DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 2 (MExN): Pointing out that “sometimes the road to delivering justice does not come too easy”, the NSCN (IM) stated that the “harsh reality has to be faced” and making it clear that the NSCN (IM) does not exist to please any tribe or individual. “National security and therefore national interest always takes precedent. And it will be unthinkable for the NSCN to stoop that low to deviate from this national priority”, stated an MIP press note received here.
It pointed out that the NSCN (IM) was guided by the Nagas’ time-honored customary laws and other legal compulsion and that the scope for being partial towards any particular tribe did not exist. “The Nagas have to co-exist with the customary laws and to go against this will be tantamount to betraying our own identical social values”.
Stating that despite the onslaught of greed for materialistic achievement, making roughshod of customary laws or for that matter any accepted norm of legal obligation ought to be discouraged at any cost. “The Nagas don’t live in isolation and our political aspiration for the last 60 years has made us a part of the globalized world”, it stated while adding that “we need to project our image without any tribal prejudice”.
In the context of the Intangki episode, the NSCN (IM) stated that nothing should e interpreted “to leave room for misadventure”. Pointing out that “emotional upheaval” did not bring any solution and “unwarranted accusations and counter-accusations only vitiate the atmosphere”, the NSCN (IM) called for “learning to face the reality of respecting customary laws and other established legal sanctions, however harsh it may be” as it was the “only road to peaceful co-existence”.
