GOVERNMENT DE JURE
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"Whereas the Kingdom of Hawai'i, having been in exile for one-hundred seven years due to an unlawful overthrow of its government de jure, has exercised perfect right to reestablish its proper station as an independent nation within the community of nations."
- The Preamble of the Amended Hawaiian Constitution of 2000 Revising the Constitution
On January 15, 2000, the elected legislature of the Kingdom of Hawai'i convened for the first time in 107 years in Anahola, a community on the island of Kaua'i. The legislators of the temporary government vacated their offices and witnessed the swearing-in of their elected successors.
The objective of this convention was to retrieve the nation's constitution from suspension and update it for the twenty-first century. Last amended in 1887, the Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution consisted of 82 articles which described the functions and powers of the monarch, the parliament and the courts of record; as well as the natural, political and civil laws enjoyed by the citizenry. Consolidating the 82 articles into ten articles of related subject matter, a draft constitution was adopted. The legislators were responsible for distributing copies of the draft to the citizens for their review and input. Before recessing, the legislature agreed to reconvene at a constitutional convention on March 10, 11 & 12, 2000 in Waimea, a town on the big island of Hawai'i.
In preparing for this constitutional convention, a protocol was followed that allowed the individual citizen to submit draft legislation for consideration at three successive levels: 1) review within the district, 2) review amongst all districts of the island, and 3) review by the entire legislature. A deadline for submitting amendments was set, copies of the amendments from the islands that met the deadline were made, and each legislator received their copies upon arriving at the convention.
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