PM Sogavare On Final Leg of Second MSG Tour

By PM Press –March 13, 2017

MSG Chair, Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare of Solomon Islands.

Chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has arrived in the Papua New Guinea Capital this evening to complete his second visit of the MSG Capitals.

Hon Sogavare already visited two other M-S-G capitals of Port Vila, Vanuatu, and Suva, Fiji in January this year.

He did not travel to Port Moresby because his counterpart, Peter O’Neil was unavailable at the time.

Hon Sogavare did meet New Caledonia’s FLNKs representative in his January visit to Port Vila.

The MSG Chair uses his MSG Capital visits to discuss issues affecting and of concern to MSG Members.

His meeting with his PNG Counterpart is scheduled for Wednesday March 15^th.

Tomorrow, Hon Sogavare will pay a courtesy call on Governor General, His Excellency Bob Dadae.

Hon Sogavare is accompanied by Madame Sogavare, the Secretary to the MSG Chair, Mr Rence Sore and two other officers from the Prime Minister’s Office and two Close-Protection Police officers.

March 15, 2017 0

West Papua Problem Will Only be Solved in Melanesian Way, by Melanesian Leaders

West Papua Liberation Army (WPRA) Secretary-General, towards the end term of his office before the secretariat-general office is being ended by its Commander in Chief, Gen. WPRA Mathias Wenda, made a public statement last night that “West Papua Problem Will Only be Solved in Melanesian Way, by Melanesian leaders“, in reply to written questions sent by PMNews (Free West Papua News at papuapost.com via Email and Mobile Text Message.

PMNews: Hello, this is from PMNews again, we would like to ask some questions in relation to current development of West Papua independence campaign. It was reported recently that the Solomon Islands Prime Minister as the Chair of Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has toured and met other Melanesian leaders, except the PNG Prime Minister. What do you make out of this development?

WPRA: We thank to God, Almighty, creator of our Melanesian Islands, particularly the home of Melanesians, the Isle of New Guinea, and to our Melnaesian leaders, who are already standing up for their own people and our common identity as Melanesians.

About the current progress of MSG Chair meeting other MSG leaders, we are really grateful that this is happening. About MSG Chair not yet met PNG Premier, please PMNews,do not worry about this. This is exactly we call “The Melaensian Way”. The most obvious feature of the “Melanesian Way” is: UNPREDICTABLE. Please not it, Melanesians are unpredictable, what we do always unpredictable. When Barack Obama, Donal Trump, T. May, Joko Widodo say something, then most of us will be able to predict what they mean and what they imply at the same time. But when Melanesian peoples say something, they can mean something totally different, it is just unpredictable.

PMNews: United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) was promised to be accepted as Full Member of the MSG by early 2017, but this did not happen. Do you think this is also related to “The Melanesian Way”?

WPRA: You are absolutely right. You got it now. That is exactly why I said, we are Melanesians, and we are unpredictable.What we do is the same as the modern world do things. Melanesians are Melanesians. West Papua Issue is now Melanesian Issue, and we are now already dealing with it. Do not do things in Melanesia according to the Western mindset. It will have a counter-productive outcome.

PMNews: Does it mean Melanesian leaders can make promises but then it is OK if they do not deliver?

WPRA: You were already good in previous question, but now you got it wrong in this question. PLEASE: Do not focus on semi-membership and full-membership. That is western mind. Please focus on “membership”. Full stop. ULMWP is ALREADY a member of the MSG, full stop.

Be thankful, work on it, cultivate and nurture communication and collaboration with Melanesian leaders, our own leaders. Do not treat PNG Premier and Solomon Premier as different peoples. They are just one: Melanesian leaders.

West Papua just born into Melanesian family, a new born baby. Do not ask for food yet, milk first. Work first, cultivate first, nurture first, then things will evolve automatically and naturally. We are not talking about other peoples. We are talking about our own Melanesia and Melanesians. Think in Melanesian Way, Act in Melanesian Way.

PMNews: Elaborate more on the “Melaensian Way” that you are talking about.

WPRA: Just one short story. If you want a girl from another clan, what do you normally do? You must behave, you must show yourself capable man, know how to build house, make garden, and be a man, a husband. If your thinking and behavior is like a small kids, no woman will be willing to marry you, no clan will approve you to get their daughter.

