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Speech Dutch MP: Mr. C.G. van der Staaij (SGP/Christian Conservatives)
By WPNews
Dec 6, 2011, 13:12

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Dear people,

The fact that you are gathered here proves the resilience and tenacity of the Papuan people. That is something to be proud of. The flag is hoisted again. It has been 50 years that the Papuan flag was hoisted for the first time, and I am honored to be able to speak for you today.

The flag shows us the Morning Star, it is the Morning Star-flag, and what strikes me most is that the Morning Star is visible even before dawn is breaking. Even when it’s pitch-dark, we can see the Morning Star.
I know that many of you look forward to the Morning Star for a long time, but all you see is darkness and obscurity in Papua. That you have to bear that human rights are being offended, that the world remains silent, that so little respect is shown for your culture, that so little autonomy is admitted and that is why it remains so dark.
I want to say to you today, we will peer with you into darkness, we cannot make false promises that we will take care of your Morning Star, but what we can say is that we are with you and we will support you, and we will not forget you.
In Parliament, during the budget debates, we emphasized more then ever in the last few years what is going on in Papua. We forcefully encouraged our government to stand up for the Papuan people. Plea for their autonomy.
Turn against human rights violations. Make sure that Papuan culture is respected. We have emphasized that and we will continue to do so.

Dear people, it was said here, The Netherlands will not forget us, as this boy shows us, this appeals to us and we feel it that way. So I say to you, we will not forget your grandfather, nor your mother, and we will not forget you.
You can rely on us to uphold Papuan interests in Parliament. You are fighting a just and righteous cause, with dignity and peacefully. And let us look forward from darkness to The Morning Star. I thank you.

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