Candidates urged to protect child rights
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 05 2009: The Manipur Alliance for Child Welfare today pressed all the political parties and candidates in the fray to include promises to take up steps to relief the problems facing by the children in Manipur in their election manifestos.
Speaking at a press conference, convener of the body, Montu Ahanthem said in the state, children who are consider to be future pillars of the society are facing various problems.
Many children have been victims of AFSPA, arm violence and HID/AIDS.
The issues related with the children who become orphans owing to HIV/AIDS are becoming victims of child labour and trafficking.
This could not keep aside.
So, politicians should promise to take up works for wipe out such evils from the society, Montu said appealing the electors to vote to those who could address the issue well.
He further observed that elections are the only way to bring a government which can address the public grievances and bring a great change.
So, people should elect those persons who could work sincerely for the welfare of the people.
If people voted to those candidates who can afford money, this would amount to diversion of the people representatives from taking up people’s welfare programmes, he said.
Convener of the Coalition on Children Rights Protection,
Children should be avail free education till Standard-V and check child labour and child trafficking.
ART treatment should be made to the children living with HIV/AIDS free of cost, she said.