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345:, convinced the members of the Faichuk State Commission to suspend the implementation of the independence project until a new draft law could be presented. In the course of 2001, the Faichuk State Commission sent Alan Short, chief American negotiator, a social and economic program based on the claims of the Declaration, with an infrastructure budget. Valued at US$ 288 million, it included a power plant, a coastal road on each island, water and wastewater treatment facilities, an administrative complex, educational facilities, health services, an airport, a port, telecommunications networks, housing construction and the establishment of a revolving fund to finance economic activities. On October 1, 2001, an interim government was formed. 366:, although not a Micronesian citizen, appeared before Zhang Weidung, China's ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, as ambassador for the Faichuk Islands. She was denied this title by the very angry ambassador, causing confusion among the federal representatives of the Federated States of Micronesia, including President Emanuel Mori, who were in denial about the situation. In August, the head of the Faichuk State Commission, Kachutosy Paulus, who lived in Guam, claimed to be "Acting President of the Republic of Faichuk" in an e-mail to the press. At the same time, 244:
vagaries of the climate, the country also depended on costly energy expenditure and expensive infrastructure construction. The result of all this was massive trade deficits. Finally, the American colonial system resulted in a value orientation towards the bulky, unproductive and inefficient urban bureaucratic system, rather than towards the private sector. For all these reasons, and others linked to a social and political environment that placed a high priority on individual freedom, the phenomenon of migration to the United States, enabled by the
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managed by the new government. The situation would also be favorable for Chuukois, as Faichuk islanders who had left to work in the Chuuk lagoon would return home, providing opportunities for unemployed Chuukois. If autonomy were not voted through Congress, independence would be sought. After a first failure during the year, when the presentation of the law on the status of these islands was not accepted by Congress, a second attempt was made in October.
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For many years, the Faichuk district's demands were not supported by any major political movement, although the issue was regularly raised. But on November 28, 2000, a Faichuk constitution explicitly declaring independence was voted on by plebiscite, and approved by 91.1% of the 6,167 eligible voters
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In 2011 two political attempts were made to force their way in. A self-proclaimed Faichuk ambassador appeared before the Chinese ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, and an influential separatist leader claimed to be acting president of the Republic of Faichuk. From 2012 onwards, demands
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state independence, a view shared by Vid Raatior, one of the opponents of Chuuk independence. According to Emanuel Mori, these Chuuk leaders were using the idea of secession to further their own interests. The members of the commission told him that he was misleading his people and suggested that he
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was ambiguous as to the procedure to be followed in creating a state. No serious effort was made by the Congress to challenge the veto, although it had the right to do so. In November 1981, the President announced that Faichuk would become "a showcase and model of economic development". Despite this
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finally refused to promulgate the law, arguing that it was absolutely necessary to create the unity of the nation as a prerequisite for the establishment and maintenance of a genuine domestic regime. He added that the district lacked the economic and political infrastructure to support a state, that
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In an article published in 2011 Pohnpei journalist Bill Jaynes questioned the motivations of the separatists and wondered whether they were the work of a few determined men who acted according to their desires rather than those of the locals. The situation prompted caution on the part of President
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In February 2005 a draft law was submitted to the Federal Congress. Attempts were made in September 2007 and again in 2009. In 2011, Senator Tiwiter Aritos' objective was still to promote autonomy as a state, not independence. However, many Faichuk leaders were actively implementing the demands of
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Although the Faichuk Islands' separatism emerged in 1959, it did not take on political importance until 1979, and played a major role in national politics until 1983. In 1979, in a referendum, the inhabitants expressed their desire for autonomy through the creation of a state separate from that of
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Erhart Aten invited the US armed forces to settle in the region. According to this body, the creation of a new state within the Federated States of Micronesia would create more opportunities in the Faichuk district, from industry, agriculture and fishing to private sector development and services
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island states, acute development challenges. Their densely-populated, widely-dispersed islands, with access to extremely limited resources, struggled with the high costs of imports and exports. In addition, the small population limited industrial opportunities and market volume. Vulnerable to the
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The aim of the leaders of the Faichuk Islands, which represented a quarter of the population of the state of Chuuk, was to gain access to a significant share of the national budget, essentially divided into four equal shares allocated to each of the four states, which would guarantee funding for
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with the United States was replaced by others, such as the prerogatives of traditional chiefs and magistrates, local favoritism in jobs and public improvements, the ambitions of local legislators for higher office, and the resentment of Faichuk Islanders at being governed by decisions made in
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The law passed by Congress did not determine whether funding for the new state would be half of that currently received by the State of Chuuk, or one-fifth of the total budget of the Federated States of Micronesia, which would considerably reduce the level of funding for the other states. The
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In December the Chuuk State Legislative Assembly passed a resolution supporting the granting of autonomous status to the islanders, so that they could enjoy the same rights as all other citizens. It encouraged Leo Falcam, President of the Federated States of Micronesia, and
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in a referendum on July 12, 1978, reinforced the idea of autonomy. The vote was widely boycotted in the Faichuk Islands, with some polling stations not even opening. In 1979, a referendum showed that over 80% of the inhabitants wanted a separate state to be formed.
