Who We Are and Who We Are Not

The world has not been clear enough world has not been clear enough on the question: "Who we are?" or What is TPN? They knew from what Indonesia told them that: (WHAT TPN IS NOT)

• TPN is a terrorist organisation, terrorising Indonesians and Papuans, anyone doing good in West Papua, i.e., development. Or TPN is a terrorist organisation that terrorises the development activities in West Papua.
• TPN is a separatist organisation, therefore Mathias Wenda and his followers are separatists and they have to be destroyed. 
• TPN hasn't got strong support from all Papuans, they are only a handful of people, fighting because of personal reasons, not for the whole Papua.
• TPN members are trouble-makers.
• TPN is an outlawed organisation that cannot exist on this planet, because it does not have a place here.
• TPN is factional, not well-organised, not well-managed, not well-equipped, not well-educated, etc., you name it.
• TPN is fighting because of their frustration upon the development plans and activities carried out by previous government which did not meet the needs of the people. It is a reaction due to frustration, not really a struggle for independence, when we give them more money, they will shut up.
• TPN members are Indonesian people, but they have a different ideology, but we can sort out in Indonesian way (i.e., kill them until they are completely wiped out from West Papua). It is an internal affair, therefore, international community should not worry about how we sort out things in West Papua. We can deal with them, easily and systematically.
• TPN's is not actually independence, but they are fighting for a better life, more roads, more modern houses, more governors, more regents, more educated Papuans, more universities, more schools, etc.

WHAT TPN ACTUALLY IS: (According to the fact)

• TPN  is a single organisation, fighting against 'state-terrorism' carried out by Indonesian government, police and army; -backed mainly by two modern nations: the USA and Britain.
• TPN does not believe on the term "separatist" as it is against the law of nature and against the law of God. God created us separately as a people and as a country. Papuans are separate from Indonesians, Americans are  far away from Australians, West Papua land is separate from Indonesian land. Europe is different from America. White is different from chocolate, long is different from short. We speak different languages, behave differently in our manners, and we live separately as peoples and as countries. Therefore, we believe that,  "God The Father/Mother and the Creator is the Father/Mother of Separatism, as S/He Created us differently and separately!" What we are demanding is not something different from what is already separated by the Father/Mother of Separatism, i.e., the fact that we are different, separate and therefore, we should be so, forever. However, we do not deny the fact that we should live together in this global village, but as long as we acknowledge and respect our existence as separate and different peoples and countries; -this is called human right in essence. 
• TPN members and supporters are 99.99% of Papuans, not a handful of people as Indonesia says. Almost all Papuans want independence, and TPN stands for their wish to be so, without them, TPN will never exist. It is from the Papuans, by the Papuans and for the Papuans.
• TPN supporters are not only men, but all of them (young, old, men, women, children, disabled, died and alive, plants, animals, land, air and water), all support TPN's work towards its targets and goal.
• TPN fights against troubles in Papua Land caused by Indonesian government, police and army so that West Papua as a land and as a people can life in peace and harmony with all beings, just like it was before colonial era.
• TPN protects Papua as a Land and as a People from troubles caused by foreign powers. The troubles come to Papua in various forms: cutting off the forests (our homes), making mountains become valleys (out mothers), building more houses and roads (without our consent), setting up transmigration settlements (by pushing us away from our land and without respect to our existence), raping our girls (putting batteries into the vaginas of our women, raping our teenagers, etc.), and brutally arrest, kidnap, and murder Papuans on daily basis. Thom Beanal used to say in an interview with Reuters: "We are killed every day, every time: morning, afternoon, evening, night, 24 hours, 7 days, 4 weeks, 12 months." These are obviously what we call the "troubles!" and TPN fights against these all.
• TPN is formally accepted by the Papuans in Papua term and for Papua's future. It is a formal organisation in Papua context. TPN was set up to follow up the formal announcement and legal approval by the Dutch Government on December 1, 1961 that West Papua is a country, with Papua as its nation, "Hai Tanahku Papua" as the National Anthem, "The Morning Star" as the country's Flag, and "Burung Mambruk" as the symbol or logo of the people. TPN fights to force the Dutch, Indonesia and U.N. to re-visit this law and to judge whether Indonesia's existence in West Papua is illegal or TPN is illegal in Papua land.
• TPN does not apply a modern system of military organisation management, but it works on the basis of Tribal System of Leadership, where each tribe has their own commanders, more or less they act independently, but at the same time, they officially recognise the organisational structure. It is not a factional organisation, which has a meaning that TPN commanders are factions with different ideologies and goals. This is untrue. Even though they have differing approaches, short-term targets and movements, all TPN commanders work toward an independent West Papua.
• No one can stop TPN's activities. TPN's view is that giving more money, building more roads, settling more transmigrants, building more schools,  go hand in hand with killing more people, killing more animals, destroying more habitats with ecology and ecosystem and finally wiping out West Papua from the world's map as the land of the Papuans, just like what successfully happened in North America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and almost Papua New Guinea. 
• TPN views that diving up the Province into three means setting up more army and police commanders. Three commanders for only 1.5 million people is the same as 'the biggest social engineering programme even in human history until today.' The more Indonesia divides the territory into small pieces, the more they will drop the army, police, government officials, and this means they will more successfully and faster wipe out the Papuans.
• Even though we are seen as not well-educate, not well-organised, etc., we know that we are fighting with what we have from our ancestors, i.e., bows, arrows and spears. These are our heritages, and we want to use them to wipe out colonialism from our land. There will be time, when Papuans will say to the world, "We are taking up modern weapons, and let us play the game!" but not now, of course.
• TPN is not fighting due to frustration, but it is purely based on the people's wish for an independent West Papua. No matter what Indonesia can give to West Papua, the aspiration for independence will be there, in the hearts, flesh, blood and mind of all Papuans, UNTIL finally West Papua is independent.
• TPN members are not Indonesians. Indonesians are ethnically Malays, and Papuans are ethnically Melanesians. Melanesians cannot be and will never be Indonesians, whenever, whatsoever.

TPN supporters in Fak-Fak, 1 December 2000

Leut. Gen. TPN PB Bernardus Mawen, The Deputy Chief Commander of TPN, Regional Commander of the South (V)

Col. TPN PB John Koknak (The Chair for TPN's Diplomatic Affairs) and Leut. Gen. TPN PB B. Mawen.

Theys Hiyo Eluway, the Chair of Papua Presidium Council, who asked Mandate from TPN before starting his political movements in West Papua.

Deputy Chair of PDP, a classmate, closed friend and a tribal fellow  of Gen. TPN PB Kelly Kwalik, the Southern Highlands Regional Commander (III)

Mother Yosepha Alomang, the Women's Leader of Independence Movement, has been received awards on Human Rights by national and international NGOs.

One of many Papuans killed on December 2000 in Timika being taken to burial.

Indonesian police, watching the Papuans raising the Morning Star, they can kill the Papuans any time if they want to.