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3. As the members had repeatedly called for mobilization and training of
militia volunteers to be started, the Assembly should discuss and decide how
a militia force would be raised, trained and deployed.
The Speaker said that, as directed by His Majesty the King, the house should
decide whether the agreed minutes signed between the Royal Government and
the ULFA leaders should be endorsed and then discuss the course of action that
the Government should take on this issue.
The people’s representatives of Lhuntse, Wangdi Phodrang, Tsirang and
Trongsa Dzongkhags said that the Assembly should endorse the agreed minutes
signed between the Royal Government and the ULFA leaders as it opened a
small path for a peaceful solution of the militant problem. At the same time,
there should be no complacency on account of the agreement and preparations
for military action should still be continued. They also pledged that the people
were ready to raise a militia force.
The Deputy Minister of the National Environment Commission recommended
that the agreed minutes signed between the Royal Government and the ULFA
representatives should be endorsed by the house and time should be given until
December this year to see how the provisions under the agreement are
implemented.
The Chairman of the Lhengye Zhuntshog requested the National Assembly to
endorse the agreed minutes signed by the Royal Government and the ULFA
representatives. In keeping with the decision of the National Assembly, the
Royal Government had been seeking peaceful means so far to resolve the
problem. The ULFA had, however, not complied with the Royal Government’s
insistence that they leave Bhutan. In view of the serious concern that all the
members had on the issue, it was decided by the National Assembly that in the
event peaceful means fail, the military option would be resorted to. It would,
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