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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS CHR. SIRACUSA : The first person I have to testify is Yen Chin, representing Friends of PunaÓs Future. Please come forward. Mr. Chin is coming forward YEN CHIN (At this time Yen Chin came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. CHIN: Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Yen Chin, I am the President of Friends of PunaÓs Future. We take a keen interest in these proc Puna. Moreover, we believe that Puna has not received its due in the past, so we approach Redistricting with a healthy measure of skepticism and caution. that I, or we, distrust any one of you. We begin with a belief in your fairness. Rather, the issue is our being welcome and welcomed to the table, because we have both interest and expertise. Part of todayÓs meeting is the introduction of and training on the computer system that will be your essential tool. I am not now, nor have I ever been a computer ÐtechieÑ and I imagine that at least some of you could make a similar declaration. Fortunately, two of Friends of PunaÓs FutureÓs members really know their way around computers; and the allow them to share their skills and knowledge in this Redistricting effort. Please insist that the idea that a private citizen could submit an alternate plan has a foundation in reality. That idea should not simply exist as pretty words on paper, so having real access to this computer tool is essential for all of us. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA : The next person who wishes to comment is Dwight Vicente representing the Hawaiian Kingdom. DWIGHT VICENTE (At this time Dwight Vicente came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. VICENTE: Good afternoon, my name is Dwight Vicente. I am making a special appearance representing the Hawaiian Kingdom. It is not here today because of illegal military occupation by the United States. It goes back to the Reciprocity Treaty; even way before, to 1820 when the United States assigned a Naval Officer to be counselor to the Hawaiian Kingdom. There was never a valid treaty between the United States and the Hawaiian Kingdom because of the United States violation of its Constitution. The Hawaiian Kingdom has laws of naturalization; very few people were ever naturalized. The majority of the people here were Asians; Chinese and Japanese were the first contract slaves brought over by the plantations; they were never naturalized. The Queen signing the Lottery Bill on the morning of January 13, 1893 is the cause of the overthrow. U.S. Minister Stevens declared war on the Hawaiian Kingdom because it abolished the taxes that allowed the foreigners to vote under the Bayonet Constitution. The Bayonet Constitution is a product of importation of European mercenaries by the plantation; mostly Portuguese. King Kalakaua questioned why they were doing that, but they lied to him. That is how they got the Bayonet Constitution and then the overthrow was because 2