DIMAPUR, JUNE 1 (MExN): A Federal Assembly of the Naga Hoho was convened on May 31, 2018 at Hotel Vivor, Kohima.
According to a press release issued by Naga Hoho speaker Kenyuseng Tep and session secretary Mutsikhoyo Yhobu, the house noted with regret that there was dissent amongst the officials on the call of Federal Assembly, however, members agreed that the speaker’s summon for the Assembly was justified in view of the following reasons-
That the officials had been failing to fulfill the constitutional obligation as enshrined in the Yezabo Article 6 clause 4 whereby it directs the Federal Assembly to be held at least twice in a year and whereas since the last Assembly on September 28, 2016 no further Assembly was convened.
It also asserted that necessity for the Speaker to consult the president to convene the Assembly does not arise as the executive Council Meeting dated October 31, 2017 had requested both the president and the vice president to demit office on the ground that their respective tribe organisations viz. Ao Senden and Sumi Hoho had dissociated from the Naga Hoho.
Members further contented that with the withdrawal of Ao Senden and Sumi Hoho from the Naga Hoho, any official belonging to the said tribes ceases to be a member of the Naga Hoho. Therefore, the concerned executive must resign from their respective post in consonance with the constitution and on moral ground, it said.
The members also observed that there are some element trying to derail the smooth functioning of the Naga Hoho by using the name of a Naga National Organisation and warning some federal units not to attend the Federal Assembly.
It therefore resolved that the Hoho shall continue to strive for the cause and interest of the Naga people by adhering to the principles and ideals of the Naga Hoho.
