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ULMWP brings petition from 150,000 West Papuans for prime minister
Vanuatu Daily Post - June 20, 2015
Douw says the petition is asking the Prime Minister of Vanuatu to support ULMWP to become a full member of the MSG.
The Vanuatu Prime Minister is to join other MSG member prime ministers at their Leaders' Summit in Honiara, Solomon Islands next week during which a vote is expected to be taken on the ULMWP's application for full membership of the MSG.
"I would like to present this petition to the new government of Prime Minister Sato Kilman, the Deputy Prime Minister, Moana Carcasses, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Serge Vohor to ask for Vanuatu's support at the Honiara Leaders' Summit vote on the application from ULMWP for full membership of MSG," ULMWP Ambassador Douw told the Daily Post Friday.
He said he had met with the DPM Moana Carcasses on Friday morning who expressed his strong support for West Papuan membership of MSG and that he promised to coordinate a meeting for him to visit the Prime Minister to present the petition containing the signatures of 150,000 people.
Douw confirmed he met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Serge Vohor, at 2pm Friday and he also confirmed his backing for the West Papuan application.
As of Friday evening Daily Posts understood the West Papuan leader was still awaiting confirmation of an appointment to meet with Prime Minister Kilman.
"In the Solomon Islands next week, the people of West Papua give their full trust to the Government of Vanuatu, for the longstanding support, for their full membership, so that West Papua can be brought back to the home of Melanesia which is MSG," he appealed to the Government of Vanuatu.
"We cannot go away to seek support from other regions except Melanesian leaders who are the beacon of hope for West Papua," he added.
The petition and the signatures are contained in two bound books each weighing about 16kg, and ULMWP Ambassador Amatus Douw says it is their intention that each of the leaders of the MSG members will receive a copy of the petition contained in the two books ahead of the Leaders' Summit.
A full official commitment of continued strong support for West Papua's full membership of MSG from the new government is still forthcoming, but sources close to the government say the Government will vote for West Papua.
Many people in Vanuatu want the Government to continue the leadership role the country has been taking on the West Papua issue including the vote for full membership for West Papua in MSG. And they are watching to see if this Government will continue this position at next week's crucial vote.
Source: http://www.dailypost.vu/news/article_66ca6ba8-f646-539e-80e5-0a6d675963b9.html.
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