri, Hukiye Yeptho, Azolo Nuh, Yisanbeni, Bohoto Achumi and Avi Chase said that the resolution which was adopted on February 2018 was “unanimous and democratically carried out where the opinion of all the members present were taken in sound mind with full understanding of the issue by each member.”
It therefore stated that the allegation on Co-Chairman Dr. Khekugha Muru of “misleading the members with twisted facts is totally baseless, unfounded and uncalled for.”
The statement claimed that Dr. Khekugha Muru as Co-Chairman of ACAUT “was duty bound to Chair the meeting in the absence of the Chairman and performing his duty by chairing the meeting which does not amount to misleading the ACAUT members.”
“Therefore, those few individuals should not mislead the Naga public and portray the ACAUT members as puppets and robots. We take full responsibility of the resolution and we stand by the resolution and not as rendered in the newspaper published on 15-2-2018 in local dallies,” it added.
The statement further said that there is no resolution or collective decisions made by ACAUT to join the CCNTHCO in record or in any official circulation among the members, “but it was solely decided by few individuals. The decision to attend the meetings called by NGOs does not imply the approval of the ACAUT to join the CCNTHCO.”
It further alleged that the ACAUT in its emergency meeting had on February 8 resolved and suspended Tia Longchar, Co-Chairman for “trying to hijack ACAUT meeting and for his involvement in CCNTHCO, the said resolution was intimated to him and therefore he has no authority to call the meeting let alone Chairing the ACAUT meeting until the house resolves to revoke his suspension.”
It maintained that the February 13 meeting therefore “was not official” and that “any decision taken or arrived at stands null and void.”
