https:\/\/www.dailypost.vu\/news\/ulmwp-president-confirms-government-in-waiting\/article_a2b485ad-b062-5257-ac0c-f8d97272ae5a.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR05xLkJrUDphoghvcn6MfdBkhNw0JPc8IbXY8dpIat_RdPpkroJ_p6Xhs8_aem_AfiGkBYDoS3rhyN2yJKzU6k7uTXXUgk4om6SHPXOm4ElmeR6sJd1qnP73oK-WzWI3qrBTHDmtvg1aF0F4ThmBeb9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has held a major internal meeting on the Island of New Guinea to reaffirm the Resolutions of the 2023 Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Approved by ULMWP President Benny Wenda and Prime Minister (PM) Edison Waromi, 12 Cabinet Ministers and seven Regional Executives have been reaffirmed in their existing roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this move, the ULMWP is building capacity on the ground and confirming its status as a government-in-waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Wenda said the ULMWP is the legitimate representative of West Papuans and is ready to represent West Papua at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first ULMWP Congress was held in November 2023 in Jayapura, West Papua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attended by over 5,000 West Papuans from all factions and all seven customary regions, the Congress attendees elected Mr. Benny Wenda as ULMWP President and Mr. Edison Waromi as Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final Congress Resolutions reaffirmed the ULMWP\u2019s existing 2020 Constitution, internal structure, and threefold roadmap of a) MSG full membership b) a UN Human Rights visit to West Papua c) a Self-Determination Referendum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An internal ULMWP meeting was held on the Island of New Guinea in April 2024, and was attended by the majority of the Executive and Cabinet. All Cabinet Ministers were invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ULMWP Executive clarified the results of the 2023 Congress and confirmed the Constitution and Congress Resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The existing ULMWP roadmap, constitution, and Green State Vision were all reaffirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Wenda confirmed the current 12 Cabinet Ministers and seven Regional Executives were all also reaffirmed in their existing roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are as follows: Department of Foreign Affairs \u2014 Dr Jacob Rumbiak, Department of Environment & Green State Policy \u2014 Ms Fanny Kogoya, Department of Home Affairs \u2013 Mr. Markus Haluk, Department of Justice & Rights of All Beings \u2013 Mr. Daniel Radongkir S.Sos, Department of Political Affairs \u2013 Mr. Bazoka Y Logo, TABI \u2013 Mr. Benny Yanteo, SAIRERI \u2013 Mr. Edison Kendi, DOMBERAI \u2013 Mr. Markus Yenu, BOMBERAI \u2013 Mr. Erick Fimbay, ANIMHA \u2013 Mr. Mathias Tambaip, MEE \u2013 PAGO \u2013 Mr. Habel Nawipa, LA \u2013 PAGO \u2013 Mr. Herman Kossay, Department of Indonesia Affairs \u2013 Mr. Jack W, Department of Melanesian Affairs \u2014 Costantinopel Ruhukael, Department of Women and Child affairs \u2013 Ms Iche R Morib, Department of Social and Cultural Affairs \u2013 Mr. Sem Awom, Department of Police \u2014 Dr Frans F Kapisa, Department of Defense -Mr. Manase Tabuni and Department of Finance \u2014 Ms Esther Game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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By Len Garae President Benny Wenda (centre) formalises Government-in-waiting in PNG. https:\/\/www.dailypost.vu\/news\/ulmwp-president-confirms-government-in-waiting\/article_a2b485ad-b062-5257-ac0c-f8d97272ae5a.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR05xLkJrUDphoghvcn6MfdBkhNw0JPc8IbXY8dpIat_RdPpkroJ_p6Xhs8_aem_AfiGkBYDoS3rhyN2yJKzU6k7uTXXUgk4om6SHPXOm4ElmeR6sJd1qnP73oK-WzWI3qrBTHDmtvg1aF0F4ThmBeb9 The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has held a major internal meeting on the Island of New Guinea to reaffirm the Resolutions of the 2023 Congress. Approved by ULMWP President Benny Wenda and Prime Minister (PM) Edison Waromi, 12 Cabinet Ministers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2102,"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions\/2102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}