DIMAPUR, APRIL 9 (MExN): Against Corruption And Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland today stressed on the urgent need for the formation of one National Government, thereby ushering in a “permanent settlement to the Naga political issue.” A press note from ACAUT Nagaland applauded the NSCN (IM), GPRN/NSCN and NNC/FGN for “listening to the voice of the Naga people, culminating in the signing of the Lenten Agreement under the initiative of the FNR.” While acknowledging that this is a step in the right direction, ACAUT Nagaland stated that it is “cautiously optimistic” since “other Naga groups are yet to join the national initiative of the FNR for a common Naga future.”
It called upon the FNR and the Lenten Agreement signatories to “sincerely reach out to other Naga groups.” “However, the FNR may state in clear terms that reconciliation is a time-bound process and therefore, the other Naga groups willing to join the on-going process should do so without any pre-condition and within a specific time period, since any delay in the formation of One National government at this juncture may jeopardize Naga aspirations for permanent Indo-Naga settlement,” it asserted.
ACAUT Nagaland said that in case other Naga groups fail to join the process within a specific window period fixed by the FNR, “the Naga people may have to conclude that such groups have ceased to believe in a common Naga future and therefore are un-mandated organizations.”
In the unlikely event of a “deadlock between the signatories or inability to move forward post-Lenten Agreement,” ACAUT Nagaland urged that the FNR “should fix responsibility upon the erring group/s responsible for the deadlock and such should be made known to the Naga people.” It declared that transparency on the FNR’s part “in fixing responsibility upon the signatory/signatories for any deadlock or intransigence is a critical component of the reconciliation process.”
ACAUT Nagaland further advocated that the modalities for One National Government, including One Tax, should be worked out at the earliest, “before critical erosion of public support takes place.” It asserted that the signatories “should understand that taxation is an emotional issue and any further deferment on this count may imperil the movement for permanent settlement.”
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