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CLARKSON: And you are? <br />FUJINAKA: Oh, sorry. I didn't get the memo. My name is Keene Fujinaka. I'm the market <br />manager here for East Hawaii at Bank of Hawaii. <br />RAFFIPIY: Thank you. <br />FUKE: I'm sorry, like um, I forgot to answer your question. So, the three parcels are all owned <br />by the bank right now. <br />CLARKSON: And, no one has easements over that <br />FUKE: No <br />CLARKSON: skinny parcel? <br />FUKE: Correct. <br />CLARKSON: Okay, thank you. Any further questions? At this time then, thank you, <br />gentlemen. We'll proceed to public testimony. We have two people signed up to testify on this <br />matter. Will Dwight Vicente and Martin McGinn please come forward? Please raise your right <br />hand. <br />VICENTE: I'm going to object at this time to the swearing. My understanding is that each and <br />every one of your took an oath to the U.S. Constitution, and your nationality is in question. <br />CLARKSON: You can—do you swear to tell the truth on this matter before the Planning <br />Commission today? <br />MCGINN: Yes. <br />CLARKSON: Unsworn testimony maybe totally disregarded. Just as long as you understand <br />that. Introduce yourself whoever would like to go first and please proceed with your testimony. <br />VICENTE: My name is Dwight Vicente. I represent the Hawaiian Kingdom. The lands here <br />are either under the 1840 Mahele—it's either Crown or government lands. The United States <br />used the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 to apply the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to this Kingdom <br />as it did elsewhere around the world. And, that's why you have the TMK rather than the use of <br />the Crown and government contracts, the land leases. And, you have, like in this case here, you <br />have—or back to the treaty, the treaty was not signed by King Kalakaua nor was it signed by <br />U.S. President Grant. It was signed by three individuals who could be pretty well called "The <br />Three Stooges." Three American citizens who was not authorized by either the Hawaiian <br />Kingdom or the United States Constitution to do a treaty. And, this is what brings us to this <br />hearing today is because the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 has led us to this, this hearing. It was <br />illegal back then. It's illegal now. The amendment to the 1875 Reciprocity Treaty is illegal. It <br />EXHIBIT A <br />7 <br />