Benny Wenda the Manipulator

UN High Commissioner Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet rejects the presence of Benny Wenda in a session of Vanuatu's annual Universal Periodic Review by the UNHCHR in Geneva on Friday (1/25/2019).

Benny Wenda reportedly submitted the West Papua People's Petition. The petition was claimed to have been unilaterally signed by 1.8 million Papuans. But to date, he has never explained in detail the contents of the petition. Obviously the claim is deceptive, because how could he get 1.8 million Papuan signatures. Because the number of people in West Papua is not even up to 1 million.

Statistics show that the total population of West Papua amounted to 963,600 people in 2019. The number consisted of 457,200 women and 506,400 men.

Before further criticizing the validity of the petition, it should be noted that Benny Wenda is a criminal. In 2002, the Jayapura District Court sentenced him to prison after being proven to be the mastermind of the murder of a police officer from Sentani. He was also proven to be the perpetrator of the burning of the police station in Abepura a year earlier.

He then escaped from prison and fled to Papua New Guinea (PNG). Later he later received asylum from the British Government. Although he has lived a luxurious life in his escape at Oxford, but it does not make him escape from his status as a criminal.

In his escape, Benny Wenda then actively campaigned for untrue information about Papua today to the international world.

Most recently, he had an evil agreement with a Vanuatu delegation to deceive the Commissioner of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. He was infiltrated by a group of Vanuatu delegates during the discussion of Vanuatu's annual Universal Periodic Review by the UN KTHAM in Geneva last Friday (1/25/2019).

Instead of getting international sympathy, the manipulative actions carried out by Benny Wenda with Vanuatu's "help" increasingly opened the eyes of the United Nations and the international public that he was with the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) organization as a large manipulator that justifies any means to achieve goals.

His action with the Vanuatu delegation who had deceived UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, clearly insulted the United Nations and was very contrary to international ethics and protocols. This has also shown their "class" of diplomacy which does not respect the UN and diplomatic level at the international level.

The most important message captured by the international public from this event is Benny Wenda, a manipulator. The shameful incident finally opened the eyes of the international public that he was not a person worthy of trust.

The claim of 1.8 million signatures is questionable, given the current number of adult Papuans (OAP) claimed as signatories is not that much.

Another thing that should be doubted is the truth about the time of the signature collection which is only a few months, while the Papua region is very wide with nature that is difficult to reach.