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...ist doch eher ein Stück weiter in Richtung ....ungeahnte neue Höhen...
(>>Momis d.h. pro BCL) ;-))))
ONLY ABG HAS THAT MANDATE
By Aloysius Laukai
31.01.2014
Quelle: Radio New Dawn on Bougainville
The ABG President, Chief DR. JOHN MOMIS yesterday told a packed crowd in both Arawa and Panguna that the ABG was the only legitimate government on Bougainville and also mandated by the people to lead them to referendum.
Speaking at both gatherings and accompanying the Prime Minister, President Momis said that the ABG was prepared to work with all Bougainvilleans no matter what groups they were in.
He said that the future of Bougainville will only be addressed by an united Bougainville team and with only one team captain.
President Momis said that the Bougainville Peace Agreement was a compromised agreement by both Bougainville and Papua New Guinea government and all leaders must adhere and implement this agreement.
He said that Bougainville cannot re-invent the wheel but instead implement the Bougainville Peace Agreement.
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Alex Munme | New Dawn
Peter O'Neill
The People of Panguna believe that the Prime Ministers first ever visit is God’s answer to their prayers.
Pastor Munau made the remarks before praying for the program to start in the heart of the pot of copper and gold yesterday in Panguna, Central Bougainville.
Referring to a scripture from the Book of Isaiah, Pr. Munau said they were in the wilderness and the Prime Minister was there to make way for them to get out.
Sitting on the pot of copper and gold, the people had virtually nothing referring to government services and development in the area. The Prime Minister’s visit gave them hope for better services and improved lives.
Chief Michael Pariu while welcoming the Prime Minister on behalf of the people also said ‘your visit is to see for yourself our situation.
He said they were glad and very honoured to have the Prime Minister visit them.
Chairman of Panguna landowners, Lawrence Daveona on behalf of the people also asked the Prime Minister for the repeal of the special mining lease which enacted by the Colonial Australian Administration in 1967 which the Prime Minister favourably acknowledged.
The Prime Minister said his visit was not to negotiate reopening of the mine but to bring services to the people. He said reopening of the Panguna Mine is in the hands of the landowners and the ABG.
The Prime Minister’s visit to the region despite controversies was a real success.
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Meekamuis spielen doch auch eine Rolle!?
Es klingt so einfach, aber warum ist es das nicht.
Kann mir einer sagen, was genau passieren muss, damit es mal weiter geht!?
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2. Die Landeigner haben es Ende 2013 geschafft, alle neun Landeignergruppen zu etablieren, was eine Grundvoraussetzung für Verhandlungen ist. Die Landeigner müssen jetzt in Intensive Gespräch gehen, nachdem das alte BCA aufgehoben wurde, muss der nächste Impuls von ihnen kommen. Ich rechne damit, dass die Landeigner sich um intensive Gespräche mit dem ABG bemühen werden um ein neues BCA zu verhandeln.
Die Meekamui spielen in diesen Verhandlungen keine Rolle!
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Quelle ; http://www.bougainville.typepad.com/
300114 MOMIS THANKS O'NEILL
By Aloysius Laukai
ABG President, Chief DR.JOHN MOMIS today thanked Prime MInister, Peter O'NEILL for his commitment to visit Bougainville despite many issues affecting his visit.
President Momis made these comments at a News Conference in Buka this afternoon.
He said that the Prime Minister made commitment and honored it by visiting Bougainville and challenged Bougainville leaders and the people to work together as one people.
President Momis said that he has been making these comments for many years now.
He said that despite the commitment for increased funding,these funds will still be insufficient to build all the infrastructure needed to reach the level we want.
He qualified statement by the Prime minister that without the rule of law no Investor would want to invest on Bougainville.
President Momis said that Bougainvilleans must now work on the things that can be done practically, like, Roads, Bridges,Schools,Hospitals and economic activities that can create employment for the majority of our people.
He said that the visit by the Prime MInister has challenged the people of Bougainville to unite and work together with the National Government.
President Momis that with this new commitment by the Prime Minister, he hopes to work together firstly with the four National members and the ABG leaders and the people of Bougainville so that we can once again move as one people.
He said that the ABG is already looking at ways to include the Mekaamui, the uvistract and all other groups who continue to stay outside the system so that Bougainville can prepare the people for the approaching Referendum.
