When Leaders Step Back: What a Naga moment of regret can teach us about reconciliation
James PochuryTwo Naga leaders put their names to a short piece of paper this week. It deserves more attention than the quarrel that produced it. The paper is a declaration signed by Lt Gen VS Atem and Rh.
Raising, retracting their comments of 16 September on Dr SC Jamir. It followed a long meeting on 3 October between the Ao Senden and a delegation from the NSCN (IM), at which the delegation expressed regret. The Ao Senden answered that this was not enough: the leaders who made the statements had to retract them themselves.
On 7 October it announced that it had received the signed declaration…
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