[Assam] AFSPA

[Chan Mahanta]

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?

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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(Special Powers) Act, 1958 should be repealed.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"AFSPA, 1958 should be repealed.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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