Dimapur, January 7 (MExN): Reminding that “peace and reconciliation through Naga Unification is nothing new in Nagalim” a statement release by the NSCN (IM) MIP, stated “what has stood on the way is the national principle that cannot be compromised.” Emphasizing their point it stated that “the NSCN/ GPRN is never against the common national agenda of Naga unification. This achievement will be the biggest blessing for the Nagas, if ever succeeded, whoever may take the initiative”. However it conveyed that “knowing complexities involved in processing the thorny road to unification, an approach with conviction and embracing the collective interest of all Nagas should have been boldly attempted”.
The MIP said that “One cannot defile the sweet sounding name of ‘unification’ by choosing the road bereft of moral standard, norms and ethics that civilized the political culture of today”. It stated that “anything to Naga unification deviating from this pragmatic approach is doomed to meet failure, and simply quoting biblical verses by church leaders after the damage has been done will not keep resuscitated the premature death of Naga unification which was practically death from the start”.
Maintaining that “Azheto and his accomplices in order to give shade of seriousness collaborated with Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) but at the end of the day the presence of WSH, and even Sumi Hoho failed to lend the initiative a dignity and credibility they desperately tried to establish”.
It further said that “having started on the platform without foundation the unification team failed to charm the right-thinking and good meaning societies of the Nagas. Because the wrong steps taken can never justify the means to an end. A thief can never justify saying that he is doing for the interest of his society”.
Taking affront to the criticism made on NSCN (IM) chairman Isak Swu, the MIP cautioned “the overbearing manner of Sumi Hoho’s president Hokishe Yeptho is a thing to be kept in mind, for he is indulging in damning criticism”. It further stated that “this will be taken as an exceptional case by NSCN as Kakishe’s attack on NSCN chairman will be interpreted as an insult to the Naga nation”. The MIP statement also clarified that “on the issue of Naga unification there is not a slightest deviation on the part of the chairman to deserve somebody of the stature of Sumi Hoho president to cast aspersion on Isak Chishi Swu’s integrity in defense of Naga national interest.”
