Dimapur, June 15 (MExN): While appreciating the view and opinion of Naga Hoho and NSF with regard to their open letter to Kughalu Mulatonu, envoy to collective leadership of NSCN, dated 12th June 2010, the GPRN/NSCN has clarified that the press conference was held right after the joint council meeting of the GPRN/NSCN which was also attended by senior kilonsers. This was stated in a press note issued by Hothrong Yimchungru, kilo kilonser of GPRN/NSCN.
The press note stated that the GPRN/NSCN stood for the right of every Naga tribe and sub-tribes spread across India and Myanmar and that if any “apolitical organization imprisons its wisdom and activity to patronize one faction and one region, it loses its credibility”. “The activities of the two organizations has left every sensible Naga pointing out that that two organizations have sold themselves to a particular faction”, the note stated while adding that the credibility of any organization will “naturally evaporate”.
Pointing out that if the Naga Hoho and the NSF feels the envoy is “dehumanizing, warning and questioning the credibility of civil societies” GPRN/NSCN would only appeal to the two organizations to “retain hope and confidence of the entire Naga people”. “Their actions and intensions should not force other Nagas to view it with contempt. Today there are just seven tribes under the banner of Naga Hoho and another seven units under NSF in the state of Nagaland, Can the Nagas deny it?” the GPRN/NSCN said. It was stated that the ENPO and ENSF had more Naga tribal representatives than the Naga Hoho or NSF. “Will the GOI appease 15% Nagas and leave 85% fuming? Truly a drastic re-evaluation of Naga Hoho and NSF by Naga people is needed if it truly wishes to reflect the voice of the Nagas”.
Stating that individuals heading frontal organizations are “clearly inconsistent, wise in double talks, adept in changing tones every season”, the GPRN/NSCN pointed out that “habitually toeing the line of any political group they meet is a reality, miserably failing to act as peace brokers in the process”. In this regard, the GPRN/NSCN stated that the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) is the only exception. “Whether it is the Naga Hoho, NSF or the NPMHR, the legacy of biasness continue to this day which is extremely detrimental to Naga reconciliation and unity. For anyone to contest this truth, the 13 years of fruitless negotiation between IM and GOI with fullest possible support of Naga Hoho, NSF and NPMHR including hollow political propaganda stands testimony to this fact”, the press note stated.
As such, the GPRN/NSCN called on the Nagas to first “identify the parasites that hides underneath the garments of Naga Hoho, NSF and NPMHR” while also expressing regret that “factional clashes, on many occasions, occurred because the frontal leaders carrying olive branches also carried acid bottles underneath, killing any hope for peace”. “Biased leadership engaging in biased diplomacy is the bane of Nagas”, it further stated. Pointing out that there should be a meeting point between all classes of people, the GPRN/NSCN once again appealed to all Nagas not to handle situations with pre-conceived mind while also assuring that it was also ready to meet individuals and organization to put at rest any doubt or misgiving.
