His Majesty Edmund K. Silva, Jr. Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaii

Ka Puuhonua O Na Wahi Pana O Hawaii Nei kingdomofhawaii.info

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The United Nations Charter provides the rest of the authority to do it. (An autonomous independent sovereign nation-state contemplated

under Article 1 of the 1933 Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States requiring the state as a person of international law possessing the four qualifications of (a) a permanent population, (b) a defined territory, c) government;

and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states.)

June 23, 2015

CITATION

CONTEMPT OF CROWN

Whereas, on April 3, 2015, I issued a Cease and Desist Order calling for all construction activity related

to the Thirty Meter Telescope on sacred Mauna a Wkea to stop http://kingdomofhawaii.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Cease-all-operations.pdf; and

Whereas, the Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Board -- Henry Yang, Chairman -- announced on

Saturday, June 20, their intention to violate that Order and resume construction of the Thirty Meter

Telescope on sacred Mauna a Wkea beginning on Wednesday, June 24, 2015; and

Whereas, Mr. Yang stated that the decision to move forward was made after more than two months of consultation, education and dialogue with many stakeholders; and

Whereas, such consultations did not include the Kingdom or myself as a party;

Whereas, the resumption of construction is taking place without the permission of the Kingdom

Government; and

Whereas, the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope will require trespassing on to and destroying

Kingdom land; and

Whereas, the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope will desecrate a sacred site; and

Whereas, the Thirty Meter Telescope is simply one more abuse inflicted upon the Kingdom and its

subjects by the occupying power and those who exploit our nation;

Ka Puuhonua O Na Wahi Pana O Hawaii Nei Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaii

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bilateral_treaties_signed_by_the_Kingdom_of_Hawaii

The United Nations Charter provides the rest of the authority to do it. An autonomous independent sovereign nation-state contemplated under

Article 1 of the 1933 Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States requiring the state as a person of international law possessing the

four qualifications of (a) a permanent population, (b) a defined territory, c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other

states.

Now, therefore, I, Alii Nui Mi Edmund Kelii Silva, Jr., do hereby find that any person participating in, facilitating, aiding and abetting, or otherwise actively involved in the resumption of construction of the

Thirty Meter Telescope, including and not limited to law enforcement personnel employed by the

occupying power, will be committing the offense of Contempt of Crown; and

Whereas, I have amended the Law of The Splintered Paddle as follows:

Law of the Splintered Paddle. Oh people, honor thy god; respect alike the rights of all people both great

and humble; May everyone, from the old men and women to the children be free to go forth and lie in the

road, i.e. by the roadside or pathway without fear of harm, except for those who would use the road to

engage in actions harmful to the aina or desecrating a sacred site, whom everyone has an obligation to prevent.

Amendment in bold; and

Whereas, under the amended law, all subjects and supporters of the Kingdom now have an obligation to

prevent, as an act of law enforcement, the resumption of construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope; and

Whereas, any attempt to arrest or otherwise interfere with those seeking to enforce this law will itself be a

criminal act; and

Whereas, the Crown seeks no conflict, even with those who trespass against us and desecrate our sacred

sites;

Now, therefore, I call upon the Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Board to exercise wisdom and make

the decision to relocate the Thirty Meter Telescope to an alternate location and avoid showing any further

disrespect to the Crown or the traditional faith of the Hawaiian people.

Me ke aloha pumehana, Edmund K. Silva, Jr. Alii Nui Moi cc: Na Kupuna Council O Hawaii Nei ame Moku Alii Manao Nui Lanny Sinkin