February 18, 2022
Former chief minister and Governor Dr SC Jamir pointed out that since neither Naga sovereignty nor integration figured in the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015 and Agreed Position of November 17, 2017, this can be understood that both issues were off the negotiation table.
The veteran Naga leader and only surviving member of the Naga People’s Convention (NPC), that signed the 16-Point Agreement with the government of India for creation Nagaland as the 16th state of the Indian union, said this meant that Nagaland would continue to remain as a separate and distinctive administrative and political entity.
Noting that the Framework Agreement and Agreed Position were both signed and subsequently ratified by all concerned under the decisive leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with so much time having already lapsed, Jamir said it would indeed be ideal and most opportune if the final Naga accord was inked during the tenure of Modi.
He said if this happens by 2022 then it would open a new Naga journey which also happened to be the 150th anniversary year of the advent of Christianity on Naga soil.
Jamir expressed the hope that a final political settlement between leaders of Naga groups and the Centre will be an honourable one and give a better and brighter future to Nagas.
According to him, in order to facilitate this the groups should set aside their personal differences for the sake of common Naga cause and unite to come up with one voice and one stand for the final accord, as the ultimate goal and objective was one and the same. Also with dignity, he said the fact should be accepted humbly that within the meaning and framework of honourability, Nagas could only take, possess and cherish what the Central government and Indian Parliament gave to them through the political process.
Jamir acknowledged that the challenges that would lie ahead of the final Naga peace accord would be overwhelming.
He said consolidation of enduring peace, initiating genuine reconciliation in blood-soaked Naga society, absorption and assimilation of erstwhile underground brethren into normal life, resetting and streamlining governance process, grounding of agreed-upon political issues – all geared towards preparing the ground for the new dispensation to take off – were just some of the major issues that might need to be addressed. All this indeed would be most challenging, he added.
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