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From then until 2001 the political current calling for autonomy remained barely audible. On that date, a Faichuk constitution explicitly declaring independence was passed by plebiscite, and a unilateral declaration of independence was transmitted to
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joined the Pohnpeians at a later stage. The majority of the Micronesian population was highly critical of the choice of Congress, which was seen as offloading responsibility onto the President. On October 23, 1981, after extensive consultations,
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to pass legislation granting statehood to the Faichuk Islands. A bill to this effect was introduced at the first ordinary session of Congress, but was not debated. A second attempt a few months later also failed.
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and not enough to the problems of the outlying islands, the Faichuk Islands in particular. An autonomous district would benefit from more goods, services, medical treatment and facility improvement projects.
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disavowal of his electoral base, which could have cost him his political future, Tosiwo Nakayama was re-elected Senator by the people of Faichuk, then President by his peers in May 1983 for a second term.
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Senator Dohsis Halbert, Chairman of the Congressional Ways and Means Committee, expressed surprise at the disappearance of millions of dollars earmarked by the federal government for the Faichuk Islands.
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major projects such as hospitals, airports, power stations, water supply systems, port facilities and roads. In the state of Chuuk, most of the funds were directed to its capital,
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Chuuk. In 1980, the Chuuk Legislative Assembly endorsed this move. The following year, after several unsuccessful attempts, a bill to create a Faichuk state was passed by the
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the 2000 declaration, as requests for talks had never received a response from the federal government. In July, the president of the Red Dragon construction company in
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In 1986 the Federated States of Micronesia became independent. That same year, Senator Leo Falcam predicted that Chuukois blood would run in the streets of
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creation of a new Chuukese state would, through the voting rights of senators, definitively ensure Chuukese dominance according to the
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under a UN mandate received in 1947. A desire for sovereignty and autonomy had been claimed with varying intensity since 1959 by the
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and the Truk Islands, having indicated that they would claim the same status if the Faichuk became a state.
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In 1944 the Carolines Islands came under the control of the United States, which administered them as a
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to support the will of the people of the Faichuk Islands by submitting bills and voting for statehood.
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On June 6, 1980 the Chuuk Legislative Assembly passed a resolution urging the
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the cost of bringing it up to speed quickly would be too great, and that the
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Political development in Micronesia: a view from the island of Pohnpei
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In early 2001 Tiwiter Aritos, Senator for the Faichuk District in the
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appeared to shift from independence for the Faichuk Islands region to
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was postponed several times between 2015 and 2020, then abandoned.
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in 1977, for no other reason than to ensure ratification of the
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Political movement calling for autonomy for the Faichuk Islands.
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At a special session of the Congress in Weno, capital of the
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Index

Map of islands in green on a blue ocean background
Chuuk Lagoon
autonomy
Faichuk
Chuuk
Federated States of Micronesia
federal country
Kosrae
Pohnpei
Yap
Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
Tosiwo Nakayama
Treaty of Free Association
Leo Falcam
independence for the entire state of Chuuk
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Faichuk Islands
Paata
Polle
Tol
Wonei
Eot
Fala-Beguets
Romanum
Udot
Chuuk Lagoon
state of Chuuk
Weno
history of the Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia

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