[Assam] AFSPA

[Ram Sarangapani]

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 <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>  Good to hear from you Utpal.
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> We have heard of these RECOMMENDATIONS, time and again.
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> But what translates into action or what OTHER Avatar it might re-appear
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> At 3:48 PM +0100 6/25/07, utpal borpujari wrote:
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> 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 Powers) Act, 1958 should be repealed.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 :
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> "AFSPA, 1958 should be repealed.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."
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> 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.
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