Okinawa governor eyes referendum on U.S. base relocation

The Asahi Shimbun

By GO KATONO 

Staff Writer

NAHA--Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga is considering a referendum on the relocation of a key U.S. air base to impress upon Tokyo the extent of local opposition to the project.

“I think the public will in Okinawa was already shown in a series of elections last year but (the central government) does not want to acknowledge that,” Onaga told reporters in reference to the Dec. 14 Lower House election in which candidates opposed to the relocation won in all of Okinawa’s four single-seat constituencies as well as sweeping other elections.

“We will consider holding the referendum after taking into various views into consideration," he added Sept. 8 at Naha Airport, a day after month-long talks over the relocation and other issues between Tokyo and Naha ended without progress.

The planned referendum would ask Okinawa residents about the central government’s decision to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture.

Onaga will make a final decision after carefully monitoring public opinion in the prefecture and also seeing if the government resumes relocation-related work despite the overwhelming opposition from islanders.

Onaga also said he wanted to attend the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Switzerland in late September to deliver a speech about the overwhelming U.S. military presence in Okinawa Prefecture.

Puerto Rico Sovereignty Movement requests U.N. admission

Compañeros Unidos para la Descolonización

de Puerto Rico

El gobierno provisional del Estado Nacional Soberano de Borinquén (ENSB) ha pedido ser admitido como estado miembro de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU). El ENSB ha llenado todos los requisitos para poder entrar como miembro de la ONU. Hasta ahora, la ONU no ha dicho nada.

MANIFIESTO

DEL

ESTADO NACIONAL

SOBERANO DE BORINKEN

El gobierno de Estados Unidos tomó posesión de nuestra isla ilegalmente. Borinken nunca le ha cedido su soberanía al gobierno de España o Estados Unidos. El gobierno de Estados Unidos manda en Borinken por la fuerza, pero nunca por derecho internacional. Dicho gobierno ha ignorado 34 resoluciones de la ONU pidiéndole la descolonización inmediata de Puerto Rico. También, este gobierno mantiene ilegalmente al prisionero político Oscar López Rivera por luchar en contra del coloniaje que tiene derecho hacer.

Si los 8 millones de puertorriqueño mundialmente apoyarían al gobierno provisional de ENSB para ser admitido a la ONU, el gobierno de Estados Unidos tendría una crisis encima. Este gobierno siempre nos ha divididos durante estos 117 años, para así mantenernos colonizados. ¡Por primera vez en la historia, este gobierno quedará completamente desnudo ante la Organización de Naciones Unidos y el Mundo! La presión internacional sería tan aplastante que obligaría al gobierno de Estados Unidos a descolonizarnos sin querer. 

El gobierno provisional se constituyó para poder llenar los requisitos para ser admitido a la ONU. Tan pronto estemos completamente descolonizado bajo la ley internacional, habrá elecciones para que los puertorriqueños elijamos a nuestros representantes de nuestra república.

Todo aquel que busca la descolonización para Borinken debemos apoyar la admisión del ENSB a la ONU. Si no nos unimos para conseguir lo que todo queremos, y seguimos tratando de hacerlo por separados, le estaríamos haciendo el juego al gobierno de Estados Unidos para mantenernos como colonia para siempre. 

Información sobre de ENSB: http://borinken-en-mexico.blogspot.com/2015/03/manifiesto-del-estado-nacional-soberano.html

The National Sovereign State of Borinken (NSSB) has asked to be admitted as a member state of the United Nations (UN). The NSSB has met all of the requirements to be admitted to the UN. The UN has said nothing so far. 

MANIFIESTO

DEL

ESTADO NACIONAL

SOBERANO DE BORINKEN

The United States government took possession of our island illegally. Borinken has never surrendered her sovereignty either to Spain or the United States. The United States government owns Borinken by virtue of force, and never by international law. This government has ignored 34 UN resolutions asking it to immediately decolonize Puerto Rico. It has also kept incarcerated illegally our political prisoner Oscar López Rivera for fighting against colonialism, which he has a right to do. 

If the 8 million Puerto Ricans were to support the admission of the NSSB to the UN, the US government would have a crisis to deal with. The US government has always been able to divide us during these 117 years to keep us colonized. For the first time, this government would be completely naked before the UN and the world! The international pressure would be so overwhelming that the US government would have to decolonize us without wanting to.

The provisional government of NSSB was constituted to fulfill the requirements to be admitted to the UN. As soon as we get decolonized by international law, we will have elections, so that we could choose the people who will represent us in our republic. 

All those who want decolonization for Borinken should support the NSSB's admission to the UN. If we don’t all unite to get what we all want, and continue to try to get it separately, we will be playing into the hands of the US government to maintain us as its colony forever!