Ends
und >>>>>>
CHIEF TOOKE WANTS TO SEE CHANGES
By Aloysius Laukai
A Paramount Chief in Buin, JACOB TOOKE said that Bougainville was privileged to see their father again after so many years.
In his welcoming address to Prime Minister PETER O’NEILL and his delegation, MR. TOOKE said that the people of Bougainville were united to meet him and seek some assistance from him as he has forsaken them for a long time.
MR. TOOKE who also spoke at the reconciliation ceremony between the two leaders in Port Moresby earlier said that Bougainville remains anintegral part of Papua New Guineaand as such need more support from the National Government.
The Paramount chief also thanked the Prime Minister for accepting their custom by allowing the people of Buin to carry him in a traditional platform that is for paramount chiefs only.
He said that he has been accorded a special place in the hearts of the people of Buin as one of their local chiefs.
Prime Minister, PETER O’NEILL also announced that this was the first time, for any group of people in Papua New Guinea that he has allowed himself to be carried.
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handelt es sich hierbei wohl eher um unangenehmeres!
nur so eine Vermutung... auf die paar Jahre mehr!
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/...by-sort-funding-differences
The president of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville says funding disputes with the national government were resolved during last week's historic prime ministerial visit.
John Momis says Peter O'Neill's visit marked a new beginning for the autonomous province.
He says a key outcome is the recognition that a collaborative approach is needed as the province prepares for its eventual referendum on independence.
Mr Momis says the Autonomous Bougainville Government has calculated there are arrears of 70 million US dollars in the development and restoration fund attached to the Peace Agreement.
He says Mr O'Neill accepts this and has promised to remit the money and other promised funding - though with conditions.
"The other five hundred million which the national government committed to Bougainville over the next five years, only 100 million has been released,, and the PM made a commitment also that the 200 million (kina) which is in a trust account will have to be released, pending approval of projects, impact projects."
The president of Bougainville John Momis.
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http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/...-o%27neill-visit
Originally aired on Dateline Pacific, Monday 3 February 2014
Bougainville's President, John Momis, says O'Neill visit brought unity and will improve the ability of the provincial and national governments to collaborate ahead of the referendum on possible independence.
Duration: 6′ 03″
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The president of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville says last week's visit by the prime minister, Peter O'Neill, marks a new beginning for the autonomous province.
Mr O'Neill's historic 3 day visit included reconciliation ceremonies in Buka and Arawa.
He apologised for the horrors of the civil war and made firm commitments to assist the province as it approaches the deadline for a referendum on possible independence.
President John Momis says the visit was significant in that it helped unite the different factions in Bougainville.
He told Don Wiseman it also highlighted the need for a collaborative approach with the national government in implementing the Bougainville Peace Agreement.
John Momis: We can't implement it successfully unless we are united - that is, ourselves here and ourselves with the national government.
Don Wiseman: What arrangements have been made over the last few days that will improve this collaboration?
JM: Well number one we had traditional customary rituals to bring about unity, unity of approach between the national government and the people and the government of Bougainville, and also specifically between the ABG leadership and the four members of the national parliament from Bougainville. Because in recent times we have been at loggerheads in terms of funding and how different funding is used for projects in Bougainville.
DW: Everyone is singing from the same songbook now?
JM: That's how it should be yes. The Bougainville Peace Agreement cannot be successfully implemented unless and until everybody sings from the same songbook as you put it.
DW: The key issue comes down to funding, doesn't it and you raised this on a number of occasions last year that Port Moresby was not paying what it should be paying. Now are those problems fixed, or are they going to be fixed?
JM: Yes the Prime Minister made a commitment at various public meetings as well as to me that the issue of the development and restoration funds that the national government has not paid us will be resolved once and for all.
DW: These are very large amounts of money aren't they so you expect to get all this money in total, and what about the 100 million kina every year over five years, which I understand has only been paid once, so far, hasn't it?
JM: That's right. Both. Restoration and Development Grant is Bougainville's only free money which is constitutionally required and guaranteed, and which we have not been fully paid. The arrears amount to, according to our calculations amounts to 188 million (kina), that is money that the ABG is owed. (Of) the other five hundred million which the national government committed to Bougainville over the next five years, only 100 million has been released,, and the PM made a commitment also that the 200 million (kina) which is in a trust account will have to be released, pending approval of projects, impact projects. I presume that means that both ABG and the national government will get to work on approving the impact projects, so that the 200 million that is in the trust account can be spent.
