It issued a 12-point declaration that demanded among others, guarantees of autonomous rights of indigenous nationalities in new constitution.[break]
The meeting also formed a Tamuwan Unified Struggle Committee to pressure the government and major political parties to address their demands.
"If the government doesn´t give us a new constitution that addresses our demand, we will launch a movements that will be stronger than the mass movement of 2006," said Kumbha Raj Gurung, acting president of the newly formed struggle committee.
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