The realization for genuine reconciliation in the Naga context is of absolute necessity. The journey towards Reconciliation is in progress and there is no turning back! In the course of the last 31 months of Naga Reconciliation: A Journey of Common Hope, the need for a reconciliation meeting of the highest level of leadership of the Naga Political Groups has been repeatedly expressed by the Naga people. Today based on this mandate given by the Naga people and with the affirmation of the three signatories of the Covenant of Reconciliation, the Forum for Naga Reconciliation informs the Naga people that the a meeting of the highest level of the NNC/FGN, GPRN/NSCN and NSCN/GPRN is scheduled to take place sometime between September 18-25, 2010.
Heeding to the Covenant of Reconciliation and the expressed desire of the people, the Forum for Naga Reconciliation is resolute in our stand that the highest level of leadership currently based in the Naga areas must at all cost attend and consummate this Summit of Naga Reconciliation. The Forum for Naga Reconciliation urges the Naga leaders to stand firm in their pledge to Naga Reconciliation and to demonstrate their personal commitment by participating in this Summit. We ask you not to let go of this opportunity to change the tide of Naga history. The time has come for the Naga leaders to listen to to the voice of the people; and the people alone will judge any Naga political group(s) that fails to attend this Summit.
The Forum for Naga Reconciliation understands that not all Naga political groups are signatories to the Covenant of Reconciliation; and so we wish to make our position clear that eventually all Naga political groups should become part of the reconciliation. The Forum for Naga Reconciliation assures that the reconciliation process will never exclude any political group. Reconciliation is a process and therefore we make this appeal to the Naga political groups that are not part of the Covenant of Reconciliation, to give the Forum for Naga Reconciliation some more time for the reconciliation process to become truly inclusive of all Naga political groups, which has been our purpose.
The Forum for Naga Reconciliation calls upon the Naga people not to remain silent spectators at this crucial stage of the reconciliation process. For too long, the silence of the people has only aggravated divisions. As it has been since its inception the Forum for Naga Reconciliation turns to the Naga people for their courage and prudence. The Naga people must unitedly and truthfully persuade the highest level of leaderships of the Naga political groups to shed their differences, forgive one other and to reconcile on the basis the historical and political rights of the Nagas. The Forum for Naga Reconciliation implores the Naga people to seize this opportunity to insist that our Naga leaders bury the past filled with hate, bitterness and bloodshed; and to embrace a future of hope. The time has come for the Naga people to say, “There is no turning back.”
Forum for Naga Reconciliation