DW: And Mr O'Neill accepts that there are two separate amounts of money that need to come to Bougainville.
JM: That's correct. That is good because for a long time the national government never publicly admitted that it owed us arrears on the restoration and development grants.
DW: Mr O'Neill said during his visit that the Bougainville Peace Agreement is one of the best agreements any conflict has ever produced and it is up to parties involved - namely his government and yours and I guess the people of Bougainville to ensure that the final stages of it do come together and, of course, the critical part of that is this vote that is due to happen sometime after 2015. How confident are you now that the province is going to be able to get ready for that process?
JM: Mr O'Neill has placed a lot of emphasis on the need for us to provide services, to fix infrastructure - roads and bridges, provide power, fords, schools and health services, things like that. That's also very important because when the time comes for the people of Bougainville to make their choice in the referendum, either for independence or full autonomy, full autonomy within PNG, it is important for us to make sure that both of these objectives are achieved, concurrently, in a way.
DW: So do you think you will be able to achieve that? That you will be able to initiate this development that is required ahead of the vote?
JM: Well time is running out. By the way we have put in place a joint committee to work on, a referendum committee, to prepare the grounds for the referendum to be held in an atmosphere of freedom and so on and so forth. Both governments will then decide the time for the referendum to be held. I guess that is why it is important for the ABG, with the assistance of the national government to build roads, seal roads, you know, we have major infrastructure problems and also we have to start creating autonomy institutions. For autonomy to work we must have institutions that are suitable and are appropriate for autonomy. As you know we have inherited institutions that are really tailored for provincial governments, and autonomy means we have to have new laws, new mining laws, new public service law, new financial management law, inward investment law and so on and so forth. So these things must be put in place. In other words the ABG must start exercising the powers of autonomy and prepare for the referendum itself. Without this you come to a situation where people are expected to exercise their discretion on different options, especially two options - that's independence or full autonomy - and I think they will be put in a difficult situation because there will be a lot of frustration.
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MOMIS WANTS COMMITMENT FROM BOUGAINVILLE
Aloysius Laukai | New Dawn
The ABG President, John Momis is calling on the people of Bougainville no matter what faction they come from to be committed for Bougainville"s development into the future.
He was speaking on New Dawn FM this morning.
The President said that the recent trip by the Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Peter O"Neill to Bougainville showed his commitment for Bougainville and the ball was in Bougainville"s court to make this commitments work.
He said that it was now time for Bougainville to unite and support the momentum created by this trip to develop the region.
President MOMIS said that the Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister has clearly stated that Panguna was in the hands of the landowners and the Autonomous Bougainville Government and they can decide on it at a later date.
He said that his main aim was to build the infrastructures needed urgently like road, bridges, airports, Hospitals and Schools to prepare the place for the approaching referendum.
President Momis said that trip by the Prime Minister was a wakeup call for Bougainvilleans to come out from their slumber and contribute to peace building and development programs for Bougainville.
He said that Bougainville was in the hands of all Bougainvilleans and making Autonomy work or achieving an acceptable result in the coming referendum will depend on how we are united and preparing for this referendum.
President Momis further warned that if Bougainville fails this time this would be the end of Bougainville as nobody would want to trust us in future.
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Bougainville on the Brink
by ramunickel
Bougainville is on the brink of reopening the controversial mining operation that sparked its civil war. With a heavily armed population and a generation of unemployed youth, conditions are ripe for violence.
Fifteen years after the end of the war, Bougainville has barely recovered."There are hundreds and hundreds with no formal employment", says development worker, Agnes Titus. Yet the government is pushing a radical solution to reopen the mining operation that is alleged by some to have funded and orchestrated the conflict. "Nobody's talking about the human rights violations", says Philip Miriori, one of many locals demanding compensation from mining giant Rio Tinto. Despite strong opposition, many islanders are
Video Transcript
Sound-up: ocean waves
Narrator: The island of Bougainville is running out of time. Fifteen years after war ended, the place has barely recovered. So today, the island's government is pushing for a radical solution. It's a controversial move, that could start the war all over again... The people are worried, but also desperate for change...Like these two teens we meet on a Tuesday morning, drunk on jungle-juice, the island's potent moonshine.