You do not need to go around, you do not need to go to their men’s houses and put notice and distribute leaflets asking for support for your marriage with the girl. You do not need to ask other boys to join you in your demonstration. That will make the whole thing counter-productive, right?

What you should do is “behave”, do things that Melanesian peoples do in order to get attention, and in order to get support!

When we Melanesians live long time in the west, then we forget our own Melanesian Way. This is why we say we are Melanesians, but we do in western way. “Our Voice is like that of Jacob’s, but our skin feels like that of Esau’s”. What a game we are into now.

Get out from there. Be Melanesians, do things in Melanesian Way.

Everything is already on the right track. Nothing to worry about. Just TRUST….

Trust in God and His miracles;
Trust in Melanesia and Melanesian leaders’ wisdom
Trust in Yourselves as Melanesians in West Papua.

And then…

As far as possible, avoid to trust opinion from Non-Melanesian(s), because they have their own interests and we do not want them to change our course into their course;
As far as possible, DELETE doubt in yourself, and in your own Melanesian peoples, because that is the deadliest disease that we can have in order to destroy us Melanesians and our future; and
Only then, you can have the capability to absorb and comprehend ideas and suggestions from outside Melanesia, and then you can properly make use of things coming from outside.

PMNews: Your advice is not really easy, because we are in a globalised world, out West Papuan leaders now live in the West and we do not know what things they are getting from there and what things they want to use to Free West Papua.

WPRA: The right Melanesian leaders from West Papua will choose to live in one of Melanesian states, just like what Any Ayamiseba and The Late Dr. OPM John Otto Ondawame did. If they choose to live in the western countries, we will surely know that they dot not FULLY represent West Papuans, but they PARTLY represent non-Melanesians as well.

PMNwes: Any advice for Melanesian youths in West Papua and all over Indonesia?

WPRA: Not now, nothing to say for them right now.

Since 2004, WPRA has already been active in building bases for Free West Papua Campaign across Melanesian states. Since 2006, or ten years ago, we already have moved the Field of West Papua Political Match from Western New Guinea to Eastern New Guinea. Therefore, the match now is happening in PNG, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Kanaky and Vanuatu, not in West Papua or Indonesia anymore.

There is no comment for spectators. When there is a match, people normally give comments on the match, not on the spectators. Thank you.

January 27, 2017 0

Bicarakan keanggotaan West Papua, Sogavare mulai tur MSG

Ketua Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG), Perdana Menteri Kepulauan Solomon Manasseh Sogavare saat bertemu pimpinan ULMWP di Honiara tahun lalu - Jubi/Victor Mambor — Ketua Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG), Perdana Menteri Kepulauan Solomon Manasseh Sogavare saat bertemu pimpinan ULMWP di Honiara tahun lalu – Jubi/Victor Mambor

Jayapura, Jubi – Ketua Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG), Perdana Menteri Kepulauan Solomon Manasseh Sogavare memulai turnya ke Ibukota negara-negara anggota MSG, Jumat (13/1/2017).

Dilansir RNZI (13/1) Tur ini dilakukan Sogavare setelah gagalnya penyelenggaraan KTT para pemimpin MSG tahun lalu akibat perbedaan pandang bagaimana memposisikan diri terhadap isu West Papua.

Bulan lalu, beberapa menteri luar negeri negara-negara MSG bertemu di Port Vila dan membuat rekomendasi keanggotaan MSG, namun Frank Bainimarama , Perdana Menteri Fiji tidak hadir.

Kepulauan Solomon dan Vanuatu selama ini yang terus membuka diri mengakomodir keanggotaan penuh West Papua di MSG sementara Fiji dan PNG menolaknya.

Indonesia yang menganggap West Papua adalah bagian Melanesia dari NKRI, sebagai anggota asosiasi berkeinginan mencegah ULMWP mendapatkan keanggotaan penuh di MSG.

Sogavare dijadwalkan bertemua Charlot Salwai, kolega politiknya di Port Vila serta juru bicara gerakan FLNKS Kaledonia Baru, Victor Tutugoro. DIa kemudian bertolak ke ke Suva, Fiji dan Port Moresby, PNG.

