{"id":1766,"date":"2014-05-24T05:22:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T05:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2014-05-24T05:22:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T05:22:57","slug":"australia-network-news-kingdom-of-hawaii-may-still-exist-challenges-us-over-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/australia-network-news-kingdom-of-hawaii-may-still-exist-challenges-us-over-sovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Network News: Kingdom of Hawaii may still exist, challenges US over sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Australia<\/a><\/p>\n

Australia Network News reports: \u201cThe CEO of the Hawaiian Affairs Office (OHA) has retained his job and gained public support to challenge the US on whether the Kingdom of Hawaii still exists as a sovereign country.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Australia<\/a>Kamanaopono Crabbe sparked an internal crisis when he sent a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry, asking for a ruling on whether the Kingdom of Hawaii still legally exists.<\/p>\n

The letter, which was quickly rescinded by the OHA’s trustees, was prompted by the US Government’s acknowledgment that the overthrow of the kingdom in 1893 was illegal.<\/p>\n

Political scientist Dr Keanu Sai, from Windward Communtiy College in Honolulu, told\u00a0Pacific Beat<\/a>\u00a0the OHA board thought Dr Crabbe had violated their policy by sending the letter without approval, but later realised they were mistaken.<\/p>\n

“[Dr Crabbe] was not in violation of any policy of the board but rather was operating on his diligence and risk management,” Dr Sai said.<\/p>\n

Mr Crabbe has now won the support of the OHA trustees, who have moved to send the letter again and retain him in his role as CEO.<\/p>\n

“They’re in full support and they say that his questions definitely do have merit.”<\/p>\n

Public support for Mr Crabbe’s campaign is also growing, with 2,500 people signing\u00a0an online petition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr Sai said Hawaiians need clarification on the issue.<\/p>\n

“What was overthrown was the government, not the country,” he said.<\/p>\n

Dr Sai blames revisionist history education for misconstruing local understanding of Hawaii’s true status.<\/p>\n

“A revisionist history has been taught here in Hawaii since the early 1900s that presented Hawaii as if it was a part of the United States when in fact there is clear evidence that it’s not,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We need to address this because it will affect our people but it also affects everyone.”<\/p>\n

Dr Sai says if the Kingdom of Hawaii does indeed still exist, many historical treaties with nations including the UK and Australia would still be in effect.<\/p>\n

International law<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US may be in violation of international law if Hawaii is still technically its own country.<\/p>\n

The US would be guilty of appropriating funds by taxation and other related crimes, by not complying with occupation laws.<\/p>\n

Dr Sai says within the framework of international law, there is presumed of continuity of a country when it is established.<\/p>\n

“All that needs to be provided is evidence that Hawaii was a country (and it was, fully recognised by the United States and Great Britain and everyone else),” he said.<\/p>\n

“It places the burden upon the United States to provide overwhelming evidence that it in fact extinguished Hawaii as an independent state under international law.<\/p>\n

“In the absence of that evidence, the Hawaiian kingdom continues to exist.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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