Teen 1: BOUGAINVILLE IS THE WORST PROVINCE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA WORST ONE (CLAPS HAND). AFTER CRISIS EVERYTHING JUST GO...UNCONSCIOUS. YOU'LL SEE LITTLE KIDS LIKE THIS FIVE-YEAR OLDS, SIX-YEAR OLDS DRINKING.
Maggie Zelaya (off-camera) 00:00:51 THAT'S NOT GOOD.
Teen 2: YEAH THAT'S NOT GOOD...THAT'S TERRIBLE.
Teen 1: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT IN BOUGAINVILLE IT'S POSSIBLE.
Teen 2: BECAUSE... IT'S HARD TO COPE WITH THE LIVING STANDARDS. EVERYBODY GOING OUT DRINKING. FATHER, MOTHER, GRANDPAPA, GRANDMAMA GOING OUT DRINING. IT'S HARD TO COPE. WE NEED SOME GOOD PEOPLE TO COME IN ... SPEAK FOR OUR RIGHTS. LEARN US HOW TO COPE WITH THE LIVING STANDARDS. YOU KNOW MATCHING THE WORLD.
Maggie Zelaya (off-camera): WHAT DO YOU ... WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR BOUGAINVILLE?
Teen 2: WE WANT SOME BETTER AND GOOD AND PROPER LIVING STANDARDS.
Sound-up: music from liquor store
Narrator: It didn't used to be like this. In the 1970s and "80s Bougainville was the most advanced province in Papua New Guinea, thanks to a massive copper-mine called Panguna.
Archive on-screen credit: BCL ORIENTATION VIDEO)
Voice of archive narrator: "THE MINING AND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AT PANGUNA OPERATES 24 HOURS A DAY, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR."
Sound up: explosion
Narrator: The mine was owned by a company called BCL, a subsidiary of global mining giant Rio Tinto.
Archive on-screen credit: AN EVERGREEN ISLAND)
Narrator: But from the start there was opposition to the mine - because of the steep environmental cost, and because many felt they weren't benefitting. In 1989, after their calls for change were ignored, angry locals rose up and shut down the mine. Papua New Guinea sent in the troops and civil war broke out ... By the time it ended in 1998 some 15 thousand Bougainvilleans had died - a tenth of the population.
(over slow pan of mine today)
Today the mine sits untouched. Rio Tinto has not been allowed back; many here blame the company for causing the war. There are even allegations Rio ordered and funded the conflict...But now, the island's government is convinced that reopening this mine is the only way to move forward.
Patrick Nisira -Vice-President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government: WITHOUT MINING, A MINING PROJECT LIKE PANGUNA, WITHOUT A BIG ECONOMIC PROJECT I THINK WE WILL NOT PROGRESS.
Narrator: So the government now wants to do the once unthinkable: welcome back - Rio Tinto's BCL.
Patrick Nisira: IT'S MAYBE BETTER TO WORK WITH THE DEVIL YOU KNOW THAN THE DEVIL YOU DON'T. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING TO BCL, TELLING BCL: YOU WANT TO COME OPERATE ON BOUGAINVILLE, YOU COME AND OPERATE MINING ON BOUGAINVILLE ON BOUGAINVILLEAN'S TERMS.
Sound-up: pumping gas
Narrator: But on the ground things aren't so cut and dry. There's strong opposition to the government's plan and anger is brewing...
Lawrence Matao agrees to take us to meet some of the people opposed to the mine. Lawrence is a former rebel. He started off as an employee at the mine, but then fought against it.
Lawrence Matau - Former Bougainville Revolutionary: I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BRA INTELLIGENCE UNIT... IT WAS MY JOB TO MONITOR THE ENEMY MOVEMENT.
Narrator: Laurence takes us to a remote village near Panguna, where the people have been fighting to keep Rio Tinto out for half a century.
Sound-up: blade cutting through grass
Narrator: They built this monument in the 1960s to mark the time they chased away an early Rio Tinto exploration team using bows and arrows. Today they still want nothing to do with Rio or it's subsidiary BCL.
Lawrence Matau: HE DOES NOT WANT BCL TO COME BACK.
