I know with absolute certainty now why the big vote in...

I know with absolute certainty now why the big vote in Bougainville Parliament never took place shortly before Christmas and was postponed until the next session in March.President Momis realized that the vote would never pass in favour of the drafted mining policy as it was written by an Australian legal advisor who somehow convinced him that section 23 of the Constitution does not mean wait it truly does. Let me explain.

On 13 November 2012 the Central Bougainville Ex-Combattants Association sent a letter to President Momis that was published in the Post Courier a few days before the December Parliament session.

I have a copy of it and it mentions that Momis had no intention of honouring Section 23 of the Constitution. The true meaning and spirit of this section is embedded in the hearts and minds of the resource owners and other true Bougainvillians. Why expect honest advice from a legal advisor whose loyalty lies with Australian interests? He is using the old tried colonial method of deceit, bullying, selecting and awarding agents. The former combattants will not be deceibed and are fully aware that the ABG and its mining department are acting as BCL agents. They even say that BCL has ingrained itself into the ABG to such an extent that Momis is prepared to rewrite the recent history of Bougainville and write out the last 23 years of their struggles as if they never happened. They go on by stating that Momis shows little understanding of the struggle for Independance through mining rights.

The Ex-Combattants are very strong on the matter of legal advice. They don't want Tony Regan or any other Australian involved in this. They are being paid by outside interests that have their own agenda. Same goes for Chris Sirosi.

Momis has been put under tremendous pressure to have the mining law/policy written by competent Bougainvillian & PNG lawyers like James Wanjik and Ezekiel Masatt.

I can assure you that the letter sent shock waves through Buka which gives an idea where the true power is in Bougainville. As a result, an all encompassing Mining Policy is about to be drafted with regular input into the process so that it does not deviate from the Constitution.

The letter was inderwritten by the Ex-Combattant Leaders & Heads of Central Bougainville Landowner Groups: Isoa Kauona, Damas Kitare, Leo Evansi, James Onato, Eugene Orina, John Taipa, Ishmael Toroma, Sam Kauona, Steven Topesi and Charles Taverna.

Folks, Momis is a puppet and can now forget pushing his BCL sponsored policy through as the true power is not with them. The members of parliament will in March vote in favour of getting the mining rights back to where it belongs: The landowners and peole of the Island. This is why the vote was postponed. Axel Sturm is a complete idiot who does not want to understand this. BCL/Rio Tinto are not wellcome on the island anymore. They better sell the majority stake in Panguna to another major mining company who has the support from the Bougainvillians and the PNG government. Names that come to ming first are Vale, Newmont and Barrick.

March will be a avery interesting month, but the way I see things progress it may be smarter to go short BCL shares and long Morumbi shares. The last has the full support of the people with the true power.