Dimapur, May 25 (MExN): Extending its full support to the initiative by the Naga Hoho to bring about peace and reconciliation among the Nagas, the Concerned Citizens Forum of Mokokchung today termed the Naga Hoho initiative as a long awaited dream and therefore called upon the tribal Hohos to carefully nominate their representatives so that the people can repose their trust and confidence in them.
A press release received here from the CCFM Convenor, Tsupong Longchar and Co-Convenor, Moa Longchar, stated that constituting the committee for peace and reconciliation among the Naga national organisations as well as among the civil society organisation is a long awaited dream of all the Naga people irrespective of affiliation and inclination to any Naga people organisation.
Saying that it is time for all the Nagas to set aside all the destructive instruments of tribalism, vested interest of sectionalism and factionalism and to stand for a true vision, the CCFM called upon the Nagas to retrospect and stand united in this trying time. The CCFM, in this regard, called upon all the tribal hohos to come boldly and carefully scrutinize their representative so that a person having moral uprightness, integrity, and honesty, and one who is non-controversial and a true Naga who can stand and sacrifice for the people may be nominated.
“Let us give our concerted effort and send the right person whom we can repose all our trust and confidence,” urged the CCFM to the tribal hohos.
The CCFM further cautioned the Nagas not to repeat the action of the Reconciliation Commission 2003, and said that ‘divisive agents’ cannot be allowed to play with the people for all time and thus called upon the people to extend all possible help and co-operation so that the peace and reconciliation committee under the aegis of Naga Hoho can bring about positive development and the most desired reconciliation among the Nagas.
About the Naga Hoho peace and reconciliation committee, the CCFM stated that the Concerned Citizen’s Forum of Mokokchung welcome and extend its unstinting support to the bold and timely initiative taken by the Naga Hoho and the endorsement by the Eastern Naga People Organisation in such a crucial time to heal ‘our nation’ and to mend the broken relations endured for decades among the Naga brothers due to divisive policy of India and its machineries in the state.
“We have only one history and we will uphold that to make one history unitedly,” the CCFM further stated.
It may be mentioned that the Naga Hoho had during its fourth Federal Assembly held at Dimapur on May 18 resolved to constitute a peace and reconciliation committee comprising of representatives from tribal Hohos. The last date of submission of nominees is June 10.
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