FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We can practice the Hawaiian culture right now. Why do we need this government if we can already live our culture?
As a state of the American union, there are no guarantees to preserve Hawaiian culture forthcoming from Washington, D.C. If Hawaiian culture were to disappear in the Hawaiian Islands because its practitioners were moving to more affordable places to live or because they were dying off, it wouldn't bother the United States one bit. At least the true and rightful government of Hawai'i has a vested interest in its own culture and would be in a position to do something about it
What are the official languages of this nation?
At present, Hawaiian and English are acknowledged as the onl official languages of this nation. English retains an importance in this nation as it is a recognized international language of diplomacy and commerce. No other languages are currently considered in this regard.
How should I refer to your nation?
Try this: Hawai'i. The formal name given to this nation is The Kingdom of Hawai'i. We informally refer to our country's government as the Hawaiian Government. To emphasize what we have accomplished, we call it the Reinstated Hawaiian Government. Unlike the U.S.A., our government is not federal in nature. It is unitary, meaning all provincial governments (Kaua'i County, Maui County, City & County of Honolulu, Etc.) are created by the central government. Bear in mind that a government is one of four elements which make up a nation. The other components of a nation include its citizenry, its territory and its sovereignty.
Why reinstate this goverment?
Do the right thing. Two principles are served by our actions: upholding the law and honoring those who conceived and built the rightful government of Hawai'i. There are 270 million people in the U.S. who are living testimony to the social covenant made by Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison et al; those of us in this government want the world to know that our ancestors created a sister democracy to those established in North America, South America, Europe and elsewhere. We do so by manifesting the rightful government and abiding by its code of laws. By reviving Hawai'i's rightful political authority, the major decisions that affect everybody in the island chain will be made here, instead of on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
So the Reinstated Hawaiian Government is an elected body. However, a small portion of the population of the Hawaiian archipelago are citizens who participated in that election.
The Reinstated Hawaiian Government is not an elected body. It is THE elected body. Those who participated in its election were the persons willing to abandon their U.S. citizenship. Those who couldn't make that commitment still have their government. It's in Washington, D.C. And we offered them the chance to participate. We have conducted public notice on every island with roadside signwaving campaigns and educational booths since May of 1999.
Isn't the 1959 vote for statehood an expression of the people's will?
Those people were U.S. nationals. Today, we have manifested the will of Hawaiian citizens and act upon their will with the rightful government of Hawai'i. Furthermore, when the U.S. Congress authorized the Apology Resolution and President Clinton signed it, they created a law document which effectively repudiated the legal standing of the 1959 statehood act. That is the hidden signifigance of U.S. Public Law 103-150.
Won't independence from the United States damage Hawai'i's economy?
No. It will be liberated. Kamehameha the Third -- not Uncle Sam -- initiated the process that moved Hawai'i from a subsistence-based society to a free market economy. The local economy kept on going after its lawful government was overthrown and will continue after its government returns. Imagine a Hawai'i unfettered by restrictive U.S. federal regulations that exercises its own national trade policy.
Is this effort sponsored with U.S. federal grants or State of Hawai'i funding?
Absolutely not! This initiative has been funded with donations from private citizens. It receives no financial assistance from any organization. Every officer in this government pays for their own travel and lodging expenses upon the occasion of legislative conventions. This process is not influenced by federal, state or county funding.
Why do I have to give up my United States citizenship to participate in this government?
A U.S. citizen cannot vote in the governmental elections of Japan. It is a foreign nation to the United States. The reinstated Hawaiian Government is no different. Every Hawai'i-born resident has a choice to make: continue your allegiance to the U.S. or apply for naturalization to this nation. If you want to participate in this government, you have to renounce your current citizenship. The Hawaiian government does not tolerate dual citizenship. Choose a country and be loyal to it.
This is apartheid!
Wrong. Apartheid occurs when one group of citizens of a country actively oppresses another group of citizens of the same country on the basis of race. The residents of Hawai'i who CHOOSE to retain their U.S. citizenship cannot make that claim against those who are citizens of the reinstated Hawaiian Government. There isn't a nation on the planet that places the interests of its non-citizens over the interests of its citizens.
By what authority can you do this?
The same authority that Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin and Hamilton used in founding the United States of America: the law of nations. The U.S. Constitution states its' observance of these laws in Article I, Section 8, Clause 10. Since it also abides by the law of nations, the Hawaiian Constitution extols the same virtues as the United States.
So what about the State of Hawai'i government?
The state government is what is known as a government de facto (government in fact). This type of government presides legitimately over a territory and its population in the absence of the government de jure. A government de facto has less authority than the government de jure. When the lawful government returns from exile, the government de facto no longer has legal authority.
So this is secession?!
No. Only the legislature of the State of Hawai'i can initiate secession from the United States. A reinstated and independent Hawai'i does not require consent from the United States to exercise its authority. We won't be submitting a Bill of Secession to the U.S. government. We don't need to. And the U.S. knows it.
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