Kaka D. Iralu It is a universal fact that no political Government of any country in the world can be established without the mandate of the people concerned. In line with this universal political law, Shopwan introduces his book by saying: “A Co-operative Society or business enterprise in any country can be formed without a national mandate. But can the Government of a nation be formed without any reference to the people of that nation? Can a national Government indeed be formed without the mandate of the nation? There is absolutely no such provision for the formation of a National Government under International Law. Therefore, any such Government, formed without the prior mandate of a nation is an illegitimate Government....this so-called illegitimate Government of the People’s Republic of Nagaland (GPRN) was formed without any prior mandate of the Naga people. In fact, this un-mandated Government was formed by just some Naga rebels from the jungles of the Heimi region in the Eastern Sector of Nagaland without consulting or even informing the then existing Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN). As for the Federal Government of Nagaland, it was formed on March 22, 1956 with the mandate of all the people of Nagaland. The incumbent President of this Naga people’s Government was Mr. Zashei Huire, when the NSCN was illegitimately formed on 1980. Shopwan then went on to state that that this illegitimate government was formed on the allegation that the NNC had betrayed the nation through the Signing of the Shillong Accord of 1975. But to counter this allegation, Shopwan asks the question as to how the NNC can be guilty of betraying the nation when its top leaders- President A.Z. Phizo was in London, the Vice President Imkongmeren was in an Indian prison and its General Secretary Th. Muivah and Isak Chishi were in China when the Shillong Accord was signed on November 11, 1975. Also, none of these top leaders of the NNC were ever consulted nor ever gave their consent to the Shillong Accord. Finally Shopwan ends by stating: “The present book is an exposure of all the trickery and lies that were used by the renegade NSCN leaders to form a Naga government without consulting the Naga people. After reading this book, every Naga will realize that the NSCN has absolutely no legitimacy to call itself a Government that can represent the Naga people. At the same time, if the Indian Government makes any settlement with this illegitimate government, in spite of all the evidences exposed in this book, then India will be committing a transgression of all the norms of International Law and also make itself a mockery before the whole world.” The book contains much important information with dates and name of villages and the people who were involved in the events that have led to the terrible fratricidal killings among our own Naga family. It is a book written by a courageous Naga who was an eye witness to most of these events. In my opinion this is a book that must be read by every Naga who wants to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The book is just 164 pages and priced at Rs 250 and is now available in all the major bookstalls in Nagaland.
