AUTONOMOUS Bou-gainville Government president James Tanis has challenged the people of Tonsu to surrender their weapons. Mr Tanis made the call during his first visit to the area. He said this was not a trip to make promises, but to meet and talk to them as their new president. “I have made weapons’ disposal my top priority and, as such, have placed this activity under my direct control while peace and reconciliation will be under the veterans’ affairs ministry.” Mr Tanis said he wanted to see the entire Bougainville region free of guns before the general elections next year. He said weapons’ disposal, peace and reconciliation were requirements under the peace agreement that would pave the way for Bougainville to conduct a referendum in preparation for independence. “For autonomy to be realised, all Bougainvilleans must join hands with the government in its effort to remove and destroy all firearms in the hands of the people,” Mr Tanis said. He said time was running out and people had to start thinking hard about what they had fought for and what they wanted to achieve.
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