Menurut informasi kantor Perdana Menteri Kepulauan Solomon, melalui tur tersebut Sogavare juga akan mengajukan Revisi Kriteria status Keanggotaan Observer, Keanggotaan Associate dan Pedoman baru MSG kepada para pemimpin tersebut.

Perdana Menteri bersama delapan anggota delegasinya, termasuk sekretaris MSG, pejabat kementerian luar negeri dan perdagangan serta anggota kepolisian khusus akan kembali ke Honiara 26 Januari mendatang.(*)

January 16, 2017 0

Sogavare: Demi West Papua, MSG akan luaskan dukungan

PM Kepulauan Solomon, Manasseh Sogavare saat bertemu ULMWP di Honiara, awal tahun 2016 - Dok. Jubi — PM Kepulauan Solomon, Manasseh Sogavare saat bertemu ULMWP di Honiara, awal tahun 2016 – Dok. Jubi

Jayapura, Jubi – Perdana Menteri Kepulauan Solomon, Manasseh Sogavare menegaskan bahwa Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG) akan mengikutsertakan Mikronesia, Polinesia, dan negeri-negeri Afrika untuk berjuang melawan pelanggaran HAM di West Papua.

Sogavare mengungkapkan hal tersebut di hadapan Parlemen Kepulauan Solomon ketika ditanyakan oleh Pemimpin Oposisi, Jeremiah Manele, Kamis, (15/12) seperti dilansir Solomon Star Jum’at (16/12/2016).

Menurut Sogavare, Papua Nugini dan Fiji sudah jelas memilih jalan berbeda atas persoalan West Papua dan tidak berkeinginan mengikuti tujuan dan pendirian MSG.

“PNG itu berbatasan langsung dengan Indonesia dan memilih lebih berhat-hati, sedangkan Fiji sudah punya hubungan yang kokoh dengan Indonesia,” ujar Sogavare.

Atas dasar itulah, lanjutnya, Kepulauan Solomon, Vanuatu, dan Kaledonia baru akan mengikutsertakan negeri-negeri Mikronesia dan Polinesia serta kelompok non aliansi di Afrika,” ujarnya.

Lebih lanjut Sogavare menegaskan pemerintahannya akan terus melanjutkan diplomasi terkait isu West Papua melalui pengiriman utusan khusus untuk berkonsultasi dan menjalin hubungan di negeri-negeri Pasifik.

“Kami kirimkan utusan untuk bicara dengan para pemimpin di dalam lingkaran kami sendiri dan keluar Melanesia,” ujar Ketua MSG tersebut.

Rex Horoi adalah utusan khusus Kepulauan Solomon untuk persoalan West Papua. Sogavare mengatakan masa tugas utusan tersebut akan berakhir setelah dua tahun periode kepemimpinannya di MSG.

Namun, Sogavare menghendaki persoalan ini dibicarakan di Parlemen untuk mencari cara agar tugas-tugas (penanganan West Papua) tersebut bisa tetap berlanjut walau kepemimpinannya di MSG selesai.

Indonesia sebaiknya memahami

Jeremiah Manele, Pemimpin Oposisi parlemen Solomon di kesempatan itu mengakui bahwa persoalan West Papua adalah isu kompleks karena keterkaitan antara pelanggaran HAM dan penentuan nasib sendiri.

Namun, lanjutnya, inilah pertama kalinya Pemerintah Solomon mengambil langkah proaktif terkait kebijakan ini.

“Penting sekali bagi Indonesia untuk memahami posisi kita,” kata Manele sambil berharap bahwa konsultasi dan jalinan hubungan dua arah di Pasifik tersebut dapat berlanjut. “Hal itu bisa membantu Indonesia mengerti darimana asal usul kita,” tambahnya.

Manele juga mendukung kebijakan pemerintah Kepulauan Solomon terhadap West Papua dengan menambahkan bahwa pendekatan yang sudah dilakukan sekarang tidak kontra produktif.

“Saya kira sebaiknya memang pendekatan konsultatif dan lebih dua arah harus kita lanjutkan terkait persoalan ini, agar tidak kontra produktif,” ujarnya.