Sound-up: village elder speaks in pidgin
Lawrence Matau (translating for chief): BCL IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE...FOR CAUSING THE CONFLICT, THE CRISIS, AND THE DEATH OF THE PEOPLE HERE.
Village Chief: THERE IS A CEMETERY HERE.
Narrator: The village lost many men in the conflict.
Village Chief: DURING THE CRISIS WE BURIED THEM HERE.
Narrator: And the suffering of war is still fresh in their minds.
Village Woman: WE HAD TO ABANDON OUR GARDENS BEHIND. SO WE HAD TO GO FAR AND LEAVE THE BABIES WITH NO FOOD. SO WE HAD TO COME BACK, SO THERE WE HAD TO FACE THE ENEMIES.
Narrator: We're about to leave when the people tell us BCL's return could cause another war.
Sound-up chief speaks in pidgin: "second heavy might come up."
Lawrence Matau (translating for chief): ESPECIALLY WITH BCL THE PEOPLE THINK THAT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CONFLICT AGAIN.
Patrick Nisira: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WILL HAPPEN IF WE REOPEN THE PANGUNA.
Narrator: Vice-president Nisira says there is nothing to worry about.
Patrick Nisira: IF THERE ARE ISSUES, IF THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS THROUGH THE BOUGAINVILLE WAY WE ARE TALKING TO THEM AND WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. AND WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE DO REOPEN PANGUNA, WE WILL REOPEN IT WHEN PEOPLE AGREE.
Sound-up government official: "Whether or not Panguna should reopen."
Narrator: The government has been informing the people about its mining plan through a series of public consultations. One of the government's key selling points for its plan is the promise of independence from Papua New Guinea, a long-standing dream of the people.
Sound up government official: "There is no autonomy without economy."
Narrator: Bougainvilleans go to the polls to vote on independence from Papua New Guinea sometime between 2015 and 2020 - but only if the island can first develop an economy to support itself. The government thinks mining is the only way to do that in time.
Sound-up: applause
Narrator: Many here are already convinced.
Michael Pariu - Landowner: (Translated from pidgin) PANGUNA MINE GAVE INDEPENDENCE TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA. SO WHY NOT, CAN IT NOT NOW GIVE INDEPENDENCE TO BOUGAINVILLE?
Narrator: But, there are some issues that consultations alone can't fix.
Philip Miriori - Class Action Plaintiff: I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHILDREN DYING, YOU KNOW, WOMEN, I WITNESSED THAT...
EVEN IN MY FAMILY, IN MY FAMILY ALONE I LOST 10, 10, 10 MEMBERS IN MY FAMILY.
Narrator: Philip Miriori is one of many demanding compensation from Rio Tinto. He's even sued the company in the U.S. as part of a class-action lawsuit.
Philip Miriori: NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ON BOUGAINVILLE. EVEN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, THEY ARE CLOSING THEIR EYES ON THAT ISSUE.
Sound-up: Steve Berman talking quietly
Narrator: On the other side of the world, Seattle lawyer Steve Berman filed the class action lawsuit against Rio in 2000 accusing the company of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. Berman is convinced the company orchestrated and funded the war.
Steve Berman - Class Action Lawyer: THE GOVERNMENT GOT TOGETHER WITH RIO AND RIO SAID, 'YOU DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO OPEN THAT MINE, EVEN IF IT MEANS DEADLY FORCE'. WE HAD ALLEGATIONS THAT RIO HAD SUPPLIED HELICOPETERS, ARMS, BULLETS, RADIOS, TRANSPORT...WE HAVE PICTURES, SO WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE.
(Archive on-screen credit: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORP.)
Narrator: Berman's evidence also includes an affidavit from the former prime minister of Papua New Guinea who said: "Because of Rio Tinto's financial influence in PNG, the company controlled the government."
(Graphic 1: on-screen text)
Sound-up Berman: "He said..."
Narrator: Berman also got an affidavit from a former general who said: "The Papua New Guinea military functioned as the corporation's personal security force..."
(Graphic 2: on-screen text)
(Graphic 3: on-screen text)
Narrator (continued): "...and were ordered by BCL to take action to reopen the mine by any means necessary."
