The long awaited Draft Bougainville Mining act 2013 was announced at this morning’s ABG session of parliament. The ABG President in making the announcement said this first draft will be widely circulated to all corners of Bougainville for public discussion. He said that a key reason is that our Bougainville constitution calls on the ABG to make sure to have widespread consultations before it makes major new laws. President Momis said that for almost 50 years since CRA exploration for Copper and Gold began in the mountains of Central Bougainville, Bougainvilleans have had to respond to the wishes of outsiders in what are after all our minerals. In the 1960s, neither the Australian Colonial regime nor Conzinc Rio Tinto Australia(CRA) had any interest in our views, or our concerns, about mining. We were ol Bus Kanaka tasol. The mine was imposed for the good of Australia(because it would reduce the need for Australian funding of the PNG Budget and for the benefit of CRA. President Momis said that he believes that its is not really Panguna mine that caused the many problems and the conflict Bougainville has experienced since the 1960. He said that the real problem was the fact we Bougainvilleans were ignored. We had no role in decision making and without our consent, the bad impacts of the mine fell on us” said President Momis. Ends
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