Manele juga mendukung gagasan melanjutkan kebijakan ini di Parlemen setelah periode Horoi berakhir.

Awal November lalu sebuah pernyataan sikap dari Kelompok Oposisi Parlemen sempat menggugat Perdana Menteri Sogavare atas kebijakannya yang dinilai sangat konfrontatif terkait West Papua. Oposisi menghendaki perubahan pendekatan terkait isu tersebut.

“Kita semua peduli masalah pelanggaran HAM di West Papua. Namun ada cara lain menangani isu ini ketimbang mengambil pendekatan konfrontatif seperti yang dilakukan Perdana Menteri. Itu tak saja sudah mengintervensi kedaulatan Indonesia, namun juga urusan domestik negara itu,” ujar pernyataan tersebut.

Namun, dengan pernyataan tanggapan Jeremiah Manele, pemimpin oposisi, Kamis lalu itu di hadapan parlemen, tampaknya Pemerintah Solomon dan Parlemen pada akhirnya melanjutkan komitmen mengadvokasi persoalan pelanggaran HAM dan penentuan nasib sendiri West Papua dengan pendekatan yang lebih partisipatif.(*)

December 18, 2016 0

PM: MSG seeks wider support for West Papua

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has include Micronesia, Polynesia, and African countries to fight against human rights violations in West Papua.

Mr Sogavare explained this in Parliament when asked by Opposition Leader, Jeremiah Manele on Thursday.

He said Papua New Guinea and Fiji have taken different stand on this issue and did not want to follow the purpose and stand of MSG.

“PNG shares the same border with Indonesia and want to take cautious and Fiji has fixed connections with Indonesia,” Mr Sogavare said.

“Therefore, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia will include the Micronesia and Polynesia countries ply non alliance group in Africa,” he said.

Furthermore, Mr Sogavare said the government will continue with the shuttle diplomacy of sending the envoy to consult and engage in Pacific countries.

“We send our envoy to talk with the leaders within our own circle and outside of Melanesia,” the MSG chair said.

Rex Horoi is the Solomon Islands’ special envoy to West Papua.

Mr Sogavare said the envoy’s term will end after his two years with MSG lapses.

However, he wants to take it up to Parliament to find ways to continue after the chair of MSG ends.

Opposition leader, Mr Manele said it’s a complex issue because it involves self-determination and human rights.

However, he said this is the first time for the government to take a proactive step on this policy.

“It’s important for Indonesia to understand our position,” Mr Manele said.

“I hope the engagement and consultation go on, can help Indonesia to understand where we are coming from,” he added.

“I guess it’s advisable for more engaging and consultative approach we continue to take on this matter, at the end of the day, not counter-productive,” he said.

Mr Manele supports the idea to continue with a policy in Parliament after the end of Mr Horoi’s term.

By EDDIE OSIFELO

December 18, 2016 0

Solomon Islands Signs Melanesian Free Trade Agreement

Prime Minister Sogavare signing the new MSG Free Trade Agreement. Looking on are the Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon Milner Tozaka, Deputy Director-General of the MSG Secretariat, Mr Kilpak and an Administrative Officer from the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ms Joy Tealiklava.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare became the first Melanesian leader to sign the MSG Melanesian Free Trade Agreement, pledging his government’s full support for ratification of the Trade Agreement, as formalities are set down.

The MSG Free Trade Agreement is an expansion of the former agreements and includes trade in services, investment and labour mobility.

Prime Minister Sogavare who is also the MSG Chair, was elated at the new development in the sub-regional trade deal saying the agreement signals a new area for trade within the Melanesian region.

“Solomon Islands is happy to sign. Strategically, it is the right thing to do now”, he said when signing the new Melanesian Free Trade Agreement last Friday in Honiara.

He hailed the new trade agreement as ‘one of the answers’ to aid the economies of the Melanesian bloc, praising the contributions of the MSG Secretariat, as he thanked the MSG delegation. “Melanesia countries have more to gain out of this opportunity and I am excited as MSG Chair,” he said.

He said the signing of the new free trade agreement will harness the strengths and tap the opportunities of the Melanesian economies as they move to implement a free and integrated trade zone.

