Comments on: Support Sharmila, repeal the AFSPA http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/ Anasuya's musings and amusings about life, the universe and whatever Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:34:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gladly Beyond Any Distance :: My Indian of the Six Years http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/#comment-121 Gladly Beyond Any Distance :: My Indian of the Six Years Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:02:52 +0000 http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/#comment-121 [...] I’ve written about her before, but two days ago, I found another appeal from a friend and colleague, Monisha Behal, of the North East Network (a women’s rights organisation) in my inbox: [...] [...] I’ve written about her before, but two days ago, I found another appeal from a friend and colleague, Monisha Behal, of the North East Network (a women’s rights organisation) in my inbox: [...]

]]> By: ranon http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/#comment-120 ranon Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:17:38 +0000 http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/#comment-120 The way I understand it is like this. The respective state governments have the power to notify various areas as "disturbed". When they are so notiied, the ASFCA comes into effect. The state governments can also remove the above notifications like it has done in parts of Manipur in 2004. The power is with the state governments to remove the army entirely. The ASPCA was not intended to be used for 20+ years at a time and hence the provisions of the act are so draconion. The correct thing to do would be to remove the "disturbed" notification and let the army go back to guarding the borders. The way I understand it is like this.

The respective state governments have the power to notify various areas as “disturbed”. When they are so notiied, the ASFCA comes into effect. The state governments can also remove the above notifications like it has done in parts of Manipur in 2004. The power is with the state governments to remove the army entirely.

The ASPCA was not intended to be used for 20+ years at a time and hence the provisions of the act are so draconion. The correct thing to do would be to remove the “disturbed” notification and let the army go back to guarding the borders.

]]> By: anasuya http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/#comment-119 anasuya Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:07:27 +0000 http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/#comment-119 Ashish, repealing the Act will, at the very least, do this: it will force a long over-due debate on the North East (looking at separate States, their individually complex histories and state accountability), it might force the rest of India to acknowledge this diversity and complexity,or even to acknowledge the North East in the first place (rather than the 'Chinky' one-phirang-fits-all stereotype most of us tend to use), and finally, the AFSPA has become such a symbol of oppression that repealing it will have an emotional impact in the North East far beyond the pragmatics. Fingers - and all else - crossed. It's been over four months since the Jeevan Reddy Commission submitted its report, and the government still refuses to make it public. All hail accountability. Ashish, repealing the Act will, at the very least, do this: it will force a long over-due debate on the North East (looking at separate States, their individually complex histories and state accountability), it might force the rest of India to acknowledge this diversity and complexity,or even to acknowledge the North East in the first place (rather than the ‘Chinky’ one-phirang-fits-all stereotype most of us tend to use), and finally, the AFSPA has become such a symbol of oppression that repealing it will have an emotional impact in the North East far beyond the pragmatics.

Fingers - and all else - crossed. It’s been over four months since the Jeevan Reddy Commission submitted its report, and the government still refuses to make it public. All hail accountability.

]]> By: Ashish http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/#comment-118 Ashish Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:24:51 +0000 http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/10/08/support-sharmila-repeal-the-afspa/#comment-118 Even if the act is repealed, what will change ? The festering insurgencies in the North East are not dying down anytime soon. Some of them, such as ULFA are not so easily resolvable unless a Mizoram or Gorkhaland type settlement is made. Actions that are objected to under the current Act are available under other laws and will be implemented even if the Act is repealed. Even if the act is repealed, what will change ?
The festering insurgencies in the North East are not dying down anytime soon. Some of them, such as ULFA are not so easily resolvable unless a Mizoram or Gorkhaland type settlement is made.
Actions that are objected to under the current Act are available under other laws and will be implemented even if the Act is repealed.

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