Republic of West Papua
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[[Image:Flag of West Papua.svg|right|thumb|200px|[[Flag of West Papua|Morning Star flag]].]]
The '''Republic of West Papua''' is a separatist-proposed state that would give sovereignty to the people of [[Western New Guinea]] (the [[Indonesia]]n provinces of [[Papua (Indonesian province)|Papua]] and [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]]). The Republic of West Papua was declared firstly after the withdrawal of the [[Dutch East Indies|Dutch]] in 1963, but annexation by Indonesia halted the formulation of a government. On 1 July 1971, after by Indonesian powers of free referendum, the separatist Free Papua Movement unsuccessfully tried to proclaim '''Republic of West Papua''' again. On 14 December 1984 the '''Republic of Great Melanesia''' or Melanesia Raya was proclaimed, and the [[Fourteen Stars Flag]] of the Great Melanesia was hoisted, but the leaders were arrested by Indonesian authorities. The Great Melanesia conceptor and Proclamator Dr. [[Thomas Wapai Waiggai]] was then arrested, and sentenced to 20 years in prison, shared the cell at [[Cipinang Jakarta|Cipinang Prison]] in [[Jakarta]] with [[Timor Leste]]'s [[Fretilin]] Leader [[Xanana Gusmão|Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão]]. He died in prison within two years, suspected to be poisoned. Under Indonesian law, it is considered treason and punishable by death {{Fact|date=February 2007}} to fly the West Papuan flag, known as the [[Flag of West Papua|Morning Star]]. According to individual supporters of a West Papuan republic on their mailing list, a system of "tribal democracy" has been proposed by elders of the [[Koteka Tribal Assembly]] Council or Demmak ('''De'''wan '''M'''usyawarah '''M'''asyarakat '''A'''dat '''K'''oteka) and [[Koteka tribes]]. [https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/reg.westpapua/2006-06/msg00031.html]
[http://papua.melanesianews.org/index.php?blogId=1 Tribal Democracy] means a Free and Independent [[Confederation of tribes]] or tribal groups in [[Western New Guinea|West Papua]]. This was originally proposed by [http://www.melanesiapost.com/koteka/ Sem Karoba], among other concepts, to the first Assembly of the [[Koteka Tribes]] in February 2000, and unanimously approved by the Koteka Elders. [[Koteka Tribal Assembly|Demmak]] was then established in 1999, as a confederation of [[Koteka]] Tribes, united and organised under a General Assembly Council. Sem Karoba says, "Tribal Democracy for West Papua is not a new idea or concept at all. It is just the written explanation and presentation of the existing system of governance that already exist in West Papua and Melanesia in general since the time immemorial, practiced daily even today." Karoba just tries to formulate the tribal system of governance and making it presentable and understandable to the world's democratic society.
[[Category:Politics of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Western New Guinea]]
[[Category:Proposed countries|West Papua (West Melanesia)]]
[[Category:Short-lived states|West Papua (West Melanesia)]]
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