“It is just appropriate that we conclude this signing process,” he said, “As the Pacific island countries are moving towards completing the regional PACER- PLUS with Australia and New Zealand”.

The Melanesia Free Trade Agreement will come into force as long as two MSG Members ratify the Agreement.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon Milner Tozaka said the Cabinet of Solomon Islands agreed to ratify the Trade Agreement once ratification processes are put in place.

Deputy Director General of MSG Secretariat Molean Kilepak said the next countries to sign will be Fiji and Papua New Guinea followed by Vanuatu.

Mr Kilepak thanked Prime Minister Sogavare on behalf of the Director General Amena Yauvoli, for taking the lead as the first country to ink the milestone achievement.

“It is a milestone for the MSG Secretariat and a great achievement for Melanesia”, said Mr Kilepak.

The signing was witnessed by Minister Tozaka, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Joseph Ma’ahanua, Special Secretary to MSG Chair, Mr Rence Sore and MSG Secretariat Programme Manager, Trade and Investment, Mr John Licht.

November 22, 2016 0

Move to kick Solomons PM out of party invalid: AG

radionz – The Solomon Islands attorney general says a decision to revoke the party membership of the prime minister is invalid.

Manasseh Sogavare Photo: RNZI Koroi Hawkins

Pacnews reported James Apaniai saying that, in his opinion, the United Democratic Party president Sir Thomas Chan did not comply with the regulations of the Political Parties Integrity Act or his party’s own constitution when he terminated prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s party membership earlier this month.

Mr Apaniai said according to the UDP’s constitution only a disciplinary committee can terminate an individual’s party membership.

He said there were also no charges laid against Mr Sogavare which is required by both the Political Party Integrity Act regulations as well as the UDP party’s constitution.

The attorney general said the original decision was reached after discussions between the executives of the three government coalition parties which he said was also wrong as party membership is an internal matter.

Mr Apaniai also clarified that the status of Mr Sogavare’s party membership had no bearing on his position as prime minister.

November 21, 2016 0

Pacific Solomon Islands 18 Nov 2016 MSG secretariat pencils date for leaders summi

RadioNZ – The director-general of the Melanesian Spearhead Group says the secretariat has a proposed date for a leaders summit to discuss West Papuan membership.

Leaders of Melanesian Spearhead Group gather for a meeting in Noumea, June 2013. — MSG members are yet to settle on a date for their summit. Photo: RNZI / Johnny Blades

Amena Yauvoli told Vanuatu media that 20 December is the proposed date for the summit in Port Vila, with the secretariat awaiting a consensus on the matter among members.

The meeting was postponed for a second time in early October, and the secretariat had since been unable to pin down a date that works for all leaders from the five full MSG members.

The five are Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia’s FLNKS Kanaks Movement.

They are due to deliberate on an application for full membership by the United Liberation Movement for West Papua which is opposed by Indonesia.

The Liberation Movement was granted observer status in the MSG in 2015, while Indonesia is an associate member.

In a sign of the sensitivity around the issue within the MSG, leaders have this year deferred a number of summits where West Papuan membership was a priority item.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare — Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare, who is the current MSG chairman, has been instrumental in advancing the West papuan membership issue. Photo: RNZI

The annual MSG leaders summit was held in Honiara in July after several late changes of venue and date.

In Honiara, leaders deferred their decision on the Liberation Movement’s application for full membership, saying adequate membership criteria had to be developed first.

Vanuatu’s prime minister Charlot Salwai subsequently explained that since last year MSG membership criteria had been developed which did not reflect the group’s founding principles.

Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and the FLNKS are understood to support the Liberation Movement for full membership, with PNG and Fiji inclining towards Jakarta’s stand on the matter.

PNG Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato (right) talking to his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi. Photo: Supplied

Amid frustrations with the availability of all members, reports have surfaced that the MSG could make a decision on Papuan membership if three of the five full members were present.

Meanwhile, according to Mr Yauvoli, as well as the membership matter, MSG leaders are required to meet in order to approve the secretariat’s 2017 budget.

The secretariat has struggled with a lack of resourcing in recent years, with some full members not paying their full fee commitments.

