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“Palden Drukpa Gyalo” and strive for victory in a conflict thrust upon the
nation.
The Speaker noted that, as stated in the views expressed by the Chairman of the
Council of Ministers and many members, the Assembly was unanimous in
endorsing the agreed minutes of the meeting held between the Royal
Government and the ULFA leaders, and for giving the ULFA time to implement
their commitment to remove four of their camps within December 2001. The
Speaker, therefore, concluded the debate on this issue and called on the
members to focus the discussion on the course of action that should be taken if
the ULFA do not remove their camps within December this year, as agreed by
them.
The people’s representatives of Haa, Chukha, Bumthang, Samtse, Sarpang,
Samdrup Jongkhar and Dagana Dzongkhags and the BCCI representative said
that the Royal Government should wait to see whether the ULFA will remove
four of their camps within December 2001, as agreed by them in the agreed
minutes of the meeting their leaders had signed with the Royal Government. If
they do not implement the provisions of the agreed minutes, it then definitely
calls for military action to be taken in accordance to the resolution of the 78 th
Session of the National Assembly, to remove the militants from Bhutanese soil.
Similarly, a Royal Advisory Councillor and the Samtse Dzongda said that the
ULFA should be given the time frame laid down in the agreed minutes to
implement the commitment given by them. However, if they do not honour
their own commitment, it would then mean that peaceful measures have been
exhausted and military action will have to be taken to remove them.
The Foreign Minister expressed his view that, as submitted by many
representatives of the people, the Royal Government’s efforts to solve the
problem peacefully would come to an end if the ULFA do not honour the
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