Steve Berman: WE WOULD HAVE WON. ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD HAVE KILLED THESE GUYS AT TRIAL. I DON'T NORMALLY SAY THAT, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THE GENERAL'S EVIDENCE ON...NO JURY IS GOING TO HAVE ANY SYMPATHY FOR THAT KIND OF CONDUCT.
Sound up: "The genocide and the war crimes."
Narrator: But Berman's team never got to face Rio Tinto in court. This past June the case was dismissed after the US Supreme Court restricted the law that Berman had sued under, called the Alien Tort Statute. For decades it had allowed foreigners to sue violators of international law in the US... but not anymore.
Sound up: "In their own territory."
Steve Berman: THE RULINGS BY THE SUPREME COURT AND THE 9TH CIRCUIT ARE GOING TO MAKE IT VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS THAT ARE HURT BY MINING COMPANIES TO GET JUSTICE. BECAUSE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES USUALLY THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS NOT DEVELOPED ENOUGH, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE LAWYERS WHO CAN HANDLE CASES LIKE THIS. SO IF THEY CAN'T COME HERE, THEN PROBABLY NOWHERE.
Narrator: Rio Tinto's BCL did not respond to our multiple requests for comment, but the company has always maintained its innocence.
Sound-up: driving in car
Narrator: Back on the island, tension over the mine is steadily climbing. Lawrence Matau agrees to take us to see the now infamous pit. We can't go alone because access is still controlled by rebels - there to prevent Rio Tinto from coming back.
Lawrence Matau: THIS IS WHERE ALL THE PROBLEMS STARTED. ISSUES ABOUT UNFAIR DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, ISSUES ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
Maggie (off-camera): WHERE DID YOU WORK?
Lawrence Matau: I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CREW SO I WORKED WITHIN THE PIT AREA.
Lawrence Matau (continued): WE CALL THIS THE CATALYST. IT STARTED THE WHOLE THING.
Lawrence Matau (continued): I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF HEARTACHES, HEADACHES, HEARTBREAKS, LIVES LOST. BUT WHAT ELSE IS THERE WHEN WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE? THE WHOLE ISSUE IS ABOUT FIGHTING AGAINST THE SYSTEM THAT DOESNT UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE, THAT DOESNT RESPECT THE PEOPLES RESOURCES, THAT DOESN'T HELP TO CREATE LAWS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED.
Narrator: Lawrence is interrupted by the arrival of a school field trip. The kids have come to get their first look at the mine that has shaped their lives. Lawrence steps in to give them a better understanding.
Sound-up Lawrence: "Copper, copper colour, copper colour."
It is this generation that will be most affected by the decisions facing Bougainville today. A point not lost on Lawrence.
Lawrence Matau: IT IS OUR RESPONISBILITY AS ELDERS TO ALSO EDUCATE THEM TO UNDERSTAND ISSUES ABOUT MINING YOU KNOW, GOOD SIDE, BAD SIDE. SOME OF THESE ILL FEELINGS THAT WE HAVE WILL TAKE QUITE A LONG TIME TO... MAYBE THE NEXT GENERATION WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS WILL ... WILL AGREE TO REOPEN THIS PLACE.
Agnes Titus: I AM IN FACT IN FAVOR OF BCL COMING TO REOPEN THE MINE.
Narrator: Agnes Titus used to work at Panguna. Today she is a development worker. She believes the mine will help more than it will hurt.
Agnes Titus - Development Worker: IF PANGUNA MINE WAS TO BE REOPENED THAT WILL ANSWER A LOT OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES WE HAVE TODAY. I KNOW IT WILL CREATE SOME MORE NEW SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN JUST STAYING IN THEIR VILLAGES WITH NO FORMAL EMPLOYMENT.
Sound-up: drumming on guitar
Allan Gioni: BLACK MAN, PRIME LAND WAS YOURS. NOW WHITE MAN, HE OWNS YOUR LAND.
Sound-up: guitar strumming
Narrator: For most Bougainvilleans, like Allan Gioni, the island's unresolved past makes the decision on mining a painful one. Allan is an artist and father of five who spent his childhood dodging bullets from the PNG army.
Allan Gioni - Artist and Father: ITS NOT EASY BECAUSE WE ARE STILL STANDING ON THE BLOOD OF THOSE WHO DIED. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH A DECISION TO OPEN THE MINE
Sound-up: rain
Narrator: Despite the history Allan is open to mining - as long as things are done differently. For him that means everyone should benefit. So that families like his might get electricity, plumbing, and a real roof on their homes. He worries about the consequences if things aren't done right.