November 18, 2016 0

Sogavare tetap bertugas sebagai perdana menteri

Perdana Menteri Kepulauan Solomon, Manasseh Sogavare bersama Presiden JICA, Shinichi Kitaoka di Honiara, Rabu (16/11/2016).—Solomonstarnews.com

Honiara, Jubi – Kendati disingkirkan dari partai politiknya tempat bernaung, Perdana Menteri Kepulauan Solomon, Manasseh Sogavare tetap bertugas sebagai perdana menteri. Rabu (16/11/2016), Sogavare menerima kunjungan presiden badan kerjasama pembangunan internasional dari Jepang (JICA), Shinichi Kitaoka.

Dalam pertemuan itu, Sogavare berterima kasih kepada Kitaoka atas kerjasama pembangunan yang telah dilakukan bersama Kepulauan Solomon. Sogavare berharap agar kerjasama itu terus berlanjut.

Shinichi mengatakan bahwa JICA berencana melanjutkan kerjasama membantu Kepulauan Solomon dalam bidang pembangunan infrastruktur, perubahan iklim, manajemen air dan limbah dan pembangunan sumber daya manusia.

Sogavare berharap agar JICA juga bisa mendukung rencana pemerintah Kepulauan Solomon dalam memerangi korupsi, perubahan iklim dan strategi manajemen infrastruktur. Ia juga menjelaskan bahwa pemerintah tengah menjalankan reformasi untuk memperkuat stabilitas politik.

Kitaoka mengatakan stabilitas politik adalah syarat utama dan terpenting dalam pembangunan yang berkelanjutan. JICA sebagai badan kerjasama Pemerintah Jepang akan terus mendukung pemerintahan Kepulauan Solomon. Ia juga mengaku senang dengan kinerja JICA di Honiara.

Dukungan

Setelah Partai Persatuan Demokratik (UDP) menyingkirkan Sogavare sebagai anggota, ia tetap terlihat optimistis akan tetap menjalani masa jabatannya hingga tahun keempat. “Kaukus pemerintahan telah menunjukkan dukungan kuat bagi kepemimpinan Perdana Menteri Manasseh Sogavare,” ujar Kaukus Pemerintahan dalam pernyataan pers yang dirilis pekan lalu sesaat sesudah muncul pengumuman pencabutan keanggotaan Sogavare dari UDP.

Salah seorang pimpinan UDP, Barnabas Henson, mengatakan bahwa Sogavare memang akan tetap menjadi perdana menteri meski disingkirkan dari UDP kecuali Sogavare dicopot oleh parlemen.

Para anggota parlemen dari UDP juga telah menyatakan dukungannya kepada Sogavare. UDP adalah anggota koalisi pembentuk pemerintahan bersama dua partai lainnya yaitu partai aliansi rakyat (PAP) dan partai Kadere. Ketiga partai itu membentuk koalisi demokratik untuk perubahan (DCC). (*)

November 17, 2016 0

Leave West Papua Issue Alon: Faisi

theislandsun.com – THE Leader of Free West Papua Movement in Solomon Islands has called on political parties to leave West Papua issue alone.

Speaking to this paper, Mr Samson Faisi said it is disappointing to see a National Leader use West Papua as a reason to topple Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.

He pointed out that there are many important reasons the political parties put to represent their point but not West Papua.

Mr Faisi said Political Parties should find arguments on failed party policies the current government fail to deliver as their base of argument.

He strongly condemn Sir Nathaniel Waena’s statement in the paper yesterday to support the call for the Prime Minister to step down.

“Leave West Papua out of the political issue, West Papua issue deals with human safety and freedom as a human being we should think again.

“It is disappointing to see national leaders acting childish,” Mr Faisi said.

He said he is also an active member of a Political Party and that such statement not only shame but also cause embracement on the country.

Mr Faisi said the West Papua issues is dealing with safety and freedom of humanity and that leaders should see the real issue rather than talking nonsense.

He said seven countries in the Pacific are behind the fight to free West Papua and it is a shame for Solomon Islands to pick on West Papua as scapegoat in the current Political uphill.

Meanwhile Mr Faisi salutes Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare for his support toward West Papua.

November 16, 2016 0