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CLARKSON: We'll proceed to public testimony. Thank you. At this time, we have one person
<br />wishing to testify. Will Dwight Vicente please come forward? Please raise your right hand. Do
<br />you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Commission?
<br />VICENTE: [No response.]
<br />CLARKSON: Okay, please let the record show that Mr. Vicente is, his testimony will be
<br />unsworn. Please proceed.
<br />VICENTE: Good morning. My name is Dwight Vicente representing the Hawaiian Kingdom.
<br />This property that's on the agenda is actually still under the jurisdiction of the Hawaiian
<br />Kingdom. Meaning, the State of Hawaii, the County of Hawaii, the State Land Use
<br />Commission, the County Planning Commission has no jurisdiction over these lands. These are
<br />the lands that was not ceded in 1898 by the banana Republic of Hawaii to the United States and
<br />incorporated under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution. Those those lands
<br />that was ceded is limited to 1,750,000 acres, and it was rebranded as, in 1920, as Hawaiian Home
<br />Lands. That includes all of Mauna Kea, you know, the TMT hearing or the, all these complaints
<br />about Mauna Kea? Well, that is Hawaiian Home Lands. This property here is still under the
<br />jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Kingdom. It was only leased out. The leases all ended, and anyone
<br />who claims to own the land and occupy the land is based on fraud. You have a Corporation
<br />Counsel sitting there. She needs to educate you guys, or you guys need to ask her questions
<br />about my argument, because it's valid. There's no amendment to the 1898 Joint Resolution, and
<br />there has been no challenge to the 1898 Joint Resolution, so for now, it stands. But, there is still
<br />the 2,000,000 plus acres that was not ceded that still has Native Tenant Rights attached to `em.
<br />And right now, because the lease has all ended in 1915, there, there's no leases on the land. Just
<br />Native Tenant Rights, meaning, there is no jurisdiction or the natives do not need to ask
<br />permission or get anyone to do what they need to do to live on the land. It's theirs for the living.
<br />So, with that, I'll end with the reservation of the rights of this Kingdom under the Queen's
<br />Protest of January 17, 1898[3], against, 1893 against U.S. Minister Stevens. It has yet to make
<br />its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Article III, Section 2, Clause 2, original but limited
<br />jurisdiction. The other one is the 1898 Joint Resolution. It's unconstitutional because the
<br />banana republic consisted of U.S. citizens who were here on an invalid Reciprocity Treaty of
<br />1875, and what they did was criminal. It was not an act of war. There was no declared war, no
<br />peace treaty signed.
<br />Now, go back to the 1875 Reciprocity Treaty. King Kalakaua and the U.S. President did not
<br />sign. And, if you go back, way back, to 1820, President Monroe appointment John C. Jones as
<br />an agent for the U.S., and he was in charge of the missionary family and the U.S. Navy that was
<br />sent here without a treaty. Thank you.
<br />CLARKSON: Thank you. Any questions for this testifier from the Commission?
<br />REPLOGLE: Yes, I have one, or several. I understand that possibly you do not recognize the
<br />government, the County, the State, or what have you. My question is why won't you swear to
<br />tell the truth? What's to keep me from saying, "oh, I don't need to listen to him if he doesn't, he
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