Panguna landowners want mine to re-open BY ALOYSIUS LAUKAI (Radio New Dawn on Bougainville)
Chairman of the Panguna Landowners Association and candidate for Ioro seat, Chris Damana, said that his group wants Panguna to open to support the economy of Bougainville.
He says without Panguna it will take a long time for Bougainville to reach economic capability to run as a nation.
He also said that it would also take many years for another mine to start up leaving Panguna as the only immediate project that would save Bougainville.
Mr Damana was talking at a rally of 5,000 people organised in Arawa by the New Bougainville Party.
He is an independent candidate but supports John Momis, leader of the New Bougainville Party, who has nominated for election to be President of Bougainville and who also addressed the rally.
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