DIMAPUR, JULY 30 (MExN): The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has stated that the Nagaland State Government is “trying to shift the blame to others” with regard to the government order to its employees to self-declare any relations in Naga political groups.
A press release from the NPF President, Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu while detailing the State Government’s clarification on the matter, felt it necessary to “let our people know some procedural matters in the parliamentary system of government.”
The NPF stated that cabinet memoranda are normally prepared based on any urgent matter which requires the decision of the Government; it can also be prepared based on any proposal or suggestion on public importance given by others/individuals.
When Cabinet meeting is convened, these memoranda are put up to the Cabinet for its decision.
All Cabinet meetings are normally chaired by the Chief Minister, it said. Any Cabinet memorandum, when taken up, requires serious study of the subject matter by all its Cabinet Ministers, it added. After thorough deliberations, the NPF said that the Cabinet would give its decision in the best way they deemed it proper, and that becomes the decision of the Government.
“Suggestions, proposals or memoranda can come from any quarter but the Cabinet, which is the final authority, can either take up or reject such proposal, suggestion or memorandum. If any of its decision does not fall in line with the wishes of certain sections of people, the Cabinet still remains the final authority to either withdraw or revoke its own decision,” the NPF added.
However, in this issue, the NPF alleged that the State Government “while implementing their own decision on the one hand and shifting the blame to others on the other hand is a very serious procedural lapse.” By all means of explanations, the Government alone is fully responsible for all its Cabinet decisions, it observed.
Shifting blame, the NPF stated, makes a government irresponsible, and added that if a government becomes irresponsible, there are also conventional provision for the Constitutional head of the State to recommend the matter to the Central Government for its decision.
The present issue, the NPF claimed, is an act of “demonstrating the decaying type of political life of the State and it is unfortunate that such action has gone into the record of the Nagaland State Parliamentary history during our time.”
The NPF said this is a “clear departure from the normal track of perennial Parliamentary system of Government in a country which is known as the largest democracy in the world.”