Allan Gioni: I THINK WE MIGHT FACE ANOTHER CRISIS IF WE OPEN A MINING WITHOUT SETTING A GOOD STRUCTURE FOR THE PEOPLE. FOR BOUGAINVILLE.
Sound-up: dancers singing
Narrator: The people of Bougainville are facing an uncertain future. In November 2013 an Australian think tank warned that conditions here are ripe for violence - the population is still heavily armed, and a generation of unemployed youth are getting restless. With as little as a year to go until the independence referendum, the question of how Bougainville will recover in time, remains unanswered.
Sound up: singers fade out
(Flash to white)
(Fade to black)also desperate for the economic boost the mine could bring to Bougainville's bid for independence. With as little as a year to go until the independence referendum, the island is fast running out of time.
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Panguna mine critical to Bougainville’s progress
Bougainville’s leader says the re-opening of the Panguna mine is vital to the province’s progress.
Radio New Zealand
The president of the Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville says the re-opening of the Panguna mine is vital for the autonomous province’s economic and social advancement.
There was widespread debate about the matter last year and with the government holding consultations around the province.
But the last of these, probably the most crucial, with the community around the Panguna mine, is yet to go ahead while the government’s new mining law is also being held up.
President John Momis told Don Wiseman the province cannot go ahead without the mine opening but some people are not co-operating.
JOHN MOMIS: The landowners have not fully co-operated and in order for us to open the Panguna mine we also have to have our own mining act. We have struck some problems because certain quarters are not co-operating. They have got some problems, so we have put that on the backburner right now.
DON WISEMAN: Some of those groups that you are having problems with, they are saying they would prefer there not to be any mining at all, that the province can do better concentrating on other things like agriculture and fishing and tourism, this sort of thing. There is a lot of merit isn’t there, in what they are saying?
JM: Yes and no. It is my view that without the mine it will be well nigh impossible to generate enough revenue to run the autonomous government. It is just not possible. Even with all the help from the national government, you can’t run the autonomous government with the budgetary allocation we get, the current budgetary allocation. so we are not attracting a lot of investment in agriculture and fisheries, whereas the mine will generate a lot of revenue. And it will be under our own mining law and our own policy.
DW: But if you put in place the infrastructure you are talking about and the various other services, at that point presumably the province would become a far more attractive investment opportunity.
JM: If we have the money. We are having difficulty getting the funds.
DW: What sort of assistance are you receiving from international aid donors? I know you are getting a little bit of help from the likes of Australia and New Zealand but are you getting help elsewhere?
JM: The biggest help is from Japan – 15 bridges built – by the way one of them was washed out the other night – apart from that we don’t have much. We have a bit of Chinese investment but it is very small. We still have rule of law problems, you know law and order. We have a police force that is not strong enough, lacks capacity.
DW: We talked about this last year but you were looking for assistance from New Zealand and Australia in terms of creating a different type of police force, changing the training and that sort of thing. Is that underway?
JM: Things are moving at a snail’s pace. We have a real problem with our police. Much as we are getting help from New Zealand, it is just not happening quickly. We need big funds. That is why I am saying unless we have the mine open we will be moving at a snail’s pace and ABG’s being accused of not doing anything but ABG doesn’t have the funds and that is our biggest problem.
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...angesichts der hartnäckigen Mining-Opposition ist es fraglich, wann oder ob es überhaupt in absehbarer Zeit zu einem neuen Mining-Law kommt.
Im letzten Jahr wurde die Gesetzesinitiative bereits zweimal erfolgreich blockiert...
Soweit ich informiert bin, ist Axel Sturm kein "Dutchman", oder hat jemand bessere Informationen?
Auch dass er "Dividenden" kassiert haben soll, ist nicht bekannt. Auch hier jemand mit belastbaren Informationen?
Ansonsten schlage ich vor: Löschung!!!
Den vollen Wahrheitsgehalt kann ich auch niicht überprüfen, aber vielleich hat ja noch wer weitere Informationen. Und so einiges passt schon in das Geschehen, welches hier so in der Vergangenheit kolportiert worden ist