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Resolution On Release of Zhang Hongbao
BEIT RESOLVED BY I
LIHESLATURAN CUARAN:
WHEREAS, the most important principles and precepts in the founding and
formation of our great American Nation and democracy are guarantees of
protection of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for every man, woman
and child, regardless of race, color, national origin or religious preference;
and
WHEREAS, the fundamental right to freedom of religious belief and worship is
severely restricted in the People’s Republic of China, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Zhang Hongbao, fearful for his personal well-being because of his
spiritual beliefs, fled China, seeking personal safety and asylum on Guam; and
WHEREAS, because Mr. Zhang Hongbao’s arrival on Guam is classified as an
“unauthorized entry,” requiring the intervention of U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service (“INS”), he has been detained for over one (1) year; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Zhang Hongbao’s confinement on Guam is inconsistent with the
traditional Chamorro belief that freedom is fundamental to life itself,
representing an embarrassment to the people of Guam since the injustice
continues on our Island, the westernmost stanchion of American democracy and
religious tolerance, which serves as the Pacific gateway for the great message
of Lady Liberty: “Give me your tired, you poor, Your Huddled masses yearning to
breathe free, … I hold my lamp beside the golden door”; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that I Mina’Bente Sais Na Liheslaturan Cuahan, in keeping with the
precepts and principles which make America’s belief in fundamental human rights,
calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Zhang Hongbao from
detention; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Speaker certify, and the Legislative Secretary attests to,
the adoption hereof and that copies of the same be thereafter transmitted to the
Hoorable George W. Bush, President of the United States; to the Honorable Colin
Powell, Secretary of U.S. Department of State; to the Honorable John Ashcroft,
U.S. House of Representatives; to the Honorable Robert A. Underwood, Guam’s
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; and to the Honorable Carl T.C.
Gutierrez, I maga’lahen Guahan.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED ON THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL, 2001
ANTONIO R. UNPINGCO JOANNE M.S. BROWN
Speaker Senator and Legislative Secretary