Morung Express News
Dimapur | January 8
Isak Sumi, whose impeachment was overturned by the NSCN-K (Khango) Council of Kilonsers on January 5 today stated that he was willing to ‘reconcile’ with its now-impeached President, Khango Konyak “regardless of the misguidance.” He purported that the crisis did not originate from Konyak as he had been misguided and misdirected in a ‘plot orchestrated’ by others.
“Even this controversy I would not blame him (Khango) because he is a senior leader, a veteran of 1960 who has been to China twice and is one of the most competent commanders in the Naga army alive today,” he said.
As in regards to Konyak’s impeachment which had been made by the group’s Council of Kilonsers, Cabinet, Tatars, Regional authorities, military wing, secretariat staff and workers on January 7 and replacing him with Luyanba Yimkhiung, Sumi mentioned that he would have to convince his cabinet to revoke the decision. “Therefore I extend an olive branch to him and I’m ready to reconcile.”
He made the comments during a press conference with media persons at his private residence at Toluvi village, Dimapur on January 8.
Further elaborating on the decision made to impeach him, Sumi alleged that it was an ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘arbitrary’ order made by Konyak and his nephew with the instigation of a few others. The Convenor of the Working Committee of the NNPGs had also appealed to Konyak to revoke the decision, waiting for his reply for three days, he said. As there was no positive response it was decided by the council and most of its members to remove him from the post of President.
During the press conference, he gave out a brief story on his background during the time he was in Myanmar with the NSCN-K (Khango) and his role in signing a cease-fire agreement with the GoI. He regretted that the divisions and infighting prevalent among the Naga political groups “has become the order of the day.”
Now extortions, killings and threats have more or less become synonymous with them and the confidence of the Naga people has eroded and it has become a sad state of affairs, he observed.
In light of the ongoing peace talks with the Government of India, Sumi termed the impeachment of Konyak as an unfortunate incident. He however stressed that his group will continue to honour the cease-fire agreement.
“It is clearly designed to sabotage the peace process,” he commented. He further added that, these things will come to light in the right time.
On being asked as to whether the group will further split into two groups, Sumi said the entire setup of NSCN-K (Khango) was still intact. “The entire civil-wing, political wing and other branches of the government except for two secretaries are entirely with me and the acting-President,”
