KOHIMA: Nationwide Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) chief Thuingaleng Muivah on Friday proposed third-party intervention to resolve what it described because the Centre’s “betrayal of the letter and spirit of the framework settlement” signed in August 2015, warning that the group shall resume violent armed battle if this political initiative is rejected.
Muivah’s sharply worded assertion comes in opposition to the backdrop of talks between the Naga rebel group and the central authorities final month the place the Centre refused to simply accept the demand for a separate Naga flag and Naga structure.
The rebel group had entered right into a ceasefire settlement with the federal government in 1997 earlier than beginning extended peace talks in India and overseas with authorities interlocutors.
“The cornerstone for the honourable political settlement between India and Nagalim is respecting and honouring the letter and spirit of the Framework Settlement, whereby, amongst others, the Nagalim sovereign nationwide flag and Nagalim sovereign nationwide structure are duly recognised and acknowledged,” the assertion mentioned.
“The NSCN and its management took the honorable step of resolving the many years outdated Indo-Naga political battle by agreeing to have political negotiation with the Gol. Nevertheless, it’s the authorities and the management within the Gol who’ve intentionally betrayed the letter and spirit of the Framework Settlement of August 3, 2015 by refusing to acknowledge and acknowledge the Nagalim sovereign nationwide flag and Nagalim sovereign nationwide structure,” the assertion mentioned.
“In an effort to conclude and realise an honourable political settlement, we rule out peaceable means in opposition to the ignominious betrayal of the letter and spirit of the Framework Settlement. Nevertheless, within the first place, we suggest a third-party intervention to resolve the betrayal, but when such a political initiative is rejected by the GoI (Authorities of India), the NSCN shall resume the violent armed resistance in opposition to India for defending Nagalim’s distinctive historical past and her sovereign existence,” the assertion warned.
The group mentioned it could not “wait endlessly”. “Nagalim and the NSCN are ready and able to defend and shield Nagalim distinctive historical past and Nagalim sovereign nationwide existence,” Muivah mentioned.
