Interests of people must be a priority
Interests of people must be a priority
During his current visit to Kauai, Gov. Ige was asked about his position on legalizing the recreational use a marijuana. According to the front-page article of The Garden Island on June 1, he responded that “as long as it’s illegal from the federal government perspective” he does not believe in making it legal here. Sad story. Not because of the importance of non-importance of the use of marijuana, but because of his attitude of looking at the perspective of the federal government instead of the Hawaiians. He is simply sidestepping his number one responsibility to look at the interest of the people of Hawaii, plus he does not have the courage to tell us what he thinks of the issue.
It fits the pattern perfectly — the reasoning given to us for the 1893 illegal occupation of Hawaii was that it served the interest of the United States. Just like our governor does. In all important issues and even in many non-important issues we have been noticing the same attitude for the past 125 years. When the United Nations found the actions of the US government in violation of the Geneva convention in connection with the illegal occupation of Iraq, George W. Bush stated “the interest of the United States precedes all international laws and covenants,” which really means that the US doesn’t give a damn of what the world thinks — their government does things their way, legal or illegal.
In its memorandum of Feb. 25, 2018 the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner informed the Judiciary for the State of Hawaii that while the Hawaiian Islands is under the illegal military occupation and fraudulent annexation by the United States of America the Hague and Geneva conventions that were adopted as international laws require that the governance and legal matters within the Hawaiian Islands must be administered by the laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom, not the domestic laws of the occupier (United States).
Gov. Ige, when are you going to read that memorandum and what will be your excuse this time? Serving the people of Hawaii or the rulers, the occupier?
Timothy Oga, Hanapepe
