DIMAPUR, MARCH 25 (MExN): The Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) today said that it is saddened and disturbed by the “design and acts of violence” which occurred in March 22 in Peren district. “Naga organizations and individuals have in unison expressed with dejection the March 22 incident in Peren district,” a press release from the FNR stated and questioned the integrity of those who “generated such a situation of return to the past dark ages.”
“As would be, in a climate of change, old ways are breaking down and indigenous peoples are establishing new relationships across ideological and traditional lines. What should matter most today is whether Nagas are practitioner of deeds who have come of age and whose values reflect good reason coupled with a sense of resolving conflict through dialogue and most importantly, practicing our confessed faith in Christ,” it stated.
Lamhainamdi, where the incident occurred, has become an urgent historical occasion for a renewal of people-hood and biblical faith, the FNR stated. “We must immediately, put an end to Lamhainamdi from becoming evil to multiply a haunting memory for both perpetrators and victims” it added.
“Let not Lamhainamdi tell the generations of Nagas without hope, opportunity, and pride, but of brutality and shame if they are not recognized and resisted by all urgently. We hear cries of person-hood and reconciliation, but it is a cheap conciliation if it is not based upon painful truth and a painful process of repentance,” the FNR stated.
It called upon the Naga people to “expose all forms of Lamhainamdis and resolve constructively.”
