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04/26/2012: "Government of India positive on talks with GPRN/NSCN: Singson Nagaland Post"
Government of India positive on talks with GPRN/NSCN: Singson Nagaland Post
GPRN/NSCN’s cease-fire supervisory board (CFSB) supervisor C. Singson while leaving for Delhi for the extension of cease-fire agreement between GPRN/NSCN and Government of India which expires on April 28 said that the latter was “very positive” for the proposed peace talks between the two parties.
While not divulging the details, CFSB supervisor said that the “whole thing” was on process adding that “things” were “going in the right direction”. He also disclosed that CFSB members would be meeting the Indian army chief.
It may be mentioned that six CFSB members led by its supervisor would be holding a meeting on April 27, 2 p.m. for the extension of cease-fire between GPRN/NSCN and the Government of India.
NH urges GoI, GPRN/NSCN to extend Cease fire
Naga Hoho (NH) Thursday urged upon the GPRN/NSCN and government of India to extend the cease fire “in the interest of all peace loving people in the state.”
Stating that it has been the “harbinger” for maintaining peace and unity not only with the “adversaries” but particularly among Naga brethrens, the Naga Hoho vice president Inaka Assumi and general secretary P.Chuba Ozukum in a statement said that cease fire agreement was signed between the government of India and the undivided NSCN (K) way back in 1997.
NH said with the split of NSCN (K), 2011 into two parallel groups, the cease-fire with Centre have been maintaining within the same perimeter with NSCN (K) and GPRN/NSCN. Ceasefire with GPRN/NSCN is due to expire on April 28.
DIMAPUR, APR 26 (NPN)(Staff Reporter)
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Published on 27 Apr. 2012 12:02 AM IST
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Bandying the CF ground rules: Matter of convenience The Sangai Express Editorial
A gate at Camp Hebron of the NSCN (IM) :: Pix - TSE
The situation was grave, no doubt about it, but what was interestingly amusing was to see the manner in which the ceasefire ground rules was bandied about when the stand off between the Assam Rifles and the NSCN (IM) began to hit the headlines of the newspapers published in Nagaland and Manipur.
That the impasse petered off with the Assam Troops withdrawing its troops from the vicinity of the rebel camps, including Camp Hebron, its General Headquarters, underlines the earlier 'muscle flexing' exercise observation made in this column.
It was during the course of this muscle flexing exercise, not amounting to much more than fire and brimstone, that suddenly the term, ceasefire ground rules, began to enter the lexicon of either side and many others.
It did not matter at all when armed men from the rebel group went around imposing their writs and diktats on the people.
Not a whimper of a protest or denunciation for violating the ground rules of the cease fire pact was raised when seven persons were killed inside a polling station at Chandel Assembly Constituency during the recently held election to the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly on January 28 and it was a case of damn the cease fire ground rules when a couple was shot dead in Ukhrul district only last year.
It did not matter to the people concerned, when the convoy of the late MLA Wungnaoshang Keishing was ambushed.
The cease fire ground rules had no meaning, either to the Assam Rifles or the NSCN (IM) cadres, when Dr Th Kishan and two of his subordinates were bludgeoned to death some years back and it certainly does not matter when 'taxes' are imposed wilfully on trucks plying on the National Highways and when a certain percentage is deducted from the salary and pay of Government employees where the writ and diktats of the rebel outfit runs large.
The amusing part is the sudden realisation that there is something called the cease fire ground rules when the Assam Rifles started deploying its troops around the camps of the rebel group in Nagaland and Manipur.
To the Assam Rifles too, the cease fire ground rules became a handy tool to justify the arrest and confiscation of the arms from 13 NSCN (IM) cadres in Nagaland sometime back and it did not register in their mind at all when some of its men approached Camp Hebron, leading to the detention of six AR personnel including an officer of the rank of Major.
Fortunately for the common people, the manner in which the cease fire ground rules was bandied about resulted in the withdrawal of the Assam Rifles troops, but the selective use of ground rules is what sucks.
If the matter was not so serious, it would have surely elicited guffaws from all over, and maybe it was not only the gravity of the situation that stopped some people from grinning ear to ear, but more out of fear for any repurcussion.
