The JKLF young men I have been corresponding with since 9/11 on the Internet have suggested to me, and I have advocated with my Members of the US Congress and both our two US Senators that the ANDORRAN MODEL might work.
President Musharraf defacto seemed to advocate and prefer the Andorran Model, too, from what I read at the time.
The Andorran Model, which settled the 700+ year old dispute between France and Spain, would do the following for the THREE PARTS of Kashmir:
1. It would leave international relations and national security control respectively in the hands of Pakistan, India, and Chinia "as is" in terms of boundaries. A never before thought of but perhaps sound idea which could emerge might be a Mutual Defense Pact between Pakistan, India, and China against both "internal and external" terrorism which would help end the outsider violence coming out of the Stans and other related bordering nations where law and order as understood in a \"civilized sense" is lacking.
2. It would allow for election of a unified, single Parliament of Kashmir which could initially meet on a rotating basis in the current territorial capitals of PAK; IAK; and CAK (A= Administered in all cases).
3. Domestic laws, public education, commerce, housing, public health, etc. would be nationally unified via the Parliamentary laws to be enacted by the single Kashmiri Parliament.
4. I would throw in that freedom of religion, as well as freedom from religion, the right not to be coerced into any faith system one does not subscribe to, would be a good touchstone to a unified Kashmir future Constitution arranged in this loose Confederation style.
One of the major worries between [mainly] Pakistan and India has been water sources control/ownership to include present and proposed dams. The existing water treaty and agreements would be ruled on by the Parliament of Kashmir in terms of revenues from Pakistan and India, and China if appropriate, to fund the Parliament and internal operations of the government of Kashmir, housing, schools, etc, etc.
A rough cut idea but is most likely to win the support and agreement from Pakitan, India, and China, in my humble view.
Uniquely the JKLF have said via e-mails over recent years to me that this is the most likely to be accepted by the people inside Kashmir whom they and the JKLF regularly deal with, directly.
Thank you for allowing this outsider to offer an input which in fact originates from the JKLF folks I have gotten to know via e-mail over the past 9 years. Understand that I only listen to the JKLF because they and their primary leader in recent years have renounced violence.
George L. Singleton, Colonel, USAF, Retired
USA
