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VANUATU FREE WEST PAPUA ASSOCIATION
By VFWPA
Feb 18, 2010, 01:49

Forwarding on press release from the
VANUATU FREE WEST PAPUA ASSOCIATION
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VANUATU FREE WEST PAPUA ASSOCIATION

c/ PMB 9096, Port Vila

PRESS RELEASE(16/2/2010)


Peaceful March In Support of West Papuan Independence to present petition to Prime Minister on Lini Day public holiday


On the public holiday for Lini Day on Monday next week (the 22nd February), the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA), in collaboration with the Vanuatu Christian Council (VCC), the National Council of Chiefs, the Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions (VCTU) and other civil society groups, is organizing a peaceful march in Port Vila to demonstrate the continued support of the people of Vanuatu for the independence of West Papua and to present a petition to the Prime Minister and the Government of Vanuatu urging greater Government support for West Papuan independence.

The VFWPA, which elected a new Executive last month, has been working closely with the VCC and other civil society representatives to raise awareness through church networks about this march, which will be the first time in many years that a public rally in support of the West Papua cause has been staged in the capital. The other partners in the march and petition include the Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions (VCTU), which is urging all union members to participate, and the National Council of Chiefs.

The march will start at Chantilly’s on Fatumaru Bay at 9am on Monday the 22nd, and will march to the Seafront Stage, where the Prime Minister will receive the petition. Members of the stakeholder organisations which are co-sponsoring the action, and members of the general public, are invited to assemble at Fatumaru Bay by 8am on Monday the 22nd, which is the public holiday for Lini Day. The march is being held on Lini Day in recognition of the late Father Walter Lini’s famous statement that “So long as any Pacific Islands remain colonized, none of us is free”.

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VANUATU FRI WEST PAPUA ASOSIESEN

c/ PMB 9096, Port Vila

PRES RILIS (16/2/2010)


Maj blong sapotem indipendens blong West Papua long pablik holidei blong Lini Dei bae i prisentem wan petisen long Praem Minista


Long pablik holidei blong Lini Dei long Mandei nekis wik (namba 22 Febuari), Vanuatu Fri West Papua Asosiesen (VFWPA) wetem Vanuatu Kristien Kaonsel (VCC), Malvatumauri Nasonal Kaonsel blong ol Jif, Vanuatu Kaonsel blong ol Tred Union (VCTU) mo sam narafala organaesesen bakegen bambae oli organaesem wan pisful maj long Port Vila blong soemaot se ol pipol blong Vanuatu oli sapotem yet indipendens blong West Papua. Semtaem maj ia bae i presentem wan petisen i go long Praem Minista mo Gavman blong askem Gavman blong mekem moa samting blong sapotem indipendens blong West Papua.

Vanuatu Fri West Papua Asosiesen i bin elektem wan niufala eksekutiv blong hem las manis, mo eksekutiv ia i stap wok kolosap naoia wetem VCC mo ol narafala ‘civil society’ organaesesen blong mekem aweanes long evri jioj raon long Port Vila mo Efate abaot maj mo petisen ia. Maj ia bambae hem i fes taem afta long fulap yia we Port Vila bae i luk bakegen wan aktiviti blong sapotem indipendens blong West Papua. VCTU o Vanuatu Kaonsel blong ol Tred Union, we hem tu hem i wan patna blong organaesem maj ia, hem i stap askem long evri union memba blong joenem maj. Wan narafala patna insaed long tingting ia hem i Malvatumauri Nasonal Kaonsel blong ol Jif.

Maj bae i stat long Chantilly’s long Fatumaru Bay long 9 klok long moning long Mande namba 22 Febuari, mo bae i wokbaot kasem long Sifran Stej. Praem Minista bae i risivim petisen long Sifran Stej. Ol memba blong evri organaesesen we oli givhan blong organaesem dei ia, mo ol memba blong pablik, evriwan oli gat invitesen blong kam long Fatumaru Bay long 8 klok long moning blong redi blong maj. Maj ia i stap long pablik holidei blong Lini Dei folem toktok we let Fata Walter Lini i bin talem long taem blong indipendens, se “Sipos i gat wan Pasifik aelan we hem i ‘colonised’ yet, i nogat wan blong yumi i fri”.


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