Make no mistake about it, the cease fire ground rules exist only on paper and they are used at the convenience of one's sake and nothing more.
Even as the allegations and counter allegations of violating the cease fire ground rules were lobbed around, 'taxes' continued to be collected and with a sense of impunity.
The 'taken note' of the camps of the rebel group on the soil of Manipur is another telling example of how the understanding of the cease fire ground rules have been flouted all these years and in the process cocking a snook at everyone.
Selective use of the ground rules can mean only one thing and that is there are quite a number of people out there who have been occupying the public podium under the shadow of the cease fire pact and no we are not talking about the cadres or top ranking leaders of the rebel outfit here.
To the Assam Rifles too, the cease fire ground rules become relevant only when it involves their personnel or when their ego is insulted and not when the people are at the receiving end. When was the last time that the Assam Rifles authority or the Army authority talked about the cease fire ground rules in the nearly 15 years long of the negotiation between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM)?
The whole thing stinks.
If at all there is a situation to aptly suit the description of the term hypocrisy and double standard, then it was the recent stand off between the Assam Rifles and the NSCN (IM).
The manner in which the cease fire ground rules has been bandied about to the convenience of either side is a reflection of how the common people have been exposed to the uglier truth of the peace process currently underway.
Bomb blast in Myitkyina; three injured Phanida Mizzima
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Three people were injured when a bomb exploded near the Myitkyina People’s Hospital in Myitkyina on Wednesday in Kachin State.
The bomb blast occurred about 7:20 a.m. on the corner of the hospital compound near a traffic police sentry box, injuring a young woman and two men, according to police. Their condition is not known.
The location of the bomb explosion in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State. Graphic: KNG
Police are investigating the type of material used in the explosion.
Kachin State is the location of continued fighting between the Kachin Independence Organization (KI)) and government troops, who resumed fighting in June 2011.
Peace talks are underway between the two sides, but there has been no substantial progress in ending the fighting.
The KIO said on Wednesday it could not accept a government offer to hold peace talks in Myitkyina for a fourth round of talks as long as armed clashes were occurring.
The KIO told Mizzima it believes the government is preparing a campaign to overrun its outposts around its headquarters in Laiza. Government troops have been ordered to stand-down by President Thein Sein, but fighting continues unabated.
Sources said that during the past 11 months the KIO has inflicted heavy casualties on government troops, perhaps numbering in the thousands but such figures are hard to verify.
Humanitarian groups say there is an immediate need for a major relief effort to aid up to 50,000 refugees in the area displaced by the fighting. Recently, the U.N. has made small deliveries of food and other material to refugee camps, but only enough to last several thousand refugees one month.
Access to the area has been restricted by the government and the KIO.
Naga Hoho wants NSCN (K)-Government of India (GoI) cease-fire extended Nagaland Post
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Published on 26 Apr. 2012 12:36 AM IST
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Naga Hoho (NH) Wednesday expressed its desire that the ongoing cease-fire between NSCN (K) and Government of India (GoI) which was listed to “expire” on April 28 be extended.
In a statement, NH vice president Inaka Assumi, general secretary P.Chuba Ozukum and speaker H.K.Zhimomi said that “developmental activities” could be possible in the state during the last decade or more owing to the signing of cease-fire between the Government of India and various “Naga political groups”.
Stating that the existence of cease-fire have been “welcomed and appreciated by all” in search for permanent peace, NH said that with these objectives in mind, the hoho desired that the cease-fire be extended further between NSCN (K) and the Government of India.
NH has also lauded the NSCN (IM) leadership and Government of India for bringing “an end” the stalemate over the violation of cease-fire ground rules (CFGR) by Assam Rifles on April 19 by handing over of seized arms by “both the parties by respecting each other” towards upholding peace.
Pointing out that this has been the “wishes and aspiration” of Naga Hoho, the statement said the hoho conveyed the same to the chairman of CFMG Maj.Gen. (Rtd). N. George and NSCN (I-M) authority when its executives met them on April 21.
“We salute their maturity towards handling the alarming situation at the cost of larger political issues and problems” said NH and appealed to all to respect and maintain the cease-fire ground rules in totality.
The hoho also called upon the NSCN (I-M) leadership and Government of India to expedite the “political talks” and sign the “agreement” before the end of 2012.
