KU`E PETITION, ANNEXATION AND THE U.S. & U.N. OWN INVESTIGATION OF HAWAII. What can you do about it? In 1897, Hawaiians submitted a petition to Congress with 29,000 signatures opposing annexation, and petitions to the Republic of Hawaii, asking that annexation be put to a public vote. They were never permitted to vote on the issue. In all, three separate Treaties of Annexation were sent to congress. All three failed. In the end, Hawaii was annexed by a joint resolution of Congress. But Congress did not have the legal authority to do so. A joint resolution of Congress has no legal standing in a foreign country, which is what Hawaii remained, even under the provisional government. Sovereignty of Hawaii was formally transferred to the United States at ceremonies at `Iolani Palace on Aug. 12, 1898. Sanford Dole spoke as the newly appointed governor of the Territory of Hawaii. The Hawaiian anthem, Hawaii Pono `I -- with words written by King Kalakaua -- was played at the Hawaiian flag was lowered, and replaced by the American flag and The Star-Spangled Banner. The Hawaiian people had lost their land, their monarchy and now their independence. The American plantation owners were now free of the import tariffs; small matter that the Hawaiian people had lost their independence along the way. Even this act of transfer was illegal under international, law. Under the Hague convention of 1907, the United States government was required to enforce Hawaiian law rather than its own, but failed to do so. By annexing Hawaii without a treaty, then stationing military forces on the islands, the US, while a belligerent nation in wartime, committed an unprovoked incursion into a neutral nation and established military forces there. Hawaii was placed on the list of non self-governing territories by the United Nations, with the United States as trustee, under Article 73. Under the UN charter, the status of a territory can only be changed by a special vote, called a plebiscite, held among the inhabitants of the territory. That plebiscite is required to have three choices on the ballot. The first choice is to become a part of the trustee nation. In Hawaiis case that meant to become a state. The second choice was to remain a territory. And the third choice, required by the UN Charter, was the option for independence. For Hawaii, that meant no longer being a territory of the United States and returning to being an independent sovereign nation. In 1959 Hawaiis plebiscite vote was held, and again, the United States government bent the rules. The plebiscite ballot only had the choice between statehood and remaining a territory. No option for independence appeared on the ballot as was required under the UN charter. Cheated out of their independence yet again, Hawaiians voted for the lesser of two evils and became the 50th state. In 1988, a investigation by the United States Justice Department concluded that Congress did not have the authority to annex Hawaii by joint resolution. On November 23, 1993, President Clinton signed United States Public Law 103-150, which not only acknowledged the illegal actions committed by the United States in the overthrow of the legitimate government of Hawaii, but also that the Hawaiian people never surrendered their sovereignty. The latter is the most important part of United States Public Law 103-150 for it makes it quite clear that the Hawaiian people never legally ceased to be a sovereign separate independent nation. There is no argument that can change that fact. United States Public Law 103-150, despite its polite language, is an official admission that the government of the United States illegally occupies the territory of the Hawaiian people. In 1999, the United Nations confirmed that the plebiscite vote that led to Hawaiis statehood was in violation of article 73 of the United Nations charter. The Hawaii statehood vote, under treaty then in effect, was illegal and non-binding. Knowing these facts should be reason enough to support Joe Kamaka for State Senate. Joe Kamaka is Kanaka, and he knows that the issues surrounding the Native Hawaiians seriously needs to be addressed. today, Native Hawaiian families in Hawai‘i have the lowest means of family income of all major ethnic groups in the state. Per capita income calculations confirm that Native Hawaiians are socioeconomically disadvantaged. The cost of living in the state of Hawai‘i is among the highest in the United States. When we adjust for differences in the cost of living, the median and per capita income of the national Native Hawaiian population is substantially lower than comparable national figures. Poverty rates consistently show the high socioeconomic need among Native Hawaiians in the state of Hawai‘i. The terms of statehood requires that the state of Hawaii must provide care and treatment of the Native Hawaiian population. When the US Government pays-out the state monies to be used for the better treatment and care of Native Hawaiians, the state automatically removes 80% of monies meant for us and puts it in their General Fund, and none of us ever see that money. The time is now! How long will this continue to happen? Today, we have the opportunity to fight back and shout our voices out loud so that it can be heard and that opportunity is Joe Kamaka! Joe Kamaka is running for State Senate District 5 and he can make a difference for our people! We need to get more Kanaka involved in the voting process, politics and government...ALL OF US need to unite together! Too often are we left aside and treated like 4th class citizens. We are often ignored as outcasts and our cries go on unheard! I say enough! Lets rally our people and vote in 2014! If you are not registered, than message me, Daniel Querubin or Joe Kamaka and we will help you get registered. If every single Kanaka in Hawaiian Homes 18 yrs of age and older votes for Joe Kamaka, that would secure him in office and finally we would have one of our own to fight for us and no longer will our cries go unheard! Please show Joe some support by (click on the link Joe Kamaka below) going to his page and LIKE his page. We need all of you to make a difference and change the way the government treats us.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:05:19 +0000
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