{"id":12991,"date":"2017-07-18T00:38:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T00:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2017\/07\/18\/yitachus-statement-under-fire\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T00:38:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T00:38:12","slug":"yitachus-statement-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2017\/07\/18\/yitachus-statement-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Yitachu\u2019s statement under fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/><\/p>\n<div>NPF Legislature Party of the T.R. Zeliang camp has slammed government\u2019s spokesperson and school education &amp; SCERT minister, Yitachu, a day after he defended the position of the chief minister Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie Liezietsu by categorically making it clear dissident MLAs led by Zeliang \u201ccannot move a no-confidence motion\u201d against &nbsp;the &nbsp;chief minister.<\/div>\n<div>NPF Legislature Party through its media cell condemned what it called the \u201cirresponsible statement\u201d of Yitachu and said that Yitachu while siding with Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie and his son must remember that he had extended his support \u201cin sound mind and out of his free will\u201d reaffirming Zeliang as leader of the NPF Legislature Party and DAN Legislature Party.<\/div>\n<div>It pointed out that Zeliang was elected as Leader of NPF Legislature Party on May 14, 2014 and Chairman, DAN on February 22, 2017. NPF legislature party said Yitachu on both occasions had voted in favour of Zeliang. It added that once signatures of majority of the MLAs in a Legislature Party meet were appended to the resolutions, it becomes the final word of the majority.<\/div>\n<div>Asserting that Zeliang has been functioning both as Chairman, DAN with Cabinet status and NPF legislature party leader since then and no new person has been elected in this regard till date, the legislature party said Zeliang therefore has all the legitimacy and mandate of NPF Legislature and DAN Legislature to lead and execute all delegated authority.<\/div>\n<div>Further, the legislature party alleged that Yitachu\u2019s motive to hoodwink the people of Nagaland \u201cfor his shameless political gains\u201d while exerting all kinds of threats and intimidations under his \u201cso called legal expertise\u201d could be considered as nothing but cheap publicity gimmicks.<\/div>\n<div>It said Yitachu may have fooled his Constituency people \u201cpretending to be a top notch lawyer\u201d but the rest of the Nagas would never buy his misleading stories.<\/div>\n<div>The legislature party said Yitachu was misleading Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie by making him file nomination for the upcoming by-election. It also said Yitachu exercising his persuasive dirty tricks to table before the Governor for dissolving the Assembly was the cheapest trick of them all.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\u201cIf the Assembly is dissolved like he had suggested then which Assembly Session was Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie going to attend?\u201d it asked.<\/div>\n<div>NPF legislature party also stated that Yitachu acknowledging both Sh\u00fcrhozelie and TR Zeliang as NPF legislature party leaders itself displayed how confused he was as a politician. It said in a democratic party system there could be only one legislature party leader, which in this case was TR Zeliang.<\/div>\n<div>NPF legislature party also asked Yitachu to learn how the Constitution allowed the formation of a popular government, saying government was never formed by majority of cabinet ministers and that too under the leadership of a non-elected member. It said government was always formed by the voice of the majority elected members in the House mandated by the people.<\/div>\n<div>After sacking NPF as well as Independent MLAs from their offices as ministers and parliamentary secretaries under DAN government, the legislature party sad Yitachu termed such actions as purely internal affairs of the NPF party. It said this made one wonder what sort of a legal background he comes from as this action itself proved that the present crisis involves DAN government.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cBy all means, if it was simply an internal Party affair, why did Sh\u00fcrhozelie and his 11 legislators approach the Court of Law instead of resigning from the Chair to settle the differences internally?\u201d it questioned.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>The legislature party also termed as \u201cnothing but pure hogwash\u201d the assertion of Yitachu that Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie still enjoyed absolute majority constitutionally and legally.<\/div>\n<div>It pointed out that on April 4, 2017, TR Zeliang was declared as the undisputed leader by a majority of 34 MLAs, which was further supported by three more NPF MLAs. As such, it said 37 out of 47 recognised and sanctioned the leadership of TR Zeliang.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cSuch a sanction does not exist either with Yitachu or NPF party president whereas true to democracy, more than 2\/3 majority is in support of TR Zeliang,\u201d it asserted.<\/div>\n<div>It maintained that 37 MLAs form the majority group while 10 MLAs form the minority group in the NPF Party, adding that 10 MLAs cannot seek to control the 37 MLAs while the inference that 37 could control 10 was completely reasonable.<\/div>\n<div>Stating that Yitachu\u2019s claim on disqualification of NPF MLAs who vote against the party whip was true, the legislature party said if Yitachu and his \u201cmisguided colleagues\u201d understand the logic, it must not be difficult to figure out who and which group stood at the brink of disqualification.<\/div>\n<div>It said that the truth about appointment of Whip, by whom and in what Forum, would be made known at the time of voting or after voting on the floor of the House.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Also, the legislature party asked Yitachu to recollect how on the evening of February 16, 2017, legislators were summoned to NPF president Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie\u2019s residence by KG Kenye, MP (RS), and took the decision to ask Zeliang to step down from his chair immediately, wherein he succumbed to pressure tactics of Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie and KG Kenye.<\/div>\n<div>It stated that party functionaries in any political party had no authority to summon elected members and take decisions of the legislature party where there was incumbent chief minister and leader of the legislature party.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>It said Yitachu was against such dictatorial action earlier, but today he has become a different person just for the fear of losing his chair.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>The legislature party said it was Yitachu who had told Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie that a non-elected member could not be the Leader of the House (NPF Legislature Party). However, it said today Yitachu has changed his colour by stating that \u201cthe Leader of the House is Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie by virtue of being the CM\u201d contradicting every bit of his previous statement. It warned that more details would be divulged unless Yitachu stopped \u201chis baloney at the earliest.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, the legislature party also accused what it called \u2018One man-two posts\u2019 Sh\u00fcrhozelie and his 10 MLAs of misusing all available government machineries and completely tarnishing the image of NPF party\u2019s office as well as the CMO.<\/div>\n<div>The legislature party said it was for the Naga people to realize that the \u201cminority chief minister\u201d Sh\u00fcrhozelie and his 11 MLAS were turning out to be \u201cnothing more than imposters throttling the voice of Nagaland while turning the State into a laughing stock before the outside world.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>It reiterated that \u201cgratefulness\u201d was a quality that an erudite person like Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie should be able to display when confronted with hard facts and reality given the fact that Zeliang had initiated a smooth transition over to him. It said Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie should have reciprocated resisting the \u201cevil designs of his cronies and his personal greed for power.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>The legislature party said it was the 43 elected MLAs under Zeliang\u2019s leadership who have the mandate to run the affairs of the State and not the 11 MLAs out of the present effective strength in the 59-member house.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, it urged Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie to own moral responsibility on NPF party crisis since the day the MP, Neiphiu Rio left for Delhi. The legislature party stated that Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie has not been honest to himself and party legislators and became the chief minister out of the way. \u201cLet the Naga people judge who is representing their voice and mandate of the people,\u201d the legislature party added.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPF Legislature Party of the T.R. Zeliang camp has slammed government\u2019s spokesperson and school education &amp; SCERT minister, Yitachu, a day after he defended the position of the chief minister Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie Liezietsu by categorically making it clear dissident MLAs led by Zeliang \u201ccannot move a no-confidence motion\u201d against &nbsp;the &nbsp;chief minister. 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