The Southeast Asian Times report ‘Melanesian Spearhead Group cannot reach consensus on membership for West Papua‘ – August 29, 2023 – is a case of the MSG adding insult to injury on the people of West Papua.
The injury is from the long history of Indonesian colonial occupation and oppression. The insult is from the failure of the MSG to do the right thing by West Papua.
The Papua New Guinea National Capital District Governor, Powes Parkop, echoed the sentiments of all freedom and pro-democracy activists when he said he is “totally disappointed in the failure of the Melanesian Spearhead Group”.
The leaders in the MSG have apparently come under the political and financial sway of Indonesia as Governor Parkop contends.
They will have to live with the shame of shying away from showing solidarity to the just struggle of West Papua for freedom and self-rule.
Source: Rajend Naidu
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