Well, evil is a lesser word for AFSPA. Ask anyone who have suffered from it -
there are thousands of that ilk in NE! Manorama Devi, Ajit Mahanta... the list
is quite long. Just do a google search to find out what AFSPA is. But the ARC's
recommendation (Moily is not a 'montri', though he holds the rank of a minister
as the chairman of ARC) is yet to be accepted by the government. So, it is not
yet sure if the act will go. Hope it does. Also hope it does not come back in
any other form, or as part of any other amended act.
Utpal
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
C'da,
I don't know much about AFSPA, but sounds evil. Is it like POTA or something?
But hopefully, as the montri is suggesting, the AFSPA is on the way out.
--Ram
On 6/25/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Good to hear from
you Utpal.
We have heard of these RECOMMENDATIONS, time and again.
But what translates into action or what OTHER Avatar it might re-appear as,
are the big questions?
cm
At 3:48 PM +0100 6/25/07, utpal borpujari wrote:
Some good news for NE. The Administrative Reforms Commission, headed by
Veerappa Moily, has recommended that the dreaded Armed Forces (Special Powers)
Act, 1958 should be repealed. The gist of its recommendations made public a few
hours ago, goes like this : "AFSPA, 1958 should be repealed. To provide
for an enabling legislation for deployment of Armed Forces of the Union in the
NE States of the country, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 should
be amended by inserting a new chapter VI A as recommended by the Committee fo
Review the AFSPA, 1958. The new chapter VI A would apply only to the NE
States." I think Sanjoy-da (Hazarika) would be able to tell us more about
the Chapter VI A. As we all know, he was a member of the Justice Jeevan Reddy
Committee (The review committee), which also is understood to have recommended
its repeal. That report is not yet public, though. Utpal Borpujari
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