By Aloysius Laukai Panguna landowners from the nine Panguna Mine...

By Aloysius Laukai
Panguna landowners from the nine Panguna Mine affected landowner Associations today called on the Board of Jubilee, Australia Research office to apologize to them for presenting a wrong, misleading and divisive picture of the issue of Mining in Panguna.
In a signed letter addressed to the Jubilee Research Office in Sydney all the nine chairmen’s signed and questioned why Jubilee did the research secretly.
They claimed that whoever who did the research does not know a lot of what the report discusses.
They said that their associations were set up after long consultations involving our people and our Autonomous Bougainville Government, beginning in 2009.
And the Executives were voted in 2012.
Those who signed the letter, were Benardine Kira, Chairlady for Lower Tailings Association, Theresa Jaintong OBE Chairlady for Siokatei Association, Jude Genu Chairman of Uruawa/Rorovana Association, John Simiko Chairman South West Coastal Corridor, Lawrence Daveona, Chairman Special Mine Lease Association, Lawrence Uakai Chairman Bolave Fish Owners Association, Paul Tavuio, Chairman Mid Tailings Association, Michael Pariu Chairman Upper Tailings Association and PETER MIRIONA chairman, Port Mine Access Road Association.
Earlier this week the ABG President, Chief DR. JOHN MOMIS also described this same report as misleading and irresponsible AND warned Jubilee Australia Board to bear the responsibility for allowing such a misleading document to be released and for limiting and redressing the damage it can cause.