An Australian advocacy group in help of West Papuan self-determination has criticised the Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders for failing to grant West Papua full membership within the organisation eventually week’s summit in Port Vila.
Whereas praising Vanuatu Minister for Local weather Change Adaptation Ralph Regenvanu for his public stance in help of the West Papuans, Australia West Papua Affiliation (AWPA) spokesperson Joe Collins mentioned that “each West Papuan and their supporters additionally really feel let down by the MSG leaders”.
Collins, who was in Port Vila for the coinciding second West Papuan leaders summit, said in a statement: ”Over the previous few months in West Papua, the grassroots have taken to the streets calling on the MSG to grant full membership to the ULMWP (United Liberation Motion for West Papua) on the MSG.
“Many had been arrested, overwhelmed, tortured and jailed as they rallied peaceable in calling on the MSG to help them.
“It’s tragic that the MSG didn’t reply to their name. Do the MSG leaders not learn the reviews of the continued human rights abuses in West Papua?”
Collins cited a video and human rights report about assaults on villages round Kiwirok in West Papua and the aftermath exposing Indonesian army brutality as current examples.
“Certainly with all the help flowing to the Pacific international locations it’s not merely a case of ‘comply with the Cash?’, Collins mentioned.
Humanitarian help
He referred to an article in the Vanuatu Daily Post which reported: “A prime Vanuatu authorities official allegedly travelled to Jakarta to barter a reported VT300 million to fund the VIP Lounge of Port Vila Worldwide Airport and fund humanitarian help.
“The bottom breaking ceremony occurred just lately.”
Collins mentioned that when the Indonesian delegation walked out of the MSG summit as ULMWP chief Benny Wenda ready to talk, “it was not solely an insult to West Papua however to the MSG leaders as nicely.”
“The leaders ought to have granted full membership to the ULMWP [in response to] that outrageous act alone,” Collins added.
“If the MSG leaders failed West Papua, the folks of the Pacific, and Vanuatu particularly, don’t.
“Simply spending just a few days in Port Vila, one can see the help for West Papua in all places. The West Papuan flag flying free, and stickers, in taxis and on partitions.”
The West Papuan representatives at their very own summit additionally “confirmed a decided folks dedicated to their freedom”.
The West Papuan summit was addressed by Regenvanu and a former Vanuatu prime minister